Latest Black startups Podcast Episodes
How to Redirect Anxiety and Spread Inpathy? Ziarekenya Smith (Founder) | Inpathy | (Detroit, MI) | (Season 4: Episode 1)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - February 01, 2024 14:24 - 56 minutesTired of the highlight reel? Craving genuine connection and emotional honesty online? Inpathy is here to revolutionize social media by embracing your full human experience. Co-founded by Ziarekenya Smith and Kathryn Young, Inpathy rejects the "perfect or nothing" pressure of traditiona...
How to Create Palm Wine Without Chopping Down Trees? Onye Ahanotu (Founder) | Ikenga Wines | (Oakland, CA) | (Season 3: Episode 17)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - December 12, 2023 11:30 - 1 hourOnye Ahanotu is the founder of Ikenga Wines (Bev Tech). Did you come of age christening weddings and graduations with palm wine? Have no idea palm trees could even produce wine? Growing up in wine country, Sonoma County, right next door to Napa Valley, Onye's curiosity about palm wine ...
How Blockchain Can Disrupt Hollywood? Sharif Bennett (Founder) | CineBlock | (Los Angeles, CA) | (Season 3: Episode 16)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - November 17, 2023 15:58 - 57 minutesSharif Bennett is the co-founder of CineBlock (Film Tech). As the topic of AI becomes central to the future of Hollywood, three co-founders are looking to give content creators a boost, to get their films funded. After seeing the inside of IBM and GitLab (including its IPO), Sharif and...
How to Discuss Fertility in the Workplace and at Home? Blair Matthews (Founder) | zuri fertility | (Chicago, IL) | (Season 3: Episode 15)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - October 27, 2023 12:55 - 1 hourBlair Matthews is the co-founder of zuri fertility (Fertility Tech). Whether you're a young professional unconcerned about family planning, or a couple struggling to conceive, zuri fertility makes it easy to learn what help you need and where to get it. This story begins with a years-l...
How to Build a Sneaker Marketplace? Mbiyimoh Ghogomu (Founder) | Tradeblock | (Austin, TX) | (Season 3: Episode 14)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - October 02, 2023 16:38 - 1 hourMbiyimoh Ghogomu is the co-founder of Tradeblock (Sneaker Tech). Whether you're an OG sneakerhead or new to the game, Tradeblock makes it easy to trade for the kicks you want without breaking the bank. This story begins with a desire to trade sneakers for sneakers around the world, wit...
What Are You the Best in the World At? | Abraham J. Williamson
Diverse Tech Founders Media - September 11, 2023 13:07 - 4 minutesWhat are you the best in the world at? It's a question I asked myself when rewatching Billions that struck me deeply. Let's ponder this one together.
How to Land Your Dream Job in Music? Nikki Sanz (Founder) | Giggs | (Nashville, TN) | (Season 3: Episode 13)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - September 04, 2023 16:32 - 1 hourNikki Sanz is the founder of Giggs (Music Tech), the only social networking and job posting platform for the Touring Industry. Question: How do tour managers find talent for your favorite artist when they can't just go on LinkedIn? Answer: Giggs Giggs is the only platform dedicated t...
Why Chicago is a Hub for Health-Tech? Olyvia Phillips (Ecosystem Builder) | (Chicago, IL) | (Season 3: Episode 12)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - August 14, 2023 10:30 - 1 hourOlyvia Phillips is manager of equity initiatives at MATTER. After overcoming a chronic childhood condition, Olyiva made public health and health care advocacy her life's missions, although not without ongoing realizations along the way that ultimately brought her to the center of health...
How to Qualify for Your Next Home + Joining 12 Startup Accelerators? Bryan Young (Founder) | Home Lending Pal (Orlando, FL) | (Season 3: Episode 11)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - July 31, 2023 12:37 - 57 minutesBryan Young is the founder and CEO of Home Lending Pal. After leaving college a year early for silicon valley and exiting a couple of tech startups, Bryan put his skills to work helping political candidates (including a President of the United States). Now Bryan is putting clients in h...
Remembering Marc Ward - Founder of Socian Technologies
Diverse Tech Founders Media - July 23, 2023 15:36 - 5 minutesWe honor the life of Marc Ward, founder of Socian Technologies. His spirit impacted so many and his life deserves remembering by us all. Learn more about Marc Ward in the thoughts he left behind on Twitter, LinkedIn, and through his company Socian Technologies
Black Tech Week: Another Side of Social Capital | (Cincinnati, OH) | (Bonus)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - July 19, 2023 12:07 - 9 minutesI'm on the ground in Black Tech Week to show you why you might want to attend and how to pitch your firm to pay for it (more on this later). Here's a quick recap of day one...check out the main theme: storytelling and corporate funding.
More on How to Engage... Madilynn Beck (Founder) | The Better Spot (Atlanta, GA) | (Season 3: Episode 10)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - July 17, 2023 11:06 - 37 minutesMadilynn Beck is founder and CEO of The Better Spot. After a world-rocking healthcare scare, Madilynn sought to change her future wellness experiences, launching a physical space where wellness professionals could invite their clients. As the world shifted, Madilynn expanded her footpri...
How to Ignite Conversations for User Engagement? Madilynn Beck (Founder) | The Better Spot (Atlanta, GA) | (Season 3: Episode 9)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - July 03, 2023 11:58 - 27 minutesMadilynn Beck is founder and CEO of The Better Spot. After a world-rocking healthcare scare, Madilynn sought to change her future wellness experiences, launching a physical space where wellness professionals could invite their clients. As the world shifted, Madilynn expanded her footpri...
How Community Organizers Can Harness Tech for Change? Johnnie and Alexa Turnage | Evenscore (Founders) | (Detroit, MI) | (Season 3: Episode 8)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - June 19, 2023 12:48 - 50 minutesJohnnie Turnage is the founder of EvenScore, an impact-focused donation platform that provides a safe and trusted space for small-dollar donors to support the causes and candidates most important to them and the communities they call home. In this special episode, we sit down with a s...
How to Land Your Dream Job? John Roussel and Leandrew Robinson (Careers) | Colorwave (Berkeley, CA) | (Season 3: Episode 7)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - June 12, 2023 12:39 - 55 minutesJohn Roussel is co-founder of Colorwave, a careers startup making the innovation economy more equitable and inclusive by providing leaders of color access to VC-backed startups. John joins board member Leandrew Robinson, who teamed up in 2020 to help young leaders transition from t...
How to Land Your Dream Job? John Roussel and Leandrew Robinson (Careers) | Colorwave: (Berkeley, CA) | (Season 3: Episode 7)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - June 12, 2023 12:39 - 55 minutesJohn Roussel is co-founder of Colorwave, a careers startup making the innovation economy more equitable and inclusive by providing leaders of color access to VC-backed startups. John joins board member Leandrew Robinson, who teamed up in 2020 to help young leaders transition from t...
Alexis Dulan (VC) | How to Win Your Competitive Advantage? (Atlanta, GA) | (Season 3: Episode 6)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - May 23, 2023 11:36 - 54 minutesAlexis Dulan is a startup mentor and investor relations fellow with strong ties to the HBCUvc community. After launching her career in management consulting post-Spelman, Alexis found her way into BigTech at Slack before jumping into venture capital with both feet. In this episode, Al...
How to Improve Your Pitch? Alexis Dulan (VC) | (Atlanta, GA) | (Season 3: Episode 6)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - May 23, 2023 11:36 - 54 minutesAlexis Dulan is a startup mentor and investor relations fellow with strong ties to the HBCUvc community. After launching her career in management consulting post-Spelman, Alexis found her way into BigTech at Slack before jumping into venture capital with both feet. In this episode, Al...
How to Save $350k on Sales & Marketing? Jonathan J Mentor (Biz Growth) | Successment (Orlando, FL by way of Bronx, NY) | (Season 3: Episode 5)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - May 15, 2023 12:17 - 38 minutesJonathan Mentor is CEO of Successment, igniting revenue for diverse B2B startups with "RevOps". Your first thought to increase revenue is often sales and marketing, and Jonathan has a different view. When one founder was skeptical, he helped them to save $350k. He helped another foun...
Jonathan J Mentor (Biz Growth) | Part II - Successment: How to Save $350k on Sales & Marketing? (Orlando, FL by way of Bronx, NY) | (Season 3: Episode 5)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - May 15, 2023 12:17 - 38 minutesJonathan Mentor is CEO of Successment, igniting revenue for diverse B2B startups with "RevOps". Your first thought to increase revenue is often sales and marketing, and Jonathan has a different view. When one founder was skeptical, he helped them to save $350k. He helped another foun...
Jonathan J Mentor (Biz Growth) | Part I - Successment: You Reached $1M in Revenue, Now What? (Orlando, FL by way of Bronx, NY) | (Season 3: Episode 4)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - May 08, 2023 12:13 - 30 minutesJonathan Mentor is CEO of Successment, igniting revenue for diverse B2B startups with "RevOps". As a coffee shop barista on the Upper East Side, Jonathan watched countless millionaires leisurely stop by in the middle of the afternoon for frozen lattes and expressos. He knew there was l...
You Reached $1M in Revenue, Now What? Jonathan J Mentor (Biz Growth) | Successment: (Orlando, FL by way of Bronx, NY) | (Season 3: Episode 4)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - May 08, 2023 12:13 - 30 minutesJonathan Mentor is CEO of Successment, igniting revenue for diverse B2B startups with "RevOps". As a coffee shop barista on the Upper East Side, Jonathan watched countless millionaires leisurely stop by in the middle of the afternoon for frozen lattes and expressos. He knew there was l...
You Reached $1M in Revenue, Now What? Jonathan J Mentor (Biz Growth) | Successment (Orlando, FL by way of Bronx, NY) | (Season 3: Episode 4)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - May 08, 2023 12:13 - 30 minutesJonathan Mentor is CEO of Successment, igniting revenue for diverse B2B startups with "RevOps". As a coffee shop barista on the Upper East Side, Jonathan watched countless millionaires leisurely stop by in the middle of the afternoon for frozen lattes and expressos. He knew there was l...
Marlon Evans (VC) | Nex Cubed: How to Pivot from Non-Profit Executive Director to VC? (Redwood City, CA) | (Season 3: Episode 3)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - May 01, 2023 13:19 - 1 hourMarlon Evans is CEO of Nex Cubed, an innovation investor that infuses capital to accelerate and scale frontier tech companies. With the recent launch of a $40M fund targeting HBCUs, we discuss the impact that college football at Stanford and being a Girl Dad has had on Marlon's leader...
How to Pivot from Non-Profit Executive Director to VC? Marlon Evans (VC) | Nex Cubed (Redwood City, CA) | (Season 3: Episode 3)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - May 01, 2023 13:19 - 1 hourMarlon Evans is CEO of Nex Cubed, an innovation investor that infuses capital to accelerate and scale frontier tech companies. With the recent launch of a $40M fund targeting HBCUs, we discuss the impact that college football at Stanford and being a Girl Dad has had on Marlon's leader...
Do Podcasts Help Your Brand? Kenneth Groom (Journalist) | (Charlotte, NC) | (Season 3: Episode 2)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - April 24, 2023 11:58 - 39 minutesKenny Groom is a journalist and founder of Beyond Normal Media. With nearly 70 interviews and 5 seasons under his belt, we discuss the impact that media has in the startup space, particularly on the podcast circuit. Storytelling in media can elevate your business simply by getting a cle...
Do Podcasts Help Your Brand? Kenneth Groom (Journalist) | Beyond Normal Media (Charlotte, NC) | (Season 3: Episode 2)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - April 24, 2023 11:58 - 39 minutesKenny Groom is a journalist and founder of Beyond Normal Media. With nearly 70 interviews and 5 seasons under his belt, we discuss the impact that media has in the startup space, particularly on the podcast circuit. Storytelling in media can elevate your business simply by getting a cle...
Kenneth Groom (Journalist) | Do Podcasts Help Your Brand? (Charlotte, NC) | (Season 3: Episode 2)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - April 24, 2023 11:58 - 39 minutesKenny Groom is a journalist and founder of Beyond Normal Media. With nearly 70 interviews and 5 seasons under his belt, we discuss the impact that media has in the startup space, particularly on the podcast circuit. Storytelling in media can elevate your business simply by getting a cle...
How to Pass Due Diligence to Get Funded? Pedro Moore (VC) | (Bear, Delaware) | (Season 3: Episode 1)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - April 03, 2023 10:30 - 30 minutesPedro Moore is a VC and founder-CEO of Funding Fuel. After launching an entrepreneurship club in college at University of Delaware, Pedro found himself thrown into VC at an alumni event for the student club he established, and landed him an advisor to an investor on SharkTank. With exit...
Pedro Moore (VC) | Part I: How to Pass Due Diligence to Get Funded? (Bear, Delaware) | (Season 3: Episode 1)
Diverse Tech Founders Media - April 03, 2023 10:30 - 30 minutesPedro Moore is a VC and founder-CEO of Funding Fuel. After launching an entrepreneurship club in college at University of Delaware, Pedro found himself thrown into VC at an alumni event for the student club he established, and landed him an advisor to an investor on SharkTank. With exit...
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