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From Strategy to Story: The 2025 TAP Forward Agency Accelerator Cohort Marks Our Larger Commitment to Storytellers & Amplifiers

From Strategy to Story: The 2025 TAP Forward Agency Accelerator Cohort Marks Our Larger Commitment to Storytellers & Amplifiers

Today, we’re pumped to announce the 2025 TAP Forward Agency Accelerator cohort. 16 early-stage, but high-potential marketing, media, and creative firms selected for their craft, their cultural fluency, and their commitment to driving real outcomes for clients and community. This year’s class spans everything from growth marketing and brandtech to experiential, PR, and product design ...

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, ...

Goodie Nation Acquires The A Pledge to Strengthen Commitment to Closing the Relationship Gap by Adding Creative Problem-Solving

Goodie Nation Acquires The A Pledge to Strengthen Commitment to Closing the Relationship Gap by Adding Creative Problem-Solving

Today, we’re super pumped to announce our acquisition of The A Pledge (TAP), a pivotal step in our ongoing strategy to close the Relationship Gap within the innovation economy. This exciting partnership aligns perfectly with our pillars of convening dope people, fostering meaningful connections between them, emphasizing performance, and telling good stories.  I’m sure many ...

Imagine That: Celebrating the 2025 Lenovo Evolve Small Cohort During Small Business Month

Imagine That: Celebrating the 2025 Lenovo Evolve Small Cohort During Small Business Month

At Goodie Nation, we’ve long said that innovation doesn’t belong solely to tech startups. It lives in the hands of founders who blend organic teas, craft eco-luxury goods, elevate cultural fashion, and reinvent parenting tools. It’s brick-and-mortar entrepreneurs shaping the heartbeat of their cities. It’s community builders, culture keepers, and bold creatives solving today’s problems—no ...

Community, Competition, Sisterhood and Brotherhood: A Powerful Day of Conversations at Goodie Nation

Community, Competition, Sisterhood and Brotherhood: A Powerful Day of Conversations at Goodie Nation

Yesterday was a powerful day of community building and honest dialogue at Goodie Nation, as we hosted two impactful gatherings: the Queens of Innovation Crown Table and The Brotherhood Table, bringing together 65 community members and approximately $9.5 million in social capital "in the room." These events reinforced the importance of creating identity-specific spaces where ...

Empowering Enterprise Sales and Elevating Women Innovators: Recapping This Week’s Goodie Nation’s Community Events

Empowering Enterprise Sales and Elevating Women Innovators: Recapping This Week’s Goodie Nation’s Community Events

This week was packed with insights, inspiration, and impactful dialogue as we launched two virtual event series: Best Practices and the Queens of Innovation Crown Table. From Pitch to Pilot: Mastering the Enterprise Sale with AI Tools On Wednesday, March 26th, we kicked off with an engaging session led by Seth Banks, Goodie Nation’s B2B ...

Championing Mental Health Amidst Chaos: Recapping Goodie Nation’s 2025 Women’s History Month Therapy Sessions for Founders & Community Builders

Championing Mental Health Amidst Chaos: Recapping Goodie Nation’s 2025 Women’s History Month Therapy Sessions for Founders & Community Builders

Yesterday marked another impactful day of community building for us here at Goodie Nation, as we celebrated Women's History Month with two powerful events aimed at addressing the mental health needs of innovators navigating today's turbulent business landscape: "All Founders Need Therapy" and "All Community Builders Need Therapy" sessions. Amidst the current chaos across the ...