Founders And Funders

When Porter Braswell heard his father deliver the tough love message that Porter would never play in the NBA, this eventual entrepreneur shifted his focus from having a basketball career to getting the best education possible. After a few years of working on Wall Street, something didn't feel right. Learn more about this Yale alum and the genesis of Jopwell, the company he co-founded. (Listen) Episode Summary: Porter Braswell, a 2011 graduate of Yale University, shares his story of how he switched from being a top-level basketball player to happily working on Wall Street. But when his employer continually asked him to help recruit people who "looked like him," Porter and a co-worker decided to leave the company to create a career platform that would give under-served minorities equal access to job opportunities. Two years after its launch, Jopwell was listed as one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Companies” and one of Entrepreneur’s “100 Most Brilliant Companies" in 2017. One participant in Jopwell's Seri