The Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins With One Step

TALKING POINTS

0:00 Intro
3:41 Tevins breakthrough
8:50 Tevin’s amazing story with Hermes fashion
10:49 The Cold Call
11:58 Tevin’s plans
12:34 Promo segment
12:57 Mr Kittoe
21:47 The Fashion World
24:11 University
27:34 What led to 1000 Voices
35:12 1000 Voices Podcast
41:52 How long it will take to interview 1000 voices?
42:57 1000 Voices Podcast Guests
44:32 Finding your peppers
48:04 Tevin’s motivation
49:41 Future of 1000 Voices 
54:44 What is The Sound of Accra to Tevin
55:23 Socials & Final Thoughts

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Tevin only started the 1000 voices podcast in 2022 and already has had the likes of Music artist Jamelia and Entrepreneur William Adoasi on his show

Reggie Nelson had a similar story to Tevin, who knocked on doors in affluent neighbourhoods to find out how they became successful, until he got offered a job by one 

Most people overestimate what they can do in one year, and underestimate what they can do in 10 years – Bill Gates

Tevin got offered a role at fashion brand Hermes by the managing director. He wanted to get into fashion consultancy originally.

Money isn’t Tevin’s only motivator

He started Mr Kittoe with 2 of his brothers. This was a platform to give up and coming designers the big break they needed and ethically source suppliers as some of the top high street fashion brands had come under scrutiny for unethically sourcing fashion clothings. This also echoed William Adoasi’s business model, who had an ethical USP where a percentage of profits were given to help contribute to build schools and provide school uniform in sub-saharan Africa

Tevin has read Richard Branson’s autobiography “Losing My Virginity” 4 or 5 times

It’s about what you get from one book and not how many books you read

Tevin wants to close various gaps using his podcast

Kirstie Kwarteng has a similar project to Tevin called ‘The Nana Project’