{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Founded On Purpose","title":"Raised in Purpose, Built in Community: Khadijah Robinson's Journey","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3076,"description":"Khadijah Robinson’s entrepreneurial journey didn’t begin in a startup accelerator — it began in her childhood home, where her parents were intentional about shaping how she saw beauty, possibility, and Black excellence. That foundation led her to build the Nile List as a “therapeutic exercise” during  her full-time legal career, eventually growing it into a platform supporting thousands of Black-owned businesses around the world.In this episode, she traces the purposeful thread from her mom’s early entrepreneurial success, to launching the Nile List during a pandemic from Nigeria, to navigating an unexpected acquisition. Today, that same thread shows up in her roles as GP at Fictive Ventures, leader of the LIFT Incubator, and community architect behind The Pit in Atlanta.For founders across industries and backgrounds, Khadijah offers something rare: a blueprint for building rooted in identity, community, and clarity — not hype.Show Notes:In this episode:The childhood lessons that shaped how she sees community, beauty, and entrepreneurshipWhy her mom’s early business success quietly set the stage for her own founder journeyHow the Nile List began as a spreadsheet for stress relief during a painful clerkshipLaunching March 1, 2020 — and why that timing unexpectedly accelerated growthBootstrapping, burning personal savings, and learning she had a real businessSubscription boxes, early customers, and community pulling the product forwardNavigating valuation, negotiation, and leadership through her legal lensThe realities of being a Black woman founder leading inside a larger orgWhat she brought forward into investing — and what she refuses to repeatHow she now supports founders through Fictive, LIFT, and The PitLinks & resources mentioned:Khadijah Robinson on LinkedIn  –  https://www.linkedin.com/in/khadijahrobinson/ Fictive Ventures – fictiveventures.comThe Pit Atlanta – thepitatlanta.comCenter for Black Entrepreneurship + LIFT Incubator – cbecenter.org","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/C1tKHTCJjJx9-O48-JU-35SerWaK6jk_Q9Olb9O__M0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82Yjdi/NmViNWI1NzA2OWEx/OWYwYWZlNjY4M2M3/YWY0NS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}