Master Entrepreneur, Dee Poku, Explains Why Every Woman Should Start Their Own Business In Brooklyn
Dee Poku | Photo via Financialjuneteenth

Meet Dee Poku.

Poku is a social entrepreneur, born in the UK and raised between London and Accra. Poku climbed the corporate ladder as a former Hollywood studio executive for 10 years.  However, desiring being a change maker in culture, she decided to create an organization that filled a gap in the professional world; she created a place where emerging women leaders can have the tools to change the world for the better. Not only did she create the WIE Network, she is the force behind The Other Festival, which we recently covered. She is the Beyoncé to corporate America, a tour de force for businesswomen and entrepreneurs who does her 24-hour day while managing both a husband and a child.

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“Everything I’ve achieved has been through my network,” says Poku. “One thing successful people do really well is collaborate to generate growth. While a lot of people stay in a particular lane, The Other Festival is a place to step out of that. Most conferences are for men.  This one is for women. This is a place you can bounce ideas off other women. What I want women to get out of this event is the stepping stone to get to the next level.”



A new study by The Center for Urban Future, this past year showed that the number of women-owned businesses in New York grew four times as fast as male-owned businesses during the past five years.  Also, Brooklyn has the most women-owned businesses in the city (118,489), followed by Manhattan (114,896), Queens (97,982), the Bronx (68,705), and Staten Island (13,921).

So why be an entrepenuer in Brooklyn? Because the time is now!

“There is something that says “out of the box” and “struggle” and “pioneering” about Brooklyn and that’s why we choose Williamsburg as the place to host this year’s festival,”  Poku said. “It’s about showcasing the next generation of women who are changing the paradigm.”

Preach, Poku!

See here for more information about The Other Festival headed to Williamsburg on Saturday, June 11, 2016.