#FoundersConnect: Interview with Yanmo Omorogbe, Co-Founder of Invest Bamboo

Yanmo Omorogbe is a Co-Founder and COO at Bamboo. Before founding Bamboo, she was an Investment Associate at the African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM).

Bamboo gives unrestricted access to over 3,000 stocks listed on the Nigerian stock exchange and U.S. stock exchanges, right from your mobile phone or computer. In this episode of Founder’s Connect, Yanmo speaks to me about her 'accidental' journey into entrepreneurship, what growing up was like, how running Bamboo has been, their biggest wins and lessons learned.

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Yanmo talks about 5 things that represent her personality, Growing up, Fondest memories, fun things to do,

Educational background in relations to her current career path - Finance

Yanmo talks about how she became a startup founder

Yanmo talks about challenges faced kickstarting Invest Bamboo

What has been the biggest win so far?

Yanmo talks about why she moved from Head of Growth to Head of Operations

Defining moments in Yanmo’s life

Biggest life lessons ever

Would you consider entrepreneurship in five or four years?

Yanmo talks about the ideal people to hire at Bamboo

Dating back to some months before starting Bamboo, what would you do differently

Yanmo talks about the Impact of YC on the team and company generally

She talks about hiring more women in tech or investing in an NGO to fund more women in tech.

Yanmo shares top three investment tips

Favourite city, colour & food.