Talia Boone, recently featured by the US Chamber, is excited to introduce you to the power of floral healing. In fact, it’s the very reason she founded Postal Petals. “We are an immersive floral and self-care company that uses fresh-cut flowers as a tool for mindfulness and self-care,” Boone explains. The concept didn’t always seem ...
Mark Peterson (Techstars, Google for Startups Black Founders Fund III) is a former strategy consultant, brand manager, and serial entrepreneur. Mark is just one of the founders who leans on Goodie Nation’s robust network to support him as he plans on disrupting an $800 billion Supermarket & Grocery industry with his company, Ziscuit. Ziscuit is ...
The ranks of Goodie Nation grew again in March as we added another stellar group of dope tech and CPG startup founders to our community. They are working on interesting things in the food, health, creator economy, future of work, and more spaces. The majority come to us through our partnership with Company Ventures to ...
Years from now, we may look back at last month as an inflection point for Black tech around the world. Two big things happened. First, Tech Equity Collective, a Google initiative, announced the recipients of the inaugural Tech Equity Collective Impact Fund for organizations supporting Black software engineers and developers. Second, Google for Startups has, ...
Courtney Caldwell is a woman that climbs mountains. Literally. Recently, she and her husband, Dr. Tye Caldwell, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. And when asked if she’d do it again, she smiled and said, “Absolutely.” "Climbing Kilimanjaro was the hardest thing I've ever done physically. While climbing up the mountain, you have to talk to yourself and ...
February 04, 2023 was a big day for Tiffini Gatlin and her company, Latched + Hooked Beauty. Not only did she launch a product on QVC, the TV shopping network that reaches 380 million households in the US and seven other countries. But she was the first Black-owned faux hair designer to accomplish this. And ...
February 2023 marked another period where we added another group of dope founders to our community in addition to the Lenovo Evolve Small award recipients and a few others that will be announced soon. They come to us from accelerators like Techstars and Fast Forward and expand our presence in NYC, the DMV, and Denver. ...
Osinachi Ukomadu is shaking up the world of e-commerce and making the impossible, possible. As the founder and CEO of Heroshe, he's leading the charge to bridge the gap between Africa and the US, breaking down borders and creating new opportunities for people on both sides of the ocean. Through Heroshe's innovative cross-border e-commerce platform, ...
After spending 10 years in non-profit operations and fundraising, Melissa Brogdon (Google for Startups Black Founders Fund II, Collab Studio Prep School, Square One Startup School) knew she could help her co-founder disrupt the legal service space with their company, FourthParty. Today, Fourth Party equips freelancers in the law field with the resources they need ...
At Goodie Nation, we often talk about being "intentionally good" - the act of consistently making an extra effort to support diverse founders and social entrepreneurs with capital, customers, advice, and storytelling. And to create an "intentionally good" culture, one should spend one hour doing one of these things per month for six straight months. ...
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