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This Female Founder Is Using Her Underwear Brand to Microfinance Other Women-Owned Businesses Watch this interview to see why Eby Co-Founder Renata Black is leading her company in this direction.

By James McKinney

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James McKinney's guest this week is Renata Black, co-founder of Eby. The company uses its sexy underwear products as a means of microfinancing women-run businesses around the world, and in this interview, Black talks about some of the amazing women she's met along the way.

The full interview covers topics such as:

  • How her aunt and uncle kidnapped her from her grandma and took her from Colombia to America to provide her a better life.
  • The places she visited on her world travels after college.
  • How she met Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus and how his example helped lead her to where she is today.

Start the video above to learn more about Black, or listen to the full episode here.

James McKinney

Creator & Host, The Startup Story

James McKinney is the Founder & Host of The Startup Story, a multi-channel brand platform that brings the lessons of highly successful founders directly to the everyday founder. Whether it is through The Startup Story podcast or via the Startup Story LIVE event series, entrepreneurs everywhere can receive tactical and practical guidance from founders who are a few steps ahead.

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