August is here, and I'm excited. College football season is almost upon us. Parties are starting ramp up. I'm producing the ATL Airport's Marketing + Design Innovation Program. And next week begins my nonprofit's Goodie Impact Stories series where you'll learn about the really cool tech and digital marketing startups we...
By now, many of you have heard about the situation that popped off on Twitter between Kathryn Finney (digitalundivided) and Rodney Sampson (TechSquare Labs). For context, digitalundivided is a tech accelerator for Black/Latinx women, while TechSquare Labs is a startup building company and co-working space. You...
It's been two weeks since the 2017 State of the Atlanta Black Tech Ecosystem where we stated the objective was to develop a community-led initiative to improve the quantity, quality, and connections of blacks in the larger Metro Atlanta tech ecosystem. The initiative's codename is Intentionality (Credit:...
All, I had headaches all last week so there's a ton to get caught up on. Let's get right to it: +This Past Sunday: I was on Atlanta Tech Edge talking about Goodie Nation. Video coming soon. +Tonight: I'll be speaking on a panel at the Cocktails...
It's been two weeks since Goodie Nation's #HackGentrification Demo Day, and I'm just now recovering. It took a lot to produce the entire program (I compare it to pledging a line in college), and I had to take a vacation to the Canadian Rockies to...
Wanted to give a quick update on what I've been leading recently. August was pretty packed month, and it will only get more hectic from here. Below is what happened, what's next, and where I need help. August Movements - Amplify 4 Good: + Produced an Ideation Lab with...
Tuesday marked the public kickoff to Goodie Nation's social impact tech incubator focused on gentrification economic inclusion. Held at General Assembly in Ponce City Market, Creating Economically Inclusive Gentrified Areas was packed with 300+ people from all parts of Atlanta. It was, easily, the most...
Busy times over here as working with Ford Motor Company on a hackathon for teachers during the National Dropout Prevention Conference (Amplify 4 Good), and launching Goodie Nation social impact incubation cycles waste reduction (Charlotte), anti-recidivism (Memphis), and gentrification financial inclusion (Atlanta). And there are...
The last 100 days have been pretty intense as I've produced: + Mid-February: Founders' Therapy (Atlanta) + End of February: Seersuckers & Sundresses Day Party Powered by Crown Royal (Orlando) + Early March: Goodie Hack [EDU] + Mid-March: An epic Founders' Therapy During SXSW Interactive + Early April: Refugee Hackathon presented by...
Over at Goodie Nation, we are launching a new initiative called Hack Mob as a way to make innovation culturally relevant to youth from underrepresented groups. Basically, it's a series of one-off Goodie Ideation creative labs with an extra hour-long showcase of top innovation entrepreneurs,...