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Joey Womack is on a mission to help 1 billion people by 2039. Womack founded Goodie Nation in 2014 with this in mind. The nonprofit organization exists to dismantle financial barriers faced by entrepreneurs of color, and it relies on cultivating relationships with its network to secure f unding and revenue, its website mentions. “We’re on a mission to change trajectories – accelerating futures by putting people and relationships at the center of innovation,” the website states. Goodie Nation also offers four programs that target different startup journeys including pre-seed tech startups, artificial intelligence (AI) startups, founders who have secured a seed round from venture capitalists, and those who have closed their first Series A round. The organization also has five additional special programs that includes its ATL BLK TCH program, which received over $150,000 from Kapor Center, Emory University The Philanthropy Lab , and the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta’s GoATL...
The Kapor Center, an organization working to increase tech training and job skills to minority populations through funding and programs, has announced a new $1 million funding competition, hoping to “catalyze tech inclusion.” The Kapor Center is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, as part of the organization’s educational initiatives. The Oakland-based organization’s Tech Done Right National Challenge will provide grants ranging from $100,000 to $150,000 to individuals and organizations that can implement solutions to diversify the tech industry. “We prefer short sprints that enable a set of partners to quickly discover the viability of the proposed solution and allow for rapid iterations,” the Kapor Center said on its website. The Kapor Center is looking to provide funding for individuals who are “particularly interested in solutions centered on prototyping, experimentation, and rapid iteration cycles.” In 2018, the Kapor Center released Leaky Tech Pipeline — a website...