Donald T Boone, Founder and CEO of BoxedUp, a B2B equipment rental marketplace, similar to the Airbnb for camera gear.Growing up in Maryland, Donald came from humble beginnings and followed his older brother in pursuit of an engineering degree at the HBCU North Carolina A&T. Donald had distinguished roles at companies like Exxon and Amazon. But as a 3-time founder, the call of entrepreneurship has always been loud in his ear. And talk about conviction. He has borrowed against his 401k for a previous startup and taught himself how to code from scratch. And get this, in the middle of the pandemic, with an incredible compensation in Amazon in hand, he decided to take BoxedUp’s early insights and traction, quit his job and set out to make his company the success he knew it could be.Donald has a great story. You’ll want to listen in.In this episode Donald and Dan discussed:Growing up in MarylandHow following his brother led to an HBCU educationThe stark reality of giving up Amazon-level comp to be a founderHow COVID 19 changed his business almost instantlyOUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EPISODE:Entrepreneur Struggle A compelling podcast with host Chris Colbert from DCP Entertainment.Listen anywhere you get podcasts or go to dcpofficial.com/entrepreneurstruggleMORE on DONALD and BOXEDUPDonald:instagram.com/donaldtboonelinkedin.com/in/donaldbooneHis Journey, Medium ArticleBoxedUp:tryboxedup.comlinkedin.com/company/boxedupinstagram.com/tryboxeduptwitter.com/tryboxedupFollow Founders Unfound: Like and share - help us grow!PODCAST TRANSCRIPT#blackfounders #founderstories #foundersafricandescent #ecommerce Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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