Recap | Juneteenth Editon of All Founders Need Therapy: Notes from the Edge of the Startup Economy

Recap | Juneteenth Editon of All Founders Need Therapy: Notes from the Edge of the Startup Economy

In January 2025, the newly inaugurated Trump administration dismantled federal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. But the shift was not confined to Washington. Within months, many of the DEI efforts and initiatives across venture capital firms and technology companies that once made public commitments to racial equity and founder diversity began to unravel. Some ...

Where Care Meets Code: Hard Truths from the Frontlines of Health Innovation | Inside Our Juneteenth Healthtech Roundtable

Where Care Meets Code: Hard Truths from the Frontlines of Health Innovation | Inside Our Juneteenth Healthtech Roundtable

Editor’s Note: Max Sanders is our HBCU.vc Summer 2025 Fellow.  On June 19, 2025, Goodie Nation convened a focused roundtable for healthtech investors, founders, and operators exploring the shifting dynamics of AI adoption, care delivery, procurement bottlenecks, and underserved patient engagement. Held on Juneteenth, the conversation was intimate but rich, bringing together leaders from startups, ...