Chantal Emmanuel is Co-Founder and CTO of LimeLoop, a company that is delivering a world without waste with their reusable smart packaging.Chantal grew up in Queens, in a neighborhood without many people of color, but with a strong sense of her Caribbean heritage, surrounded by a large extended family. She brought a calling to serve with her after college, leading to work in AmeriCorps, but it was her analytical and logic-driven intellect that soon brought her to data, and software. With a pivot through coding bootcamp and relocation to the Bay Area, Chantall found herself working for Red Clay Design, a company developing software to bring together industrial designers and retail companies. It was at Red Clay that Chantal would come across both the core idea for Lime Loop, and her co-founder Ashley. This would lead to the start of her founder journey years later.Chantal has a great story. You’ll want to listen in.In this episode Chantal and Dan discussed:Growing up with a supportive, big familyGoing from AmeriCorps to software developmentHow she joined the small club of black women who've raised $1MThe inefficiencies and cautions of how we ship todayWhat wakes her up at 2amOUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EPISODE:Entrepreneur Struggle A compelling podcast with host Chris Colbert from DCP Entertainment.Listen anywhere you get podcasts or go to dcpofficial.com/entrepreneurstruggleMORE on CHANTAL and LIMELOOPChantal:linkedin.com/in/chantalemmanueltwitter.com/ChantalEmmanuelinstagram.com/cto_chantalLimeLoop:thelimeloop.comtwitter.com/thelimelooplinkedin.com/company/limeloopinstagram.com/thelimeloopFollow Founders Unfound: Like and share - help us grow!PODCAST TRANSCRIPT#blackfounders #founderstories #foundersafricandescent #commerce #3PL #shippinglogistics Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.