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 ...
Today, we're excited to share that we are partnering with Lenovo on the new iteration of Evolve Small – an initiative built to champion and promote small businesses across North America by providing financial aid, technological resources, community support, and business mentorship. Launched last summer, the inaugural Evolve Small program provided more than $1,000,000 worth ...
The Goodie Nation community continues to grow. While most of the attention last month went to the Google for Startups Latino Founders Fund recipients, we also welcomed 21 other awesome founders to the community. They represent 15 cities; 3 countries outside the US in Canada, Ghana, and Tanzania; accelerators AWS Impact Accelerator for Black Founders, ...
Three years ago on this date, Kapor Center announced Goodie Nation was one of 10 winners of the Tech Done Right Challenge. As a winner, we received a $100,000 grant that allowed us to launch the Intentionally Good program. We started with a pilot cohort of 10 Atlanta-based founders, and we asked what it would ...
When we add more founders to the program, we have the privilege of walking with them on their Founder Journey. Our "why we exist" - eliminating the Relationship Gap that stands in the way of success for them - gets put to the test. We have the opportunity to make the right connection at the ...
