Jason Towns :: Groundwork Ventures :: 023
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English - May 03, 2017 23:56 - 47 minutes - 75.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsBusiness business entrepreneur entrepreneurship finance marketing entrepreneurs interview leadership lifestyle health Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Filling the gaps of underrepresented cities across the country with entrepreneurship
How communities can take control of their narrative
Less than 2% of black founders raise venture capital
Underrepresented communities haven’t begun to solve their problems -- huge opportunity
Jason leads Groundwork.vc, a D.C. & Oakland based startup accelerator and seed fund focused on supporting emergent market entrepreneurs. Jason launched national initiatives such as CODE2040’s Entrepreneur in Residence Program, a Google-backed startup accelerator providing funding & support to founders from Black and Latinx communities. As the Broadband.com co-founder, Jason advises civic leaders, tech inclusion orgs & tech hubs on access to capital and building startup ecosystems. Jason sits on a number of boards, including the African Economic Expansion Network (AEEN), the Congressional Research Institute of Social Work and Policy (CRISP). & The Releaf Group. http://www.groundwork.vc/
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http://www.code2040.org/