Creating spaces for untapped opportunity - Regina Gwynn, Black Women Talk Tech

With Regina Gwynn, we explore a key need for our economy to recover, and what it takes to support big untapped opportunity: creating spaces. Physical spaces, virtual spaces, safe spaces, honest spaces.

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THE IMPACT. Regina:

Is co-founder of Black Women Talk Tech, a collective of black women tech founders focused on building billion dollar startups, which has now hosted four Roadmap to Billions conferences to give voice and provide strategy and opportunities.

Is CEO and founder of TresseNoire, the first beauty booking platform designed for time-starved multicultural professionals, also called the “Uber of black natural hair”

Spent about a decade in retail merchandising and marketing at Macy’s and The Apparel Group, and was a consultant at Monitor

Has an MBA in marketing and entrepreneurship from Kellogg School of Management

THE JOURNEY. In our conversation, we explore:

Early influences: entrepreneurship, fashion & beauty, and Jem & the Holograms

Making the leap to start a business: making money for others vs. yourself

Seizing a systemic opportunity in the market: creating a community, network, and safe space

The opportunity in investing in black women entrepreneurs: a big market, solving deep-rooted problems, better innovation

The strengths of a community during this crisis: resources and funding, plus support and self-care