Today marks an inflection point for Goodie Nation as we welcome the 30 recipients of the 2023 Lenovo Evolve Small Grant into our Intentionally Good community. But these companies are not the tech startups we normally support, they represent some of the highest-potential diverse-led CPG brands and Brick-and-Mortar companies across the US and Canada. Each ...
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.
I recently sat down with Odie Gray to talk about his mission and vision to make tech more diverse, specifically the cybersecurity field. The South Chicago native expressed concern about underrepresented communities not understanding the wealth of opportunities available to them. He recalled growing up and only having three career options – sports, entertainment, or ...
We all know strength training is essential to any fitness routine, but it can be difficult to track progress and set goals. That's where Metric Mate (Techstars, Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs, ATDC), comes in. Metric Mate is a groundbreaking platform that makes strength training accessible to everyone by allowing users to turn any equipment ...
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 ...
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