Shante Frazier is the cofounder of WellCapped. This data-driven beauty company allows customers to discover emerging long-tail brands through a Netflix-Esque suggestion list from their select inventory. The company’s primary target market is hyper-consumers who purchase and rent high-quality lace-front wigs. After joining Gener8tor’s Nmotion accelerator studio to build a company in 2020 and brainstorming…
Lauren Vivian is the co-founder and CEO of Wepair Health, a healthcare tech startup revolutionizing how people of color access healthcare. With over 15 years of experience in healthcare and health education, she is committed to addressing the health disparities in underserved communities. Digital health is increasingly important with healthcare organizations struggling to rebuild, especially…
With 2022 coming to an end, and recession talk on the rise now is the time to focus on building your business like never before. As you might have heard, recessions make the most millionaires. That being said, here are 15 grants you should apply for today, many of which specifically focus on Black or…
Raicheen Blanks is the founder of The Worthonomics Company, a startup focusing on worth management through financial literacy to create stability, security, and freedom for all women. The Worthonomics Company’s overall mission is to normalize women as investors through education, strategy, and execution to empower them to be financially secure, literate, and confident in all…
BLACK WOMEN TALK TECH PRESENTSTHE 7TH ANNUAL ‘ROADMAP TO BILLIONS’ CONFERENCE NEW YORK, 2023 — Black Women Talk Tech is excited to host its 7th Annual Roadmap to Billions in-person conference, taking place May 18-20 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York. The program aims to celebrate Black culture and deal with real…
LONDON, 2023 — Black Women Talk Tech is thrilled to announce their highly anticipated conference, Roadmap to Billions: the London Edition. After 7 successful years hosting this convening in New York City, the organization is bringing international business insight to London, England at the Business Design Centre in partnership with the UK Black Business Show…
Have you heard of the September Surge? The five to six-week period following Labor Day presents a unique window of opportunity for professionals in the tech field as executives return from summer breaks and companies boost their budgets to bring in new talent. As the tech industry continues to evolve and recognize the need for…
NEW YORK, January 2023 – Black Women Talk Tech proudly announces ‘Ideas onTap: A Pitch Practice Social,’ an electrifying event series igniting the start of 2024 andcelebrating Black History Month! In collaboration with Diageo, this groundbreaking tourwill unfold across four cities plus a virtual component: New York City – January 18 Virtual Event – January…
Days after joining the Pittsburgh Steelers, Ciara and her husband Russell Wilson have signed up her son with rapper Future to play his Pittsburgh Pirates Little Leagues team. The quarterback, originally drafted by the Baltimore Orioles as a 41st-round pick in the 2007 Major League Baseball draft during his first year at North Carolina State,…
Minister Louis Farrakhan has headed up the Nation of Islam for 47 years since assuming its leadership in 1977. In light of the organization’s Black nationalist rhetoric, some social media users recently were stunned to discover what appeared to be Farrakhan’s mixed-race background. Others said that is the story of most Black people in the…
