Ep. 57-Jewel Burks Solomon advocate for representation in and access to the technology industry.
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English - December 04, 2019 14:00 - 35 minutes - 33 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture History education empower entrepreneur trailblazer women Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The joy of entrepreneurship was instilled in Jewel Burke Solomon at a young age. Growing up in Mobile, Alabama, she was inspired by the pride her parents had in their business and the sense of respect the community showed them.
Her childhood was filled with warm memories of international travel and a passion for the arts. An entrepreneurial drive set in early, as she sold her own paintings while in high school.
Solomon thrived while at Howard University, parlaying her success to an internship at Goldman Sachs in New York. She then leapt across the country to join Google, where her enthusiasm translated well to sales, pitching Google apps and products to enterprise customers.
She returned to Alabama to assist a family member with health issues, then moved on to Atlanta. It’s where she thought of the business idea that would be her big break. Her grandfather, a farmer, was frustrated in how difficult it was to find parts for his tractor during harvest season. She founded Partpic to solve issues just like this — the company built visual search software so that customers could submit a picture and the algorithms would find just the right part.
Solomon sold the company to Amazon in 2016, and she has since moved on to new challenges as an investor. Solomon credits her parents with instilling a sense of belief in herself, and she hopes to inspire other women to achieve their goals in business.
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