Navalayo Osembo is Co-Founder and CEO of Enda, a company that is building on Kenya’s reputation as the global leader in distance running. With “Run Kenyan” as its motto, Enda makes running shoes in Kenya, for runners around the world. Navalayo is the first guest we’ve had on from the place of my ancestral heritage - Kenya. She grew up with a military father and a teacher mother, which meant strong themes of discipline and excellence. Combined with her gifts of curiosity, intelligence, and grit, she set out to master accounting, law, and global development. But it was her return to Kenya from the US and UK, that helped her find the calling where she could make her impact. “Run Kenyan.” And so Enda was born.Navalayo has a great story, you’ll want to listen in.In this episode Navalayo and Dan discussed:growing up in Kenyaconvincing her dad to start farming fishhere experience working with the UNHow the Williams sisters inspired her to start a Kenya tennis academythe power of "Run Kenyan"OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EPISODE: Aperture Venture CapitalVC for the Multicultural MainstreamAperture is the new $75M fund that wants to amplify the voices of diverse foundersShare your story at aperturevc.com/foundersMORE on NAVALAYO and ENDANavalayo:navalayoosembo.comlinkedin.com/in/navalayoosembotwitter.com/NavalayoOsemboinstagram.com/navalayoosemboEnda:endasportswear.comlinkedin.com/company/endatwitter.com/endasportswearinstagram.com/endasportswearFollow Founders Unfound: Like and share - help us grow!PODCAST TRANSCRIPT#blackfounder #founderstories #founderofafricandescent #kenyafounder #consumerfitness Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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