{"id":6294,"date":"2019-08-05T10:36:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T07:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/?p=6294"},"modified":"2022-07-21T17:22:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T17:22:02","slug":"jina-langu-ni-cindy-lithimbi-ondego","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/videos\/jina-langu-ni-cindy-lithimbi-ondego\/","title":{"rendered":"Jina langu ni Cindy Lithimbi Ondego"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Your Name and what do\nyou do?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My name is Cindy Ondego, born Lithimbi. I\u2019m married to a\nwonderful man, we have 2 beautiful daughters and I have the ultimate blessing\nof being called \u2018mum\u2019 about 1000 times a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am also a business owner: <a href=\"http:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/mombasaworks-coworking-space\/\">MombasaWorks<\/a> is a coworking, learning and event space that I opened in October 2018; and an international development practitioner. I was born in Mombasa, and it continues to be home to me and my family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How did Founders come\nabout?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the idea for MombasaWorks first entered my mind, I\nparked it for a long time because I just didn\u2019t\u2019 see myself as a business owner\nor entrepreneur. But I got a lot of inspiration from Guy Raz\u2019s podcast \u2018How I\nBuilt This\u2019 \u2013 a US-based entrepreneurship podcast. The show is full of raw,\nreal-life accounts of how ordinary people have built wildly successful\ncompanies. But it\u2019s a US-based podcast; and I struggled to find local content\nthat also celebrated the <em>entire<\/em>\njourney, recognizing achievements and success, but also unpacking the failures,\npersonal sacrifices, breaking points etc. That\u2019s how the idea for Founders came\nabout. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also really wanted to create a platform for Coast-based\nentrepreneurs to share their story, to demonstrate that Mombasa is working, and\nthere is an entrepreneurship and innovation space here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Naturally, it has sort of become our flagship event series\nas MombasaWorks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Has Founders been\nhelpful to the attendees?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes! You get to hear the unscripted, real and detailed stories\nfrom a founder who is either from this region, or whose business has a presence\nin this region. So it\u2019s like vicariously living through someone else\u2019s\nexperiences that are probably not far from your own. It\u2019s essentially a huge\nlearning opportunity without any risk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re really honoured and blessed to have had guests who are\ngenerous with sharing their experiences \u2013 so nothing is off the table in terms\nof discussion: we\u2019ve discussed everything from racism and the politics of\nventure capital fundraising, painful exits and contracts gone sour, work\/life\nbalance, and really major fails. The series provide a risk-free learning\nopportunity, and meets people where they need it most, wherever they are along\nthe entrepreneurship journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s also a great opportunity to meet new people living and\nworking in\/around Mombasa, in a relaxed environment. I\u2019ve had two people tell\nme that they started their ventures after being inspired by the stories from\nfounders. I didn\u2019t expect that so was really pleased to hear that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ll add, I don\u2019t think there is one path to being a\nsuccessful entrepreneur. Nor one \u2018model\u2019 of a successful entrepreneur (in terms\nof background, education, race or class). I\u2019ve seen that in the guests we\u2019ve\nhad (and will soon have) on Founders. This diversity in entrepreneurship makes\nit really quite exciting as well as accessible for people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is your vision\nfor Founders?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To see Founders reach more people: so for the discussion to\nbe available in different medium. And for Founders to be a vehicle through\nwhich we can demonstrate the vibrancy of the local ecosystem, to ultimately\nspur more local development through more local\/community-level investment.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Are you planning to\nhave creatives like photographer, content creaters etc. to share their stories?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Definitely! I think the journey of a creative entrepreneur\nis so rich in lessons particularly because we have a relatively nascent\ncreative economy so hurdles are bigger and the potential for learning that much\nbigger as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Can you give us an\ninsight to what topic will be covered?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All Founders typically follow the same format, one founder\nand one moderator having a frank discussion about the former\u2019s journey building\nan organization. So, the conversation is broad, but generally covers a founder\u2019s\nearly years, origins and motivations, experiences raising capital, and insights\ninto entrepreneurship and Mombasa\u2019s economy in respect to the certain industry\nin question. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the rest of the conversation is entirely led by the\naudience and their questions. Some events have focused a lot on raising venture\ncapital, others on the business model and operations, some on entrepreneurship\nand family life and values. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We summarize all events on our blog so one can get an idea\nof previous conversations there (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mombasaworks.com\/blog\">www.mombasaworks.com\/blog<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where do you see\nFounders in the next 10 years?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In numerous MombasaWorks locations across the Coast region,\nthrough different mediums, telling stories of founders and spreading the values\nof curiosity, humility, kindness and diversity in business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parting Shot<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ask lots of questions, always, of everyone. But\nespecially of yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your Name and what do you do? My name is Cindy Ondego, born Lithimbi. I\u2019m married to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6295,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[156],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jina langu ni Cindy Lithimbi Ondego - Life in Mombasa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/videos\/jina-langu-ni-cindy-lithimbi-ondego\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jina langu ni Cindy Lithimbi Ondego - Life in Mombasa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Your Name and what do you do? My name is Cindy Ondego, born Lithimbi. I\u2019m married to [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/videos\/jina-langu-ni-cindy-lithimbi-ondego\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Life in Mombasa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-21T17:22:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cindy.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/videos\/jina-langu-ni-cindy-lithimbi-ondego\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/videos\/jina-langu-ni-cindy-lithimbi-ondego\/\",\"name\":\"Jina langu ni Cindy Lithimbi Ondego - Life in Mombasa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-05T07:36:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-21T17:22:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/videos\/jina-langu-ni-cindy-lithimbi-ondego\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/videos\/jina-langu-ni-cindy-lithimbi-ondego\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/videos\/jina-langu-ni-cindy-lithimbi-ondego\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Portfolio\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/videos\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Jina langu ni Cindy Lithimbi Ondego\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/\",\"name\":\"Life in Mombasa\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jina langu ni Cindy Lithimbi Ondego - Life in Mombasa","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/videos\/jina-langu-ni-cindy-lithimbi-ondego\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jina langu ni Cindy Lithimbi Ondego - Life in Mombasa","og_description":"Your Name and what do you do? My name is Cindy Ondego, born Lithimbi. I\u2019m married to [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/videos\/jina-langu-ni-cindy-lithimbi-ondego\/","og_site_name":"Life in Mombasa","article_modified_time":"2022-07-21T17:22:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":768,"height":1024,"url":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cindy.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/videos\/jina-langu-ni-cindy-lithimbi-ondego\/","url":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/videos\/jina-langu-ni-cindy-lithimbi-ondego\/","name":"Jina langu ni Cindy Lithimbi Ondego - Life in Mombasa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-08-05T07:36:34+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-21T17:22:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/videos\/jina-langu-ni-cindy-lithimbi-ondego\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/videos\/jina-langu-ni-cindy-lithimbi-ondego\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/videos\/jina-langu-ni-cindy-lithimbi-ondego\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Portfolio","item":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Jina langu ni Cindy Lithimbi Ondego"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/","name":"Life in Mombasa","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/6294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/6294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7068,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/6294\/revisions\/7068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=6294"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_skills","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_skills?post=6294"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tags?post=6294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}