In this episode, Laurel Djoukeng, founder of Sparc and KeyPath, Laurel Djoukeng, shares his journey from Wall Street to building two purpose-driven ventures. He talks about launching a tech-enabled talent platform while in grad school, the reality of bootstrapping, and how he’s now building a fintech startup to tackle home ownership through real estate tokenization. Laurel also opens up about what didn’t work, lessons in customer acquisition, and why staying lean is a superpower.

🔗 Find Laurel Djoukeng here:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/djoukeng

Sparc: https://sparc.world/

KeyPath: https://keypath.ai/

🎙 Connect with Romain Osman:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/romainosman/

Website: https://fiveelement.co/