DC Entrepreneur
Work. Wealth. Wisdom. This interview podcast showcases the founders and minds behind some of the most innovative and creative start-ups. Guests from around the DC region and beyond share their unique journeys of becoming entrepreneurs. The show is produced and hosted by George Mocharko who has been documenting the stories of early to mid-stage founders whose voices are often overlooked by corporate business media. You'll enjoy hearing from these local, talented builders speak about their paths to success, and how they've bounced back from failure. Investors, business leaders, Venture Capitalists, and aspiring founders will find out what drives these intrepid professionals and how their career journeys look different than others.
DC Entrepreneur aired on WERA 96.7 FM from 2016 to 2019 where it was recorded at their studios, and has existed as a podcast for the rest of its run through 2020. The show was completely self-financed, recorded, edited, and produced by George Mocharko with the exception of episodes #14 & #15 edited by Gregg Clunis of DropCast and Tiny Leaps, Big Changes.
The show's archives are hosted on Buzzsprout and the audio can be found on nearly all podcast platforms. For permission to reuse audio content or any other intellectual property, or if you are interested in funding the show so it can continue, please contact georgeindc@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!
DC Entrepreneur
Dawn Myers founder THE MOST and DC Director, The Vinetta Project
On this episode, George speaks with Dawn Myers, founder of THE MOST and of The Vinetta Project. THE MOST is a beauty-tech company looking to disrupt an $87 Billion dollar Industry featuring natural hair products for women of color, to help address the invisible pain points in textured hair styling.
Dawn lives to inspire entrepreneurs to walk in their purpose and build out their visions through her legal background and work as an entrepreneur. Dawn is a start-up ecosystem architect, having launched and managed educational programming for entrepreneurs throughout the Washington metropolitan area. As Ambassador to Black Girl Ventures and Director at The Vinetta Project, Dawn develops seminars, bootcamps, and accelerator programming for up and coming founders of color.
The Vinetta Project is a capital platform and deal flow pipeline that supports high growth female tech founders. It helps source high potential female founders with proven business models, offering them unprecedented access to proprietary events, resources, exclusive networks and capital from vetted investors. Vinetta has one of the largest databases of Seed to Series A female founders in North America, and has helped women access over $180 million in early stage investment.
