by Sarah Agboola | Nov 25, 2020 | Startups
Sarah Agboola is the founder of Golden Bliss Brands in Los Angeles, specializing in the manufacturing of cannabis-infused product lines. Her business focuses on edibles and pain relief creams for the discerning cannabis connoisseur. She has sacrificed money, health,...
by Alyssa | Nov 25, 2020 | Startups, The PISLA Beat
Entrepreneurs Akin Adebowale and Ousman Sahko raised a $3.75 million seed round led by Connect Ventures for Blacktag, their new streaming platform featuring Black creators set to launch next year. Although advertisers spend $18 billion on digital content aimed at...
by Alyssa | Nov 23, 2020 | Startups, The PISLA Beat
Kimberly Wilson experienced the healthcare gap firsthand. After a uterine fibroids diagnosis, she saw four White male doctors: two completely dismissed her pain and the other two said she needed a hysterectomy. Finally she found a Black female doctor in another state...
by Alyssa | Nov 20, 2020 | Startups, The PISLA Beat
Entrepreneur Lorena Soriano wants to see more women of color working in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. So the Latina community leader founded the software-as-a-service company Every POINT ONE to help leaders in the industry implement better...
by Alyssa | Nov 17, 2020 | Startups, The PISLA Beat
Shellye Archambeau rose through the ranks at IBM and became one of Silicon Valley’s first female African-American CEOs. She turned around software startup Zaplet, transforming it into the compliance and risk management market leader MetricStream. Now her new book...
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