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Feb 27-29, Penn Plaza Pavilion, New York, NY
Community. Culture. Connections. Workshops. Keynotes. Real Investors. The 3 day tech conference with everything you need to build the next billion dollar business, in one place. Check out the ticket options below:
2020 roadmap to billions Tickets
Founder Pass
The retreat is dedicated exclusively to founders and includes self-enriching sessions, networking and one of a kind experiences.
Location: Luminary (1204 Broadway NYC)
5:00 – 5:30PM
Registration & Networking
5:30 – 6:00PM
Black Women Talk Tech & Sponsors Welcome
Dr. Mona-Lisa Pinkney
6:00-6:30PM
Conquering Anxiety:Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy As A Founder
Bea Arthur
6:45 – 7:15PM
Dating & Relationships: Balancing Personal & Career Goals
Kelli Fisher
Tana Gilmore
7:30 – 8:00PM
Dance it Out: Dance Therapy Class With Nike
Traci Copeland
6:00 – 9:00PM
Beauty Services
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The retreat is Enjoy Brow shaping, lashes, light makeup, hair updos by TresseNoire, a beauty platform for women of color!
15 Minute Appointments are first come, first serve. Our virtual beauty coach app sends free expert advice that’s perfectly customized to their unique textured hair needs, so she gets the perfect twist out the first time, every time!
Founder Pass
Founders Day is dedicated exclusively to Black women founders of scalable businesses and tech companies. The day encompasses panel discussions with seasoned founders, workshops including growth strategies, and one of a kind experiences exclusively for founders.
Located at Penn Pavillion, 401  7th Ave, New York, NY 10001
8:00 – 9:00AM
Registration & Breakfast
9:00 – 9:45AM
Black Women Talk Tech & Sponsors Welcome, Keynote & Host Intro
Tina Eskridge
9:45 – 10:45AM
Creating A Successful Product Launch through Digital Marketing
The difference between failure and glowing reviews for a new product launch all boil down to one thing, preparation. Designing and launching a product includes a solid digital marketing plan that will get your product in front of the right audience at the right time. While there’s never a guarantee that a new product will be successful in the marketplace, properly preparing for and timing your launch can make your product debut a success or a flop.
Maisha Walker
9:45 – 10:45AM
Sales Workshop: Accelerate Your Sales Team For Hockey Stick Growth
Hockey stick growth is a term often used to describe the explosive growth of a startup. Most startups struggle to create a plan of action to be ready for this stage of their company’s growth. Here are some strategies to ready your sales team for when everything changes and the huge uplift occurs.Â
Simmone Taitt
10:45 – 11:00AM
Break
11:00 – 12:00PM
Protecting Assets: How to Create your IP Portfolio
Intellectual Property is often the most valuable asset of a technology startup. An IP strategy should naturally be a part of the growth process for all founders as many discover that protected intellectual property can be essential to obtaining venture capital funding or even preventing competitors from racing ahead or unfairly competing. What are the essential IP strategies that all founders should implement for their startups?
Danielle Toaltoan DWT
Elisha Thompson
Bärà A. Williams
Andrea Evans
11:00 – 12:00PM
Money In The Bank: Scaling Your Operations with Acquired Funding
You’ve pitched, closed several VC meetings and finally got the golden ticket. Now what? What are some diligent and prudent steps that every tech founder should take in creating a strategic plan to spend their newly acquired funding in the most optimal way to scale their companies? After all of your hard work, the check is finally in the bank. What now? Let’s discuss the diligent steps that every tech founder should take in creating an optimal strategy to scale their companies with acquired funding.
Philana Patterson
Crystal Etienne
Mandela Schumacher- Hodge Dixon
Kristina Jones
12:00 – 1:30PM
Lunch: Chapter of The Year
Jacqueline M. Baker
1:15 – 2:15PM
Headliner
To Be Announced
2:15 – 2:30PM
Break
2:30 – 3:30PM
Unexpected Glitches: Motivating Early Developers
You’ve finally found someone to help you get your ideas on paper and your MVP completed. What happens when your golden child becomes a problem child? In what ways can founders effectively communicate with developers when there are cultural challenges or communication hurdles and when should founders part ways with their current developers?
Pauleanna Reid
Bria Sullivan
Courtney Caldwell
Ugwem Eneyo
2:30 – 3:30PM
AI: Transforming Your Business With Artificial Intelligence
Most businesses are infusing AI into apps making them smarter, intuitive, and customized to provide better user experiences. This is crucial to build customer loyalty and give your business a competitive advantage from other businesses. Microsoft will illustrate how any tech founder can use Pre-built AI services and how founder can built their own AI solutions to integrate with existing applications for any scenario.
Ruth Yakubu
3:30 – 3:45PM
Break
3:45 – 4:45 PM
The Raise: How Black Women Invest
Despite the dismal number of venture funding going to black female founders, there are black women investors who are spearheading the much needed movement of changing the current narrative. Get keen insight from three female investors who are normalizing and accelerating the success of female founders to build more prosperous and equitable futures.
Maci Peterson Philitas
Maria Velissaris
Stefanie A. Thomas
Monique Idlett Mosley
3:45 – 4:45 PM
SAP: Enterprise Sales & Go-To Market Best Practices
Landing the Fortune 2000 as enterprise customers is a challenge to get right, but for those companies that do, this is the key to growth. Learn best practices from two founders who have been doing it and how they have partnered with SAP to further their growth.
Vanessa Liu
Rhoden Monrose
Judith Williams
Kishau Rogers
4:45 – 4:55PM
Break
4:55 – 5:40PM
Get To Know Walmart
At Walmart, we believe we’re at our best when we promote diversity across our supply chain. For our suppliers, working with Walmart means access to the 275 million customers who shop our stores around the world each week. For us, supplier inclusion means delivering better products and a broader selection to the communities we serve. We encourage diverse companies to explore new possibilities with Walmart.
Dawn Norvell
Marquita Brown
5:40 – 6:00PM
Closing Remarks
Open Conference is an inclusive day for all founders, investors, brands, engineers, developers, press, and sponsors. Panels encompass topics from social, cultural, tech and business savviness. The experience will be wide-ranging and diverse.Â
Located at Penn Pavillion, 401  7th Ave, New York, NY 10001
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8:00-9:00AM
Registration
9:00 – 9:45AM
Welcome & Host Intro:
Black Women Talk Tech, Keynote & Sponsors
Tosh Ernest
9:45 – 10:45PM
Morning Keynote:
Courtney Adeleye
Learn from the Founder and CEO of The Mane Choice, share her incredible journey, as a registered nurse who started with just $50 and has amassed over $100,000,000 in sales. In 2019 she also launched the Generational Advantage Fund, committing $30 million to fund Black women entrepreneurs.
10:45 – 11:00AM
Break
11:00 – 12:00PM
Mastering Intrapraneurship:
Honing Your Skills With Less Risk
Entrepreneurs are self-motivated, proactive, and action-oriented people who have leadership skills and think outside the box. Intrapreneurship is a system which allows an employee to act like an entrepreneur within an organization. Learn about different entrepreneurship programs at large companies that hone your skills before you take the leap.
Janice Omadeke
11:00 – 12:00PM
Young Moguls: Fostering Entrepreneurship Early
Innovation has become second nature to many of today’s younger generations. How do we as a community foster entrepreneurship in our youth and encourage their ideas and growth?
Brianne Garrett
Jasmin Lawrence
Zandra Cunningham
12:00 – 12:15PM
Break
12:15 – 1:15PM
Creating Revenue Streams While Building a Start Up
While building long term visions most founders find cash flow can become a personal pain point. Finding creative ways of tapping into additional streams of income can be daunting and personally rewarding. How are founders creating streams of income while working on their startups and what are the fastest yielding options that aren’t currently saturated? Meet four incredible women who are creatively creating streams of income while building their startups.
Darline Jean
Natasha Bansgopaul
Rakia Reynolds
Tiffany Dufu
Angel Rich
12:15 – 1:15PM
Competing and Winning with the Big Guys
Competing with Fortune 500 companies may be a daunting task, but more founders are taking on the challenge head on. How does one compete with companies that have one hundred times more access and resources? How does one actually win in a field full of Goliaths?
Sheena Foster
Natina M. Adams
Chris-Tia Donaldson
Lisa Skeete-Tatum
Jasmine Baker Taddeo
1:15 – 2:15PM
Lunch & Award Presentations: Game Changer & Chapter of the Year
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Ryan Carson
2:15 – 3:15PM
Political Town Hall
Policy can drive and change the tech ecosystem for women and other disenfranchised groups in the tech industry. This non-partisan panel provides black women business owners insight into how they can drive the needle of policy to benefit the endeavors of their communities.
Tish James
Congresswomen Yvette Clark
3:15 – 3:35PM
Goldman Sachs
Lisa Opoku, global chief operating officer for the Engineering Division at Goldman Sachs and Margaret Anadu , head of the Urban Investment Group at Goldman Sachs, will share their journeys to senior leadership roles in engineering and investing, respectively and make a special announcement on behalf of Launch With GS, the firm’s $500 million investment strategy focused on the belief that diverse teams drive strong returns.
Lisa Opoku
Margret Adanu
3:35 – 3:45PM
Break
3:45 – 4:15PM
Pitch Competition – Brought to you by Shea Moisture
This year’s prizes include Mentoring from Sundial Executives, Enrollment in Tuck School of Business’ Executive Program, all expenses paid travel & accommodations to shadow a Walmart Store No. 8 CEO for a day, $5,000 in cash & $10,000 in cash! Plus the top three Black Women Talk Tech finalists will gain automatic entry into the $1 MILLION competition sponsored by 43North.
Cara Sabin
Monique Idlett-Mosley
Jarrid Tingle
Collen Heidinger
Shelly Bell
4:15 – 4:45PM
Samsung/Pitch Competition Winner Announced
4:45 – 5:00PM
Break
5:00 – 6:00PM
Afternoon Keynote:
Janai Norman
Jessica O. Matthews
6:00 – 6:30PM
Closing Remarks
Black Women Talk Tech Founders Closing remarks, announcements and well wishes.Â
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Closing Toast
Closing Celebration: Toast to our Success! Sponsored by Ketel One.Â
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Discounted room blocks available to R2B attendees
Cost per night
A 7% discount is offered if you fly delta to event
There will be three meals served on each day
371 7th Avenue, New York, NY 10001
Discounted room blocks available to R2B attendees
Cost per night
A 7% discount is offered if you fly delta to event
There will be three meals served on each day