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MIW Disruptive Podcast Episode 2020-020: Adrianna Samaniego | Investor at Female Founders Fund

September 26, 2020October 2, 2020

MIW Disruptive Podcast Episode 2020-020: Adrianna Samaniego | Investor at Female Founders Fund Adrianna Samaniego is an Investor at Female Founders Fund, the pre-eminent early-stage fund investing in female-founded technology companies. Since its founding in 2014, Female Founders Fund has invested in over 50 of the fastest-growing female-led technology companies nationwide. These include category leaders …

MIW Disruptive Podcast Episode 2020-017: Luis Martinez | CEO & Founder, We Tha Plug, LLC

September 20, 2020September 22, 2020

MIW Disruptive Podcast Episode 2020-017: Luis Martinez | CEO & Founder, We Tha Plug, LLC Luis Martinez, MSOL is an Afro-Latino from Honduras and raised in Brooklyn, New York with an M.B.A. in Organizational Leadership, Luis is an advocate, networker and ecosystem builder for Blacks, Latinos in tech & innovation throughout the United States and …

From Spark to Seed and Beyond: Founding a Technology Startup as a Person of Color

August 9, 2020August 9, 2020

Minority Innovation Weekend presents From Spark to Seed and Beyond: Founding a Technology Startup as a Person of Color Virtual Panel. Being a technology company founder can be a very rewarding experience. Learn from company founders as they share details about their successes and failures in pursuit of building innovative enterprises. This panel will explore the …

Empowering Women of Color in Tech Virtual Panel (FREE Online Event)

August 30, 2020August 8, 2020

Minority Innovation Weekend presents Empowering Women of Color in Tech Panel and Virtual Happy Hour This panel will explore the experiences of women of color throughout the tech ecosystem. Panelist will include women of color who are tech CEO’s, engineers, software developers, HR professionals, community managers, and more. This event will feature the following: Virtual networking – Network …

Every Day I’m Hustling – Hustling from Employment to Enterprise

June 6, 2021July 16, 2020

Last week, MIW Jefe, Lavontay Santos posted a meme in Slack celebrating the hustler’s journey of working a job, planning their escape, and becoming the business owner they dreamed to be. This Fall will mark the 20th anniversary of me starting my first enterprise. A photography studio I ran with a friend of mine while …

MIW 2020 Call For Startups: Pitch Your Tech Startup To Potential Investors

June 28, 2020June 14, 2020

OVERVIEW The Minority Innovation Entrepreneurship Program (MIEP) / Minority Innovation Weekend (MIW) Innovation Marketplace and Pitch Competition (IM & PC) will showcase tech-focused startups that have been launched by a minority founder or by founding teams that include a minority co-founder. Teams participating in the IM&PC portion of MIW will have the opportunity to pitch …

Minority Innovation Weekend 2020 – The Power of Innovation

June 28, 2020March 14, 2020

Minority Innovation Weekend (MIW) is a weekend summit dedicated to aiding innovators of color launch tech-focused startups, exploring emerging technologies, and showcasing tech startups that have a founder or co-founder of color. MIW 2020 will take place on October 3-4, 2020. MIW 2020 will feature Innovation Conference, Innovation Marketplace & Pitch Competition, and a STEM …