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Attorney Turned E-Commerce Founder Shares Successful Pivot

Attorney Turned E-Commerce Founder Shares Successful Pivot

by Alyssa | Oct 30, 2020 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

Attorney Alisia Ford was struggling to find skincare products made from natural non-toxic ingredients that would work for her darker hue when she realized this represented a big hole in the beauty market. She responded by creating an e-commerce platform to fill it,...
PayPal Invests in Local VC Firm Slauson & Co.

PayPal Invests in Local VC Firm Slauson & Co.

by Alyssa | Oct 29, 2020 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

PayPal plans to invest more than $50 million in eight Black- and Latinx-led venture capital firms, the New York Times reports. One of the firms is Slauson & Co. in Los Angeles, founded by Austin Clements. This new investment “certainly moves the needle in terms of...
How the Tech Industry Fails Black and Latinx Talent — and What to Do About It

How the Tech Industry Fails Black and Latinx Talent — and What to Do About It

by Alyssa | Oct 28, 2020 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

We’ve heard tech industry leaders promise to do something about their lack of diversity for a while now. Two recent Fast Company articles, written by pros with firsthand knowledge of the issue, explore what it will take to create lasting change. Michael Ellison, CEO...
Plug In South LA Accelerator Program Graduates Collaborate on Mental Health Initiative

Plug In South LA Accelerator Program Graduates Collaborate on Mental Health Initiative

by Alyssa | Oct 27, 2020 | Startups

Startup founders Benjamen Janey and Remy Meraz first connected through Plug In South LA’s 2019–2020 Lunch & Learn Accelerator Program. Although the two entrepreneurs each have different business focuses, they recently collaborated on a mental health initiative...
The Plug In South LA Beat: Two LA Entrepreneurs Receive $100,000 from Google’s Black Founders Fund

The Plug In South LA Beat: Two LA Entrepreneurs Receive $100,000 from Google’s Black Founders Fund

by Alyssa | Oct 21, 2020 | Startups, The PISLA Beat

Google For Startups announced that 76 Black-led startup founders were selected to receive non-dilutive cash awards from the Black Founders Fund, which launched over the summer. Two founders in Los Angeles are among the entrepreneurs receiving capital to help their...
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