| Immigrant entrepreneur: | Richard Mensah |
| Company: | EllisX |
| Place of birth: | Ghana, West Africa |
| Employees: | 0 |
Show notes
Richard grew up in Ghana and started his very first startup at 18 years old. He never imagined that he would end up in the States but when he applied to attend a masters program, he got accepted with Hult International Business School.
Richard launched 3 different startups that didn’t work out for various reasons, but that didn’t stop him. He kept on pursuing his dream of entrepreneurship.
While studying on his masters program, he launched his 4th startup, EllisX. He’s revolutionizing how marketing is working. EllisX is a platform for connections. This platform connects amazing startups with podcasters and event producers to get media coverage
On this platform you won’t see any ads, or anything flashing at you. Richard and his co-founder designed it so unique and with simplicity in mind. Right now, there are startups that are on the waitlist to get into EllisX. At 25 years old, Richard continues to innovate and disrupt the marketing field.
Quotes by Richard
The ones that really like us, they are spreading the word within their communities.
We believe the future is going to be more of people who are going to be talking about your brand and that’s how you’re going to be generating a lot of impressions and it’s not really through ads.
You have to believe in your mission and what you’re trying to accomplish.
I’m so excited to wake up every morning to do this.
We believe that innovators should succeed no matter where they come from.
Every industry is interrelated with other industries.
Failure is inevitable if you want to innovate.
As long as you have a vision, you have an idea of what you want to see in the future just stick with it.
The American dream means the ability to not be constrained by your background. It’s the ability to go out there and make things happen in respect of all the obstacles.
The fact that you’re an immigrant it makes you unique because you can see things differently and think differently.
It’s a superpower to be an immigrant in the U.S. or anywhere in the world, you should own it.
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