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Zero to a HundredZero To A Hundred – Episode 31: Banking The Unbanked: How SPARE Is Leading The Financial Inclusion Revolution With D'ontra HughesAccelerators! 🚀 This week, we’re joined by D’ontra Hughes, founder of SPARE, a revolutionary virtual ATM network that’s changing the way small businesses and communities access and manage money. Funded by Mark Cuban on Shark Tank, D’ontra shares how SPARE is tackling financial deserts, driving foot traffic for merchants, and creating financial equity for underserved communities. If you’re an entrepreneur looking to blend profit and purpose, this episode is for you! What’s on the Menu:🏦 How SPAREtransforms merchants into virtual ATMs and drives revenue.🌍 Solving finan...2024-12-3143 min
Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots504: Spare with D'ontra HughesD'ontra Hughes is the Founder and CEO of Spare, which uses tech to solve cash management problems for unbanked small businesses and enterprises. D'ontra shares his entrepreneurship journey, driven by realizing the financial industry's impact on less privileged individuals.
D'ontra highlights a significant issue in the banking sector where the poorest people are often charged the most in fees, perpetuating poverty. Spare addresses the high fees unbanked individuals face when accessing their money. D'ontra's entrepreneurial journey involved various challenges, including learning from customer feedback, understanding the importance of data-driven decisions, and navigating the competitive startup environment.
2023-12-1432 min
After Hours Entrepreneur with Mark SavantLanding a Deal on Shark Tank | D'ontra Hughes#90: D'ontra Hughes is the founder and CEO of Spare, speaker, entrepreneur.D'ontra is pure entrepreneur, who started his company sleeping on couches. I saw D'ontra on Shark Tank and was incredibly impressed. When I saw him negotiating with Mark Cuban, I new I had to get him on the show!In this episode, D'ontra talks about how he created Spare and how he overcame the negative feedback. He also talks about how he expanded his brand, in a very smart way.He goes into details about Shark Tank and landing a deal with Mark...2021-02-2230 min
Tech ForwardSharing Lessons in Entrepreneurial Resilience While Expanding Access to Cash for the UnderservedHello listeners, and welcome back to Tech Forward! On this week’s episode, I spoke with D’ontra Hughes, serial entrepreneur, and founder and CEO of fintech platform SPARE. By turning any cash register into an ATM, SPARE helps merchants increase foot traffic and underbanked consumers avoid costly fees. If that sounds familiar, you may have caught his appearance on Shark Tank earlier this year. D’ontra is also a motivational speaker who shares valuable lessons for entrepreneurs about resilience, team building, and finding the right business partners. Today on the show, he’ll share the story of how he built s...2019-06-1934 min
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