Fewer than 1% of black - and woman-owned businesses
receive >$1MM in funding. In Hampton Roads 18% of businesses are Black-owned and only 7% of Black-owned businesses are employer firms.
Are black-owned businesses prepared to receive capital?
Friday, November 12th
Learn key resources that have helped founders succeed.
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Kickoff Keynote featuring Felecia Hatcher, CEO Black Ambition (Pharrell Williams initiative to fund black startups)
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Black Tech Stories - Founder’s Panel
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Opportunity Panel with Q&A
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VWIEC
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NAVALX TECHBRIDGE
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DOMINION ENERGY
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Closing Keynote
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Felicia Hatcher
CEO, Black Ambition
FOUNDER STORIES
JarMarcus King
Creative Technologist,
J&F Alliance Group
FOUNDER STORIES
Aazia Mickens-Dessaso
Techstars
FOUNDER STORIES
Arion Long
Founder & CEO, Femly
FOUNDER STORIES
Candice Blacknall
Founder & CEO, GABA
FOUNDER STORIES
Kadidja Dosso
Founder & CEO,
Dosso Beauty LLC
OPPORTUNITY PANEL
Hunter Walsh
Program Manager, 757 Startup Studios
OPPORTUNITY PANEL
Gerrold M. Walker, II
Director,
Mid Atlantic Tech Bridge
OPPORTUNITY PANEL
Dr. Kermit Crawford
Executive Director, Virginia Workforce Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (VWIEC)
OPPORTUNITY PANEL
Jerry Cronin
Executive Director, ODU Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
CLOSING KEYNOTE
Dr. Sandra Cherry
Vice Mayor,
City of Newport News
Saturday, November 13th
Learn to execute your business idea from the ideation phase to implementation for long-term growth.
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Idea Validation
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Business Model Canvas
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How to Scale Your Business
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Intellectual Property
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Building a Tech Product as a Non-Technical Founder
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IDEA VALIDATION
Jeff Johnson
Director,
Tech Center
Research Park
BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS
Akosua Acheampomaa
Director,
NSU Innovation Center
WHAT IT MEANS TO SCALE/BE SCALEABLE
Jim Franklin
Principal & Founder,
Prodigy Capital Consulting
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
James Brinkley
Founder & CEO, IPGEN
BUILDING A TECH PRODUCT/BEING A NON-TECHNICAL FOUNDER
Guillermo Fisher
757 Color Coded
Sunday, November 14th
Learn how to become venture-backable, starting where you are.
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Keynote featuring Anthony Obi
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Access to Capital Along the Growth Continuum
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Later Companies, Funding, and Innovation
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Investing in Startups Panel
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Closing Keynote featuring Jeff Johnson
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Anthony Obi Jr.
Investor, CIT GAP Funds
GRANTS FOR TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION
Sean Mallon
VP of Commercialization,
Center for Innovative Technology
CROWDFUNDING FOR STARTUP CAPITAL
Christina Cain
Virginia DHCD
LATER COMPANIES, FUNDING & INNOVATION
Eva Doss
President & CEO,
The Launch Place
LATER COMPANIES, FUNDING & INNOVATION
Daniel Byler Clark
Associate Director,
757 Angels
WEALTH THROUGH CRYPTOCURRENCY
Nina Blankenship
CEO, Co-Founder, Crypto Tutors
CLOSING KEYNOTE
Jeff Johnson
Director,
Tech Center
Research Park
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