Ayinde Alakoye

Ayinde Alakoye is a serial entrepreneur and the Co-founder of his third live broadcast radio streaming venture,nēdl. He is a TechCrunch contributor, an Executive Board Member of the Applications Development Alliance and was a recipient of the 50th Anniversary March on Washington Emancipation of Capital Award with Mark Cuban and Congressman John Lewis.Ayinde served as a speech contributor and message advisor to Senator Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential election campaign. A decade prior, he began his media career at the #1 revenue generating radio station in the country, WTOP, before setting sales records for Clear Channel and CBS (Howard Stern), respectively. After leaving the ad sales business on top, Ayinde started Thumb Radio with his business partner to stream every radio station on the planet to your cell phone - in 2003. That technology later evolved into a partnership with his former employer, Clear Channel, which became the first iteration of theiheartradio app.

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GA x Gust Launch Present: Failing Upward

Discussion of experienced startup founders about the lessons they've learned along their entrepreneurial journeys, the mistakes they've made, and the things they'd do differently.

GA + Rizzarr Present: What It Takes To Be A Tech Entrepreneur, Seriously.

Rizzar presents insights into what it takes to build a tech company and empower you along your journey in becoming the tech entrepreneur.