Diversity

29 Jul

BE 100s: 2016 Report on the Nation’s Largest Black Businesses by Kali Wilder and Derek T. Dingle

Despite last year’s sluggish performance, BE 100s companies seek to revive their fortunes by aggressively employing tech, revamping business strategies, and connecting with millennials. The BE 100s have adopted a new attitude. It has been a challenging year for a number of the nation’s largest black-owned businesses,...

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29 Jul

4 Things I Didn’t Know About Investors Before I Took Their Money by Felecia Hatcher

So, you cashed the check, now what? So many of us are obsessed with getting investors no one really talks about the real down side. Managing the relationship with your investors is an important skill that new entrepreneurs have to learn and sometimes the hard...

10:31 / Diversity

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28 Jul

Urban Co-Lab Releases Austin Startup Diversity Report by Samara Lynn

Urban Co-Lab's report reveals that, when it comes to minority and women-owned startups, it's business as usual, with little funding or access. But, there is some good news diversity. Urban Co-Lab has released its inaugural 2016 report, Austin Startup Diversity. The report examines the current diversity environment...

14:30 / Diversity

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28 Jul

The DoD Brings on Tech’s Brightest Minds—and Problems by Matt Simon

The government is sick of people thinking it is old and lumbering and bogged down in bureaucracy. Sure, it is all those things. But it wants to change. So it’s looking at the blazing-fast ying to its octogenarian-on-horse-tranquilizers yang: Silicon Valley. This is particularly true of...

11:29 / Diversity

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27 Jul

A Growing Group Of Black Angel Investors Is Making Up For The Funding Biases In Venture Capital by Sherrell Dorsey

Jehiel Oliver knew he wasn’t going to find his pathway to prosperity at the doorsteps of Silicon Valley’s venture capital firms. As a black tech founder, statistically speaking, he was well aware that the odds were against him. Fewer than 1% of tech companies with...

11:38 / Diversity

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