Forbes Woman highlights a recent report showing how tech provides great opportunities for black women to found or invest in tech startups—even if they’re not techies. Get the details at the full article. Black women are underrepresented in tech, but they’re the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in the United States, so their successes—and further opportunities for black women in tech entrepreneurship—are trends worth following for founders and investors. Read the full article at the link.
Forbes – Technology represents a huge opportunity for black women. You don’t need to be a techie to spot an opportunity in the market. You also don’t need to be a techie to start a technology company. You can find a techie cofounder by getting referrals, attending tech events or using a service, such as CoFoundersLab. You can also hire or outsource the development of your technology. Some developers will even defer payment until you are making money.
Black women represent a mere 4 percent of all women-led tech startups in the U.S., according to #ProjectDiane. Black women represent 18 percent of all women in the U.S., according to BlackDemographics.com. I’ve highlighted three women mentioned in the report.
- Angie of The Shade Room provides celebrity news and juicy gossip 24/7. She has been at the forefront of developing a model to monetize her huge following on Instagram. As a result, she has been named one of 18 of TechCrunch’s females founders who killed it in 2015.
- Kellee James of Mercaris started a market data and auctions site to help companies that sell organic and non-GMO agricultural products in the U.S.. She was a White House Fellow and worked at an electronic trading platform for spot, futures and options on carbon, sulfur, clean energy and other environmental derivatives.
- Nicole Sanchez founded eCreditHero, a five-minute credit fix app. She has a Harvard undergraduate and MBA degree.
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