Founders Unfound
Ashlee Ammons - Mixtroz
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In this episode Ashlee and Dan discussed:
- Interning for LeBron James
- How an awkward networking event gave birth to Mixtroz
- Working alongside her mom as Co-Founder
- The journey from Cleveland to NY to Nashville to Birmingham
- Where to find the best rollercoasters in the world
Ashlee Ammons is the Co-Founder of Mixtroz, a company that creates serendipity at live and virtual events using real-time surveying along with their unique algorithm. Ashlee has an amazing journey - from Ohio to New York, Tennessee, and eventually to Alabama. She’s gone from interning with Lebron James to becoming one of the first few African American Women to raise over $1M in venture funding. She's also been named as Entrepreneur Magazine's "100 Powerful Women" of 2019.
To top it all off, Ashlee has known her co-founder literally her whole life (spoiler alert, they're related!).
Make sure to listen to her incredible story.
MORE on ASHLEE and MIXTROZ
Ashlee:
linkedin.com/in/ashleeanneammons
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