Posts by Blake Coleman
Founder Friday: PitchBook’s 66 Black founders and investors to watch in 2022
We are just past the midpoint of 2022’s Black History Month. Keeping with that theme, today we share PitchBook‘s recent post highlighting “66 Black founders and investors to watch in 2022.” PitchBook is one of our favorite resources for private market intelligence. Their blog is a “must follow” if you are in the startup world. So, if…
Read MoreTech Goes Big On Super Bowl LVI Commercials
Tech was exceptionally well represented during Super Bowl LVI. In fact, the bulk of this year’s commercials seemed to be tied to tech platforms and services. Here is a list of the commercials tech spots that ran during the Super Bowl… Amazon gave us a glimpse into what life would be like if Alexa read minds AT&T had…
Read MoreSupporting Locally-Owned Black-Owned Businesses
To help celebrate Black History Month, our team decided to be intentional in supporting local Black-owned businesses. And, for our group, that means breaking bread over a fantastic meal. So today, we ventured over to Mauldin to visit Don Deas‘ Low Country Shrimper. It did not disappoint. We had a smorgasbord of gumbo, catfish, hush puppies, fried…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Black Founders Fund
Our Founder Friday posts will be celebrating Black History Month throughout the month. Today, we kick it off by taking a deeper look at the Black Founders Fund. One of the non-profits we proudly support is Goodie Nation. In 2020, Goodie Nation teamed up with Google for Startups to distribute $10M in non-dilutive funding (funding without giving up any equity) to 125+ Black-led…
Read MoreWays Companies Can Celebrate Black History Month
Today is the start of Black History Month. If your company is looking for ways to help celebrate with your team, we’ve got you covered. Before we share some helpful links on how you can celebrate, here’s a helpful article that first outlines what not to do… Seen@Work: 10 Mistakes Companies Make When Celebrating Black History Month…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Charlotte’s Amicus.io – Philanthropy-as-a-Service
We remind ourselves daily to be “for purpose” and not merely “for profit.” That’s why the company we are featuring in this week’s Founder Friday, Amicus.io, is a regional fintech startup that has caught our attention. Founded in 2017, Charlotte‘s Amicus has built a donor-advised fund (DAF) platform. Specifically, they are offering a solution that makes it easier for consumer banks, robo-advisors,…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Fantastic Lists for Startup Resources
We can appreciate that every ounce of research a founder puts into researching a tool or resource is time they aren’t spending growing their startup or cultivating their people. We often find ourselves in the same boat as we look at what resources we should use. Well, luckily, there’s a wealth of information that others…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Building The Right Startup Culture
Building the right culture is hard to do. It is something that founders must be strategic about out of the gates. Here are some helpful hints that we’ve learned along the way from founders in our network and various resources on the subject (sources found below)… What founders have shared with us… As a founder,…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Entrata’s Founder Did What?!
A couple of weeks ago, we shared the story of Better.com’s Vishal Garg’s Zoom firing of 900 employees. It was a colossal misstep that cost Vishal his job. They say misery loves company, so today, we’re sharing a story that emerged this week of yet another founder doing the unthinkable. This time we head to Silicon Slopes.…
Read MoreMinecraft and the Uncensored Library
Minecraft is famous as a platform to expose people to the world of coding, but have you kept up with Reporters Without Borders library map project, The Uncensored Library? So what is the Uncensored Library? It is a massive Minecraft server and map used to house banned reporting from Saudi Arabia, Russia, Vietnam, Mexico, and Egypt. But, you don’t…
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