Daricus Releford is Founder and CEO of StoreCash, a company that provides mobile banking for teens, as well as for unbanked and underbanked adults.
Daricus is the twin son of a mom in the military. And as you just heard, he came home one day as a kid to find that his dad had taken everything from the house. Since that fateful event, Daricus has been on an entrepreneurial journey, that's gone from cutting lawns to building a FinTech startup in Silicon Valley. Along the way, he's had to persevere through college, hustle his first company into getting promotion by Steve Harvey, to landing roles with Google, Facebook, and Apple.
Daricus has a great story, you’ll want to listen in.
In this episode Daricus and Dan discussed:
- driving hours with his mom to buy a hotdog stand
- getting through Penn State, initially without a dorm room or place to sleep
- finding a crafty way to get his products on the Steve Harvey show
- working for THREE or the big five tech giants
- how a chance request from his nephew led to his current startup
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MORE on DARICUS and STORECASH
Daricus:
linkedin.com/in/daricusreleford
StoreCash:
linkedin.com/company/storecash
instagram.com/storecash_banking
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