Just Go Grind #258: Ebere Anosike, Founder & CEO of ThankYouKindly, Personalizing and Revolutionizing Corporate Gift-Giving
Ebere Anosike is the Founder and CEO of ThankYouKindly, a company surprising & delighting your employees, clients, prospects & partners with unforgettable gifts on your behalf, sparking tears of joy with each & every one of them. The ThankYouKindly team is made up of a resourceful group of former Customer Success Directors, Sales Strategists, and Account-Based Marketing Enthusiasts who set out to build the service they always wished they had. Ebere identifies herself as scrappy, joyful, and passionate about AI, creating livelihoods & giving unforgettable gifts.
Some of the Topics Covered by Ebere Anosike in this Episode
- What led Ebere to found ThankYouKindly and how she originally tested the idea and got the business off the ground
- The choice to go full time with ThankYouKindly
- Ebere's experience with Transparent Collective
- Ebere's fundraising journey with ThankYouKindly
- ThankYouKindly's business model and determining pricing
- How Ebere has approached identifying use cases and customer acquisition
- How the COVID pandemic affected ThankYouKindly
- How ThankYouKindly personalizes and sources their gifts
- Building out the ThankYouKindly team and how Ebere views technology and creativity
- How Ebere's role as founder and CEO has changed with the growth of the company
- Ebere's advice for scaling yourself and resources for first time founders
- Ebere's experience with the On Deck Fellowship
- Ebere's journey to becoming a founder
- What's next for ThankYouKindly
- Ebere's most impactful books
- Ebere's approach to separating her personal and professional lives
- Ebere's experience as an underrepresented founder
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