Summary: <p>From a young age, Kobina Ansah '08 was a budding entrepreneur, even before he knew what entrepreneurship really was. As a teenager he mowed neighbors lawns to earn extra spending cash. In college, he and his friends started a full service B&B for busy Cornell weekends (Air BnB eat your heart out!); "I remember feeling this great sense of satisfaction by identifying a client, identifying their needs, serving that need, and getting compensated for that." </p> <p>Furthermore, entrepreneurship is in Kobina's blood. His grandmother started one of the first daycare programs in Ghana, West Africa (visited by the Queen of England!), and his mother created Alta Spa in Ithaca, a place he and his brother worked and really helped conceptualize from the ground up.</p> <p>Today, Kobina's company <a href="https://www.getcoverr.com/" target="_blank">COVERR</a> provides financial loans to workers in the gig economy, people who have difficulty getting financial support from traditional lending institutions. As Armon Sadler so perfectly put it, Kobina is "a human who is serving humans-- who are serving humans."</p> <p>Read the <a href="https://cornell.box.com/s/iyl7d2igjqssdmej2q658nypbo2g5zx9" target="_blank">episode transcript</a>. </p> <p>Hosted by Armon Sadler '17.<br> Created and produced by Amanda Massa.<br> Music by Kia Albertson-Rogers '13, koa3@cornell.edu.<br> Artwork by Chris Kelly.</p> <p>*The views expressed by Fresh from the Hill hosts and guests do not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of Cornell University.</p>
