<p><strong>Kofi Gyekye is a serial entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Lane</strong>, the world's largest and most innovative workplace experience platform, connecting 300+ properties across 22 cities and 8 countries.</p><br><p>We are trying something a little different with this episode. Kofi along with his cofounder Clinton, has actually built and sold Lane, so not really still unfound.</p><p>But he was so interesting and the journey so compelling, I couldn’t resist sitting down with him as a guest.</p><br><p>Kofi grew up in Europe with African parents. He was good at school and realized that he loved the dual pursuit of creativity and analysis - the perfect foundations for his journey as product visionary. A serendipitous meeting at university party, resulted in Kofi’s partnership with his co-founder Clinton across 3 separate ventures. It was when Kofi was considering an RFP for a marketing campaign, for office buildings, that he decided to do something he had never done before in his career – see what’s like to work in a office. So, he spent a day exploring and observing at big skyscraper office. The epiphany hit him: why can’t the office environment be as convenient and seamless as home. And so Lane was born.</p><br><p>In the whirlwind that followed, the company did Techstars, grew from 10 to 200 people, landed clients all over the world, and then in late 2021, sold for $200M to unicorn Proptech company VTS.</p><br><p>Kofi has a great story. You’ll want to listen in.</p><br><p><strong>In this episode Kofi and Dan discussed:</strong></p><ul><li>Growing up as an African in Italy</li><li>How the combination of analytical and creative make him great at product</li><li>The evolution of fulfillment and its connection to impact</li><li>The journey of selling your company</li><li>The future of work, and oh the way, real estate</li></ul><p><br></p><br><p><strong>OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EPISODE</strong>:</p><h2><strong> </strong><a href="https://afriblocks.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>AfriBlocks</strong></a></h2><p>The global pan-African freelance marketplace and collaboration platform.</p><p>More at <a href="https://afriblocks.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">afriblocks.com</a></p><br><p>MORE on KOFI and LANE</p><p><strong>Kofi:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kofi-gyekye-3812044a/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">linkedin.com/in/kofi-gyekye-3812044a</a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/kof.g/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">instagram.com/kof.g</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/Kofi_gyekye" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">twitter.com/Kofi_gyekye</a></p><br><p><strong>Lane:</strong></p><p><a href="https://joinlane.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">joinlane.com</a></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/joinlane/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">linkedin.com/company/joinlane</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/joinlane" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">twitter.com/joinlane</a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/join_lane/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">instagram.com/join_lane</a></p><br><p>Follow Founders Unfound: Like and share - help us grow!</p><p><a href="https://foundersunfound.com/podcast-transcript-ep58-kofi-gyekye-lane/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>PODCAST TRANSCRIPT</strong></a></p><br><p>#blackfounders #founderstories #foundersafricandescent #b2b #proptech</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
