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BWTT Presents Founder Friday Series: Shante Frazier

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Shante Frazier is the cofounder of WellCapped. This data-driven beauty company allows customers to discover emerging long-tail brands through a Netflix-Esque suggestion list from their select inventory. The company’s primary target market is hyper-consumers who purchase and rent high-quality lace-front wigs. After joining Gener8tor’s Nmotion accelerator studio to build a company in 2020 and brainstorming …

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BWTT Presents Founder Friday Series: Jasmine Lawrence

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Jasmine Lawrence is the Founder and CEO of EDEN Bodyworks. This company provides natural products that integrate wellness and beauty inspired by nature to restore and maintain the hair and body’s original design. After experiencing hair challenges at a young age, Jasmine shifted her challenge into purpose and began finding solutions independently. Almost two decades …

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Black Women In Tech

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There are numerous problems and hurdles that Black women in tech must overcome to gain access to the best resources and jobs. The value Black employees bring to any company, no matter their success in achieving an education and relevant knowledge, is often undermined or not recognized. The facts show that Black women are an …

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Here’s Five Black LGBTQIA+ Tech Founders and VCs You Should Know

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On June 28th, 1969, police raided The Stonewall Inn, a gay club in Greenwich Village in New York City. This moment would be the beginning of a six-day protest and riot and a significant catalyst for the gay rights movement in the United States and worldwide. The Stonewall Riots were an act of resistance against …

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Women of Color in Tech: Breaking the Barriers

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Diversity breeds innovation. Women have been underrepresented in the tech industry for decades. Although it’s improved in recent years, women still make up only about 26 percent of the total computing workforce, and the numbers are even lower for women of color. There are various reasons for this underrepresentation, ranging from unconscious bias to a …

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