Onyinye Udokporo - From starting a business at the age of 12 to being a neurodiversity consultant for Google

Onyinye Udokporo - From starting a business at the age of 12 to being a neurodiversity consultant for Google

Author: JBM, James Mitra July 24, 2024 Duration: 48:14
“Dyslexia is a learning difference. There’s nothing difficult about it. You have challenges, but you’re not a difficult individual.”  In our final episode in this specialist advice series, we’re joined by Onyinye Udokporo, one of the UK’s youngest education experts, entrepreneur, dyslexic author, neurodiversity consultant and content creator.  Onyinye’s entrepreneurial journey started when she was only 12 years old, when she began tutoring children and young people from her local community in her parent’s living room.  Following her own diagnosis with Dyslexia, she became an author of ‘Dyslexia and Me: How to survive and thrive if you’re neurodivergent’ and started her own Neurodiversity Consulting firm in 2022, where she delivers training and workshops as well as consulting services to businesses including Google and the BBC.  Today we’ll dive into her entrepreneurial journey, from day one in her parent’s living room to using AI for good, and everything in between.  Episode Chapters:  ➡️ Learning from setbacks [02:15]  ➡️ Upbringing & starting a business at the age of 12 [04:10]  ➡️ Quitting big 4 consulting on Day 1 [09:10]  ➡️ Early entrepreneurial inspirations [18:30]  ➡️ Being diagnosed with dyslexia [21:15]  ➡️ Making businesses more neuro inclusive [27:50]  ➡️ Advice for neurodivergent Founders [30:40]  ➡️ Hiring & retaining neurodiverse talent [36:30]  ➡️ Education & AI [41:30]  ⛳ Helpful links: ➡️ Follow Onyinye on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/onyinyeudokporo?originalSubdomain=uk  ➡️ Find out more about her work: https://www.onyinyeudokporo.com/ ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️ Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review on https://ratethispodcast.com/40mm  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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