📖 Biography

Errol Anderson was born and raised in Jamaica by his mother, Rose, alongside a brother and sister, before moving to the United States in search of opportunity. He settled in Denver, Colorado, where he became a partner and Co-CEO of Legacy Management Group.

In 2020, while looking for an outdoor game to bring to a friend's small backyard gathering during the pandemic, Anderson found the available options limited and began sketching an idea of his own. The result was Popongo, a yard game in which players toss foam balls into a board of variably-scored cups, designed to be less predictable and more strategic than typical cornhole-style games.

Anderson deliberately incorporated the colours of the Jamaican flag into Popongo's design — black for the people, gold for the sunshine, green for the island's vegetation — as a tribute to his roots. The game officially launched on 20 December 2021 and was quickly picked up by national and Caribbean media, including Forbes, CBS, and Rocky Mountain PBS.

When Jamaica's bobsled team qualified for the Winter Olympics for the first time in 24 years, Anderson committed a portion of Popongo's sales to sponsoring the team, putting the Popongo logo on their competition uniforms — a direct, personal way of channelling his business success back toward his home country.

🕰️ Timeline
2020
Begins developing the game Popongo during pandemic lockdowns.
2021
Popongo officially launches, 20 December.
2022
Popongo sponsors Jamaica's Olympic bobsled team at the Winter Olympics.
✦ Achievements
  • ◆Invented and launched the yard game Popongo
  • ◆Featured in Forbes, CBS Colorado, and Rocky Mountain PBS
  • ◆Sponsored Jamaica's Olympic bobsled team with a share of Popongo's sales
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I was determined to give my friends and me something new to play because there were not very many options available to us as we tried to interact responsibly in a park during quarantine.
— Errol Anderson
🕊️ Legacy
Popongo turned pandemic-era frustration into a nationally distributed backyard game, and Anderson's decision to sponsor Jamaica's Olympic bobsled team with its profits tied his commercial success directly back to supporting his home country on the world stage.
💡 Leadership Lessons
  • →A personal frustration can be a legitimate business idea. Popongo exists because Anderson genuinely couldn't find a game he wanted to play, not because of a market study.
  • →Success can be a direct route back to giving back. Rather than a general charitable gesture, Anderson tied his company's growth specifically to supporting Jamaica's Olympic team.