Forward Thinking Founders 229 - Martel Metellus (Soko) On Building a Discovery Network for the Black Community
About this episode: Martel Metellus is the co-founder and CEO of Soko. Soko is the first discovery network for the Black community to connect, collaborate, and find new opportunities.
Listen to this episode if you:
- Are a black person looking for other black people to do business with and to befriend
- Are practicing allyship and want to work with anyone in the black business community
- Want to know why LinkedIn could never replicate this
- Are curious to hear the origin story for Soko
- Want to hear the big vision for Soko
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