Kuda Biza brings a creativity and commitment that is rare in business and communication. Kuda inspires audience members to see possibility and focus on impact.
Kuda is the Co-Founder & CMO of Nunbelievable, a mission-based baked goods company that donates a meal for every cookie sold. The company has donated over 1 million meals to people in need in less than 2 years.
Kuda started his entrepreneur journey at a tender age when he start his first company when he was just 9 years old in Harare, Zimbabwe. He moved to the U.S. with only $40 in his pocket to study at Lynn University where he started his second company - a socially-conscious apparel brand - that has gone on to educate hundreds of children in Africa.
Prior to starting Nunbelievable, he spent over a decade in various innovation & e-commerce leadership roles at Newell Brands, a Fortune 500 firm and home to iconic brands like: Calphalon, Yankee Candle, Crock-Pot, Graco, Mr. Coffee & Sharpie.
While at Newell, he was responsible for launching multi-million-dollar strategic new growth initiatives such as Crock-Pot Cuisine, a meal delivery subscription service that reached over $20M in annual sales in less than 3 years. He also ran a $75M e-commerce division by driving sales growth across all e-commerce channels: Amazon, retailer.com and direct-to-consumer.
Kuda is also the co-founder of Signables & Signathon, two sports merchandising companies that are disrupting the sports collectibles and sports memorabilia space.
Along with his wife, Kuda co-founded ThisIsMyEra, a personal development company that focuses on helping people become the best versions of themselves.
As a speaker, he has delivered keynote addresses that inspire audiences to take action, achieve dreams and impact social change through purposeful entrepreneurship. He is also a TEDx speaker and published author.
Kuda believes in being a force for good and founded the Amani Hope Foundation, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization with a mission to empower underprivileged children in Africa by providing scholarships. Kuda is happily married to Ruth and is a proud Chelsea F.C. fan.
In this visionary talk, Kuda shares how inclusive leadership leads to success. In his talk, he reveals the secrets he learned from village leaders in a remote part of Zimbabwe to being part of a corporate executive team that pioneered a new inclusive leadership culture that unlocked organizational potential.
Key Takeaways:
How to create respectful, open, inclusive and collaborative teams
Guidelines for facilitating safe and inclusive conversations
What diversity, equity, and inclusion really means
Understand how inclusive leadership impacts profitability
Through life lessons that are often humorous and harrowing, Kuda shows attendees how to find their purpose, overcome obstacles and change their lives for the better. In just two years, Nunbelievable grew from zero to 1 million meals donated. Kuda shares how his personal fight with hunger led to this social movement, the tactical, step-by-step actions that allowed for their entrepreneurial success, where they’re headed next and how others can become purpose-driven entrepreneurs.
Key Takeaways:
The power of purpose for business leaders
Why being a purpose-driven entrepreneur gives you a competitive advantage
How being purpose-driven actually benefits your bottom-line
How a purpose-driven vision can change lives
How do we grow? How do we gain new skills and perspectives? In this talk, Kuda explains how pushing ourselves outside our comfort zone leads to personal growth. This talk inspired Kuda’s TEDx Talk.
Key Takeaways:
Why living in your comfort zone will kill you
Learn the 3 life zones and which life zone is ideal for you
How you can implement a conscious risk-taking routine into your life and be comfortable with the uncomfortable