These diverse founders joined Goodie Nation in January 2023 from accelerators like Techstars, Black Girls Ventures, All Raise Seed Bootcamp, Visible Hands, and Google's Women's Accelerator. Be sure to use the Warm Intro link to help them with connections to capital, customers, or press.
VC’s often talk about how, at the earliest stages, they invest in founders and not companies. Well, we’re not VC’s at Goodie Nation, but this is the story of what happens when good founder traits meet opportunity. Early last September, I interviewed Norma Padron from EmpiricaLab for a spot in our program. EmpiricaLab is a ...
Typically, the final editions of All Founders Need Therapy of the year are heavy and the 2022 edition was no different. And the unfortunate passing of Stephen "tWitch" Boss just a short time prior brought up many emotions to the founders in attendance. Note: to protect the integrity of All Founders Need Therapy and to ...
Continuing in our mission to close the Relationship Gap, I'm thrilled to announce Goodie Nation is partnering with New York City-based Company Ventures to support the diverse-led startups in their Boost founder fellowship program. Boost is a 4-month pre-accelerator designed to help catalyze the success of underrepresented tech founders in NYC. Through this collaboration, Boost ...
Today, I'm excited to announce our new partnership with the African-American Student Union, a student club at Harvard Business School, to support the semi-finalists and finalists of the 4th annual Black New Venture Competition (BNVC). Startups will receive complimentary dedicated support from a Goodie Nation Portfolio Manager, access to the Goodie Nation community of investors ...
This time last year Ama Kessie, our former part-time Investor Relations Manager and 2019 Georgia State University graduate, was a full-time nurse. By June of this year, she was the Startup Partnerships Coordinator at Dropbox Docsend - a rapid and nontraditional development in her career. The story of how that happen truly embodies our culture ...
Big news today in our mission to close the Relationship Gap for those underrepresented in tech. We've partnered with Tech Equity Collective, an initiative started by Google, to launch the Tech Equity Collective Impact Fund, a $1 million fund to improve tech career prospects for Black professionals. Applications are welcomed from Black and allying organizations ...
For the third time, Google for Startups is partnering with Goodie Nation to invest in promising US Black tech founders. Today, Google for Startups announced the 50 recipients of the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund III. Each of the startups will receive a $100,000 cash award as well as wrap-around support from Goodie Nation ...
