TONL Cofounder Karen Okonkwo POPSUGAR Interview Feb. 2018
TONL Cofounder Karen Okonkwo Is Revolutionizing Stock Photography With Color and Culture
![MP: What has been the response to TONL?
KO: Let me actually tell you about the response we got before we even launched: we decided to share with our friends and family that we were going to [embark on] this business venture, and one person took what was supposed to be a private email and actually tweeted it. From that point, it spread like wildfire. When I came back to my phone, it was blowing up with notifications! It was an outpouring of love!
MP: What has the feedback from subscribers and users been like?
KO: All [the feedback] is in the realm of "I've been in the industry for 'x' amount of years, and I've never come across diverse images of this quality" to "I've struggled so much looking for images of people of color, and this has answered my prayers!"](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/Lm6hxfM8XHxnGHjniSaAxXfZ08o/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2018/01/19/995/n/42301552/netimg30AqwA/i/MP-What-has-been-response-TONLKO-Let-me-actually-tell-you.jpg "MP: What has been the response to TONL?
KO: Let me actually tell you about the response we got before we even launched: we decided to share with our friends and family that we were going to [embark on] this business venture, and one person took what was supposed to be a private email and actually tweeted it. From that point, it spread like wildfire. When I came back to my phone, it was blowing up with notifications! It was an outpouring of love!
MP: What has the feedback from subscribers and users been like?
KO: All [the feedback] is in the realm of \"I've been in the industry for 'x' amount of years, and I've never come across diverse images of this quality\" to \"I've struggled so much looking for images of people of color, and this has answered my prayers!\"")
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