Building Community and Empowering Women's Financial Futures with Dee Poku

I am thrilled to bring you this inspiring conversation with the remarkable Dee Poku, a visionary leader who is spearheading the future of what success looks like for women. Dee is known within women's communities as someone building the future of community, powerful homes, powerful lives, and true independence. Before creating this incredible impact, she built a successful career in entertainment that took her from the UK to the United States.

Today, we dive deep into Dee's fascinating journey from a sheltered childhood in the UK to experiencing wealth inequality firsthand in Ghana at age six, through her rebellious university years, her climb in the entertainment industry, and ultimately her transition to entrepreneurship and community building. You'll hear about Dee's early financial awakening through credit card debt, her strategic career moves including an international relocation, and the pivotal moment when she walked away from a prestigious corporate career to build something meaningful.

Dee shares her insights on navigating identity crises during career transitions, learning to advocate for her worth, and the evolution from hosting informal gatherings to building a thriving business centered on connecting powerful women. This conversation is packed with wisdom on financial empowerment, community building, and creating a legacy that uplifts future generations of women.

Key Topics:

1. Growing up between the UK and Ghana and witnessing wealth inequality at age six
2. Early financial awakening through university credit card debt and learning money management
3. Choosing creativity over corporate finance and transitioning through fashion to entertainment
4. Strategic career moves, salary negotiation, and making the bold leap from UK to US
5. The pivotal moment of leaving prestigious corporate entertainment to pursue entrepreneurship
6. Navigating identity crisis, self-worth challenges, and learning to charge for value
7. Evolution from failed first business to building a thriving community-centered company
8. Building a legacy focused on women's economic empowerment and equal representation

Connect with Dee Poku online:

https://www.deepoku.com/

https://www.instagram.com/deepoku

https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepoku

https://www.thewiesuite.com/

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