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Venture Catalyst 🌱| Inspirer-in-Chief 💫| ADHD 🧠| Founder @theispco | You’ll find me on Startups Magazine list ‘Most Influential Women' in '22 & '23.

Guildford, England
Joined February 2014
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I’m getting cooked in the QT’s and I’m here for it 🤣. Eyes now opened to a new perspective on English outside of North America/England. Ironic that I’ve become so sloppy in my own speak that AI’s overuse of elegant words is now suss. Thank you Nigerian Twitter ❤️🙏🏾
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@paulg See also: foster, embark, empower, harness, unlock, unleash and crucial😅
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@JoeHolder_ Elmo asked how we were doing and we collectively responded with our 13th reason why.
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@chuksorio My folly has been duly noted. I shall harness the lessons of Nigerian Twitter and level up accordingly 🫡
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@_georgina666 Listen to her episode of Desert Island Disks. Hearing the story in her voice with a mix of stoicism, sadness and quiet rage is unforgettable
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@talleyberrybaby Aged like fine wine
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@NicKeaney My (almost) 13 year old quite rightly told his teacher last year: ‘We start school at 8:15 and finish at 4:10. If there’s extra work to do at home, you’re not managing our time effectively.’ As someone who hates homework as a student and hates it even more as a parent, I told…
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@paulg See also: foster, embark, empower, harness, unlock, unleash and crucial😅
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@whatstheph @anylaurie16 I had a friend who did the same. He always made it…until the one time he didn’t. He was 21 and died after spending a week in a coma. So sad.
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@JessicaRaeO45 @clhubes @katratta You’re all right. It was “Karen Two-Two”. Kristy never saw her dad and lived with her mom and Watson. Dawns dad was in Cali. Stacey’s dad was in NYC and her mom in Stoneybrook. Now ask me what I had for dinner and I’m all IDK 🤷🏾‍♀️
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@uxutvi @theashleyray @abbygov Nah, that would be weird. Some of the folks are parents who’s kids went to school with them.
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@theashleyray @abbygov Turns out they live near us and the local Facebook group is going WILD.
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@alex_abads I’m almost finished. I’m PISSED AF for Brit. She’s a better woman than me because I woulda burned it alllll down
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@oluadedej 🤣🤣🤣. I replied to PG in jest and got free tuition from Nigerian Twitter. Excellent lessons learned AND I’ve added a plethora of new words to my vocab. Winning 💪
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@TaiwoAmodu5 Not at all. It’s genuinely been eye opening. In fact, I referenced this tweet and what it’s taught me about my biases today during a LinkedIn audio room about the risks and opportunities of AI.
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@SophRossss I’m a .edu Facebook user. These kids have no idea 🙄
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@awlilnatty It’s cute. There’s a double entendres on the double entendres (is that a thing?) which is the fact that a lot of this stuff is bought and sold on local Facebook marketplaces. So it literally is second best 😉☺️
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@lies_and_stats Pleased to have provided you with a moment of enlightenment 😉
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@TroyOnyango I’m getting cooked in the QT’s and I’m here for it 🤣. This has opened my eyes to a whole new perspective on how English is taught and used outside of North America/England. Ironic that I’ve become so sloppy in my own speak that AI’s overuse of elegant words is now suss. Thank…
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@THEKIDMERO I learned what Lyme Disease was from this season 😝
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@iHad2GoGetit I used to have to do this with my oldest - backed by The Nat King Cole Story as soundtrack. Starting with ‘Straighten up and fly right,’ if I was lucky I’d be fine by ‘Paper Moon’ and if unlucky I was jiggling until ‘Nature Boy’ or ‘Calypso Blues.’ 😂
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@MrSantosNY @ziwe Let’s go 🍿
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@lisadigital_ @kyalbr Down to the bracelets!
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@OgLakyn Give ‘em pockets, make ‘em long so suitable for winter layering and/or convertible (ie skirt to dress, shirt skirt to long skirt, etc) and I think we could be game. Otherwise, skirts aren’t that practical outside of summer.
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@jentrification Fuck around and find out
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@TheAishetu I didn’t take offense. As I was reading some of the QT’s the larger point started to make sense - it’s crystal clear now. One of the reasons I still love Twitter is the opportunity for open discussion and directness made even better with humour.
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@wifeunderthesea @notcapnamerica That makes SO much sense
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@offbeatorbit Angelica’s mom was literal GOALS. Highlight of my professional career was the moment I realised ‘I’d made it.’ I.e I could bark my opinions and solve problems while on the move 😂
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@nosmokenomore And the haters from RHOM (ahem, Larsa and Alexia) were also just put in their place to. Don’t deny the skills and rizz of Dr. Nicole.
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@rebeccalbyrne @NicKeaney Right?! This is my biggest frustration with the entire education system - state and private. Teachers are LITERAL experts in education, yet you’re not able to implement a pedagogical approach that helps you do what you do best. Then you’re judged/gaslit/overworked because it…
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@girdley @heyalexfriedman My feed is FULL of folks talking about Beyoncé’s tour. Has been for months. Apparently Renaissance is on track to earn more than Eras too
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@SchroDingerzat @NicKeaney He really is. I laugh a lot because 9/10 his logic is spot on 🤷🏾‍♀️. I also spend far too much time in meetings with his head of form 🙄. The fact that her name is Karen is the icing on the cake 🫢🙃
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@waxxdoll @LittleCharlesTV Perfect reply 👌🏾😂
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@lucyallan Oh just shut up. You’re baiting people on purpose and taxpayers are footing the bill. Surely you have something more worthwhile to do than act as a professional troll. And if you get ‘Musk Bucks’ for engagement I will actually lose my mind
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@Euphoric_Levi @chuksorio “An amazing undertaking” *Chefs Kiss*
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@EghosaO @Carnage4Life 2023 investment strategy sorted 🫡
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@takeheartmonica Nah, she was right. That grass looks pretty tall so she probably dodged Lyme Disease and he still proposed. Winning.
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@UchePOkoye I thought something was wrong with me until I understood what was going on. Interestingly, I think this is why I sometimes “forget” my grandparents have passed. Like, in my mind, they’re still here so I don’t experience “grief.”
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@GunBrandisher The sacrifice we need to quiet the gods
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@emilyabclark Bob Fosse RN
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@whatstheph @anylaurie16 Same. A couple years before, another friend went cliff jumping in Havasu and broke her back. She was in hospital for a month and was damn near paralysed.
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@Into_the_Never I get it. Now I know what I know, the subsequent gatekeeping concerns me. There are plenty of folks on this app that jokingly criticise ChatGPT outputs. The words I mentioned are some of the ones they’re talking about. I’ve also seen several posts in marketing groups on FB, for…
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@itsherzainab @ronnasmartin Cruz took his whole face 😮‍💨
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@ChrisDanicic @NicKeaney All their lessons are set by ability so he’s being pushed in the classroom. He’s a bright kid with ADHD and spends his free time expanding his knowledge on his own terms based on what he enjoys. For example, he has a 200 day streak on Duolingo, competes in E-sports, builds…
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@cyberomin Assumptions make an ass out of me and the biases in AI run deeper than I realised. And also, I need level up my vocab stat 😅🤣
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@TheAishetu FRFR. Lit my ass up 😮‍💨
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@yeahshewrites And then they’re ‘refugees’ had the audacity to rock up in Britain and be racist AF. Like, you can always ‘go back to where you came from’ if living amongst Black and Brown folk is too problematic 🫠
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@izomijeh 🙏🏾🫡
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@wyntermitchell My grandma worked with him mom at SF General Hospital. Small world
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@hilaryluros Join the NAACP
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@TheAishetu @elnathan_john I’m telling you - my linguistic glow up is going to be legendary. I’ve been bookmarking these replies and adding all this new vocab to my word bank. When I start emailing people tomorrow talking slick, they gonna be like, who dis?! 🤣
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@OwenJones84 I thought the clip was going to be of an actual fire in the corner of the TV studio 😏
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@emilykmay If black bootcut trousers or Seven jeans aren’t in the mix, we still have time before the end of days.
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@DanWuori My youngest was a caul birth. The midwives were very excited 😆.
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@sharavinaaa We love to see it. Hope you and your dad enjoyed the game yesterday ❤️
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@businessbarista Me! I bring an interesting perspective as I work to accelerate SMBs. In a world chasing VC, we don’t shine a light on the successful and fledgling bootstrappers.
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Unpopular opinion: we can inspire women to explore web3 without infantilising them. The ‘girlbossificiation’/‘crypto but make it pink’ I’m seeing in my TL is not a vibe 🤦🏾‍♀️
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@o1ifur @buffys Whew! “You look like your lips taste like envelope adhesive and bacon bits. Be gone Elmer Fud.” 😮‍💨
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@ShinobiBNW @AmeriKraut I was a sophomore in COLLEGE 👵🏾😂
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@El_Daverino @notcapnamerica Yup. Prevention is cheaper than cure…so here we are
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I never thought I'd be an entrepreneur. Now I can't imagine doing anything else. And last week, I was included in @TheStartupsMag ‘22 Most Influential Women of 2022’ list. Those are words I NEVER thought would be said about ME. The lesson? Your only limit is your imagination.
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Media literacy, unconscious bias and a growth mindset. If you want to use AI-powered tools to qualify, assess and create for business, you must pay attention to the blindspots baked into the machines - and your own mind.
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What business skills will remain vital in the AI era? (Saying “empathy” is too broad and generic) l will be specific: -leadership -public speaking -the art of influence -community stewardship I’m often asked by concerned parents how to raise their kids. I can’t think of a…
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POV: you’re on the tube sitting across from a picture of yourself 😆 cc: @bubbleChildcare
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Took our pre-flight tests to go back to the UK and BOTH kids are positive 😷😷. Luckily we’re staying with family and I have another two weeks off work. All the vaccinated adults are negative. Wish us luck 😭 #CovidIsNotOver
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@emma_oyomba Rule #1 : All skinfolk ain’t kinfolk Rule #2 : Colourism/proximity to whiteness reinforces rule #1 . Thank you for coming to my Ted talk…
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@efearue @ItsMo70150404 @TaiwoAmodu5 The more I’m learning the more the frustration makes sense. I would have blown a gasket 🤯
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That feeling when the check from your investor hits the bank account. Blessed be 🙏🏾
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I bloomin’ did it 😆. Thanks @tedxwinchester for inviting me to add my idea to the long list of others worth sharing. It was hard AF. I almost quit. Inspiration is an act of resistance - against your own self limiting beliefs 💪🏾
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Louder for the people in the back 📢
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the reason clothes looked & performed better in the 60’s & early 70’s is because they were being made in more reasonable quantities by union workers who were being paid a livable wage to construct them to human proportions & not slaves who were abused to meet production deadlines
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@micsolana This really should be a meme. So embarrassingly hilarious.
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@audreygelman I wonder how many of the women are trying to work and look after/home school kids 😒
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@vornietom Fo shizz fo shizz 🫡
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@jewstein3000 When I did yoga regularly, a lot of us in the class came into it post-baby, meaning we were already super ‘supple.’ The number of injuries over the years, especially in those that were already a bit bendy, was like Final Destination. All of us waiting for our turn 😩
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@Sistasomebody Working in PR, I was taught to write as I would speak. AI is more formulaic which is why I noticed a consistent pattern of words that I *personally* wouldn’t use when speaking. What I love most about this lesson is inspiration to be WAY more creative and elegant in my own…
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Please, for the love of god, no DMs on @Clubhouse . It will be a mess...
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@k_illua NGL - these also look itchy AF. Having said that I wear cotton thermals under my 100% wool jumpers and the problem goes away.
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@adriyoung @MyBFF @cryptobesties_ What bothers me most is that it’s the version of ‘woman empowerment’ that is unapologetically privileged and white. Like lularoe but for crypto.
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@Asabi_lee @Nijla1 Enough with slavery movies already...😩
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@iamharaldur It never does. Happiness IS success but the inverse isn’t always true. Understanding the “demons” and mental “frenemies” that drive my ego/ambition and then re-training my brain with that knowledge has helped me significantly over the last few months.
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@OteghaUwagba More than 3 million people according to @ExcludedUK . It’s insane. Plus all the people having to operate a business on tenterhooks, never knowing where they stand day to day.
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@ADHDdesigner Last week I tried something out of the ordinary. Instead of staying up and ultimately starting work at midnight/1am, I went to bed at 11pm and woke up at 3am to work. I felt way better than I do the other way around.
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@CateSevilla Nothing will take away the impact you all made. One of the reasons why The Pool stood out was the willingness to have conversations that no one else would. Be proud of what you’ve achieved and know you have impacted the UK media landscape positively. You did good.
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@coldhealing This is one of the reasons I ended up starting a business. I had one kid who was in preschool 5-days a week. I used to spend 3-4 hours at the gym A DAY (even walked there 1-hour round trip), alongside mind-numbing tasks and life admin and I was bored AF. Some of the saddest…
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@basamta Not at all. I appreciate directness - especially when delivered with a sense of humour and some of the QTs were 💀. And next time folks in my circle make jokes about “AI words”, I shall make Nigerian Twitter proud 🫡😆❤️
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Kinda losing my mind because I just found out I made the @TheStartupsMag @TheHustleAwards shortlist for 'Inspirational Womxn of the Industry.'
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@CraigElimeliah @meetprompt It's very sweet. My sister and I have spent many an hour watching football with our dad ❤️. And I gotta ask, without shade, was it inspired by the cute TikTok updates Sharon Mbabazi was posting about her dad, TS and TC? The similarity is definitely there...
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@BinKipper @NicKeaney He’s learning how to study on his own now. That’s how I explain the point of homework: practice for doing stuff you don’t want to do without sacrificing the output 😉
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@AdultingADHD All the time. And for shits and giggles, it triggers my RSD creating shame spirals for days 😩🫠
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I don’t get this trend of subscription boxes for women in business 🤔. Why do I need a monthly affirmation and book mailed to me to help my biz grow? And why don’t men? And the environmental impact?? So many questions…
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@ATRightMovies Troop Beverley Hills. A classic 🤌
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@aitchrobertson Couldn’t help myself 🫢
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Caught on camera 😜. I can ALMOST get into holiday mode…almost ⏳
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Holy shit. This bish is about to turn 40 🫠😱. T-minus 4 days left of my 30’s. Let’s goooo
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@LizHagelthorn I’ve started optimising for the former as the cure for the latter. Making pockets of time throughout the day to take a breather from the rat race has done me good.
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I do love a bit of recognition from my peers. It’s a boost of energy and inspiration, especially when things are hard and making a living feels tough. So I’m delighted to share I’ve been selected as a #BetterBusinessPioneer @averyandbrown , The Better Business Network and…
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