How Tope Awotona Catapulted Calendly To A Billion-Dollar Company After Making It His Mission To Complete His Late Father’s Work

“If that had happened in the United States, I would have gone through a lot of therapy,” Awotona told Inc.com. “In Nigeria, it happened on Friday and I went to school on Monday. For six months, I couldn’t eat. I couldn’t sleep. That insomnia has carried on to my adult life. I’ll probably have it forever.”

“In February, I visited my dad’s gravesite,” he continued. “It was my first time going back there since he died. I felt like he didn’t get a chance to complete his work. There was a part of me, from a very early age, that wanted to redeem him.”