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Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship Joins Urban Tech Connect as Charity Partner

Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship Joins Urban Tech Connect as Charity Partner

by Alyssa | Jul 27, 2020 | UTC 2020

The global nonprofit Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) is now a charity partner for the Urban Tech Connect // Forward conference September 15 – 17, 2020. NFTE activates the entrepreneurial mindset and builds startup skills in young people from...
The Plug In South LA Beat: Why Founders Overlook this Key Latinx Market

The Plug In South LA Beat: Why Founders Overlook this Key Latinx Market

by Alyssa | Jul 24, 2020 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

Startup founders and VCs keep missing out on a significant market segment, OVO Fund investor Ilse Calderon wrote recently in TechCrunch. Entrepreneurs who solve problems for this group have the potential to “create companies with venture-like returns,” she predicted....
The Plug In South LA Beat: Latinx Founder Creates Tech Hub in Fresno

The Plug In South LA Beat: Latinx Founder Creates Tech Hub in Fresno

by Alyssa | Jul 22, 2020 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

“A technologist can come from any place and look like any of us,” Irma Olguin Jr., the co-founder and CEO of startup Bitwise Industries wrote in Fast Company recently. Latinx founder Olguin knows firsthand. She heads up a tech ecosystem headquartered in Fresno that...
The Plug In South LA Beat: Covid-19 Exacerbates the Financing Gap

The Plug In South LA Beat: Covid-19 Exacerbates the Financing Gap

by Alyssa | Jul 17, 2020 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

The financing gap between Black-owned and white-owned businesses in the United States has long been enormous. Now an article in Vogue Business shows that the pandemic is making the divide worse. Although some Black-owned businesses saw a bump in sales following the...
The Plug In South LA Beat: Women of Color Start Early-Stage VC Fund

The Plug In South LA Beat: Women of Color Start Early-Stage VC Fund

by Alyssa | Jul 14, 2020 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

For the first time, women of color are leading a venture capital fund. Started by five top investors, the fund focuses on founders, ecosystems, products, and services with significant opportunity for growth that traditional VCs historically overlook. Noramay Cadena,...
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