Full interview from the Live Q&A with Sydney Sam, Founder of Workspace Global.

Adrian Daniels engages with Sydney Sam, the founder of Workspace Global, a SaaS platform designed to support entrepreneurs and small businesses with creative and development needs.

Born and raised in Ghana, Sydney shares his journey from Ghana to building a tech-driven company that offers subscription-based access to a full creative team, including designers, writers, and social media managers, worldwide.

The discussion covers the evolution of Workspace Global, its unique value proposition compared to platforms like Fiverr and Upwork, and the company's commitment to providing high-quality, affordable services. Sydney also highlights the importance of supporting African talent and the company's future plans, including expanding services and customer base. Listeners are invited to try Workspace Global for free with a special offer.

Learn about Sydney's story and more about how you can access top design and dev teams instantly on subscription, at an affordable rate.

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Timestamps / Topics

00:00:00: Introduction and Live Stream Setup

00:01:20: Guest Introduction - Sydney Sam in Cape Town

00:04:34: Sydney's Background and Early Entrepreneurship

00:07:08: Challenges Faced by Entrepreneurs and Freelancers

00:10:12: The Concept Behind Workspace Global

00:11:40: Evolution of Workspace Global

00:15:22: Types of Services Offered by Workspace Global

00:18:11: Unique Features and Benefits of Workspace Global

00:20:42: Future Goals and Vision for Workspace Global

00:23:21: Team Structure and Remote Work Management

00:25:53: Notable Clients and Success Stories

00:28:27: Why Big Companies Choose Workspace Global

00:31:47: Supporting African Talent and Global Impact

00:35:38: Comparison with Fiverr and Upwork

00:40:13: Value Addition and Customer Retention Strategies

00:44:43: Additional Support Services and Future Plans

00:47:15: Managing Subscription and User Access

00:50:58: Audience Q&A and Final Thoughts

00:57:37: Encouragement for Entrepreneurs

00:58:17: Exciting Future Developments for Workspace Global

1:00:02: Closing Remarks and Free Trial Offer

Catch up with Season 5 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnqpgGxTAXg&list=PLJUVirAfWnNoGiJNHHWm6aYTUUberuD5V

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About The Sound of Accra Podcast

Our mission is always the same, to promote Global Ghanaian excellence. And always to bring you closer to Accra, whenever you are, with powerful stories that make you want to take action in your career, business or personal life. 

For almost 5 years, we have been championing global Ghanaian founders, entrepreneurship and Creators through podcasting. We've achieved 10s of thousands of audio downloads worldwide and published well over 150 episodes to date.

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Adrian Daniels [0:00 - 1:19]: So, yeah, guys, so we're live on, we're live on YouTube. We're live on Instagram. We're live on Facebook. We are live on LinkedIn. Let us know if you can hear us, first of all, loud and hear loud and click. Make sure you guys can hear us. Drop a message in the chat. If you can hear us, drop a, like, drop a heart. Give us a heart. Drop a message. Let us know where you're tuning in from, what city, what town, what country you're tuning in from. Let us know what you're excited to learn about today. Regarding our season six sponsors, workspace Global, we're joined by the founder here, Sydney Sam, the mastermind behind the SaaS platform. Yeah, let us know where you're coming in from. Let us know. And then we'll drop the message in the chat. Okay. And I can see, I'll be, I will be able to show the messages on the stream. So if you drop the message in the stream, I'll be able to show it on the screen, which is fantastic. All right. But, yeah, give us a, like, give us a comment. Let us know where you guys are tuning in from so we can know that we can actually know that you guys can hear us loud and clear, which would be fantastic. All right, this would be great. But before we kind of. So whilst waiting for the audience to kind of like, drop messages in the chats to give us the likes, the thumbs up, we do appreciate it's a sunny Friday evening, you know, so some people might, some of you might be out and you guys might want to get up so far. Yes. Sicily. Let us know how your, how your week's been so far.

Sydney Sam [1:20 - 1:24]: So, yeah, so I'm actually in Cape Town, South Africa right now.

Adrian Daniels [1:24 - 1:24]: Fantastic.

Sydney Sam [1:25 - 2:08]: So it's, yeah, it's, it's winter time in Cape Town, but it's not anything as close to the other winters around the world. So I've had a really good week. I'm serving a quick contract here in Cape Town, so I'm here with my family. I've been working with my team, trying to sign some new clients, new partnerships, also from South Africa, so activating the market here. But it's been really, really nice. You know, Cape Town is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, I would say. I mean, second only to Accra. So, yeah, it is. It has been really, really, really nice and very refreshing to be out here.

Adrian Daniels [2:08 - 2:09]: But, yeah, that's beautiful.

Sydney Sam [2:10 - 2:10]: To be here.

Adrian Daniels [2:10 - 2:18]: Yeah, that's beautiful. I mean, Accra is, I mean, Accra is great. It's home and all, but I mean, Cape Town, I've not been there yet, but it's just somewhere that I do.

Sydney Sam [2:18 - 2:19]: Want to come out to.

Adrian Daniels [2:20 - 4:34]: It looks stunning, and I think Johannesburg is. Johannesburg is Joburg, as they say, is another place that, you know, I'm looking forward to coming up to. So South Africa, hopefully. Hopefully we can come up there at some point. But, yeah, let's continue to get the feedback from the audience. If you guys can hear us loud and clear, please give us a, like, give us a thumbs up, drop a message in the chat. Let us know if you guys can hear us. Okay? So we can know that, you know, we are being heard clearly. What else do we have? Just to remind you guys, we are live on Facebook. We are live on Instagram. We are live in YouTube. We are live on LinkedIn. If you can hear us, please drop a message in the chat. Let us know if you can hear us. If you are in Instagram and the video is not clear, please join us on YouTube. If you find us on YouTube, be sure to join us live there. If the video does look a little bit funny. Okay. If you're on LinkedIn, you know, drop a message, let us know, you know, what you think about today's stream so far. And, you know, let us know where you're coming in from. Let us know where you're tuning in from. Be great to hear from all of you. All right. But, yeah, we are still live on all of the simultaneous platforms. And let's continue on the discussion. So great. So Sidney just mentioned that he's currently in South Africa trying to sign some more deals for workspace global. And we're going to get into more about what workspace global do in just a moment. But, Siddy, could you tell us about your story in terms of how you launched the workspace global platform and what led to you structuring the business in such a way where it's now more like a subscription, like a SaaS model, because it's quite clever. Yeah, because, you know, this is something I don't hear too often about because, you know, you have the usual person that's on upwork on Fiverr, you know, all these different platforms, and they're requesting one time work. This is usually the case, all this design crowds, freelancer.com. but you've got the subscription model where you guys can pay a subscription, and you guys get a certain amount of designs every single month. And I think this is the future. You know, we all love our Netflix. We all love YouTube. Premium Amazon prime. Talk us more about this. This is exciting.