29. Olayinka Credle: Social Entrepreneur & Wealth Equity Consultant
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Olayinka Credle (she/her/they) is an award-winning, Social Impact Entrepreneur & Wealth Equity Strategist who works with Economic Justice Organizations and Social Impact Businesses to advance Wealth Equity. Olayinka started her decade-long career working in the United States Congress before she co-founded her first social impact company, Melanin Essentials. She went on to create national social good movements for Dismantle Collective, WeTheChange BCorp Women CEOs, and Common Future, where wealth, capital, housing, are shifted to BIPOC Communities. Today, Olayinka develops strategies all across the U.S. & Canada grounded in shifting capital and agency that is rooted— Empathy & Action.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- How seeing her father hustle as an entrepreneur instilled that entrepreneurial spirit in Olayinka
- What social entrepreneurship means, and why it’s so important to support these business models
- How closing the racial wealth gap impacts us all, and how we all have a role to play in working towards closing that gap
- The biggest challenges and rewards that come along with building a B Corp business
Connect with Olayinka: olayinkacredle.com
Follow on IG: @olayinkacredle
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