Business
Black Founders continues to serve as a resource for black technology startups
Black Founders an organization created in March 2011 has hosted nearly 20 events that range from small gatherings of 15 or so black hackers to larger events about filing patents, crafting an elevator pitch and creating business plans, among other topics.
They have partnered with prominent organizations and speakers like 500 Startups and Vivek Wadhwa, who as CEO of Seer Technologies helped grow the nascent startup into a US$118 million publicly traded company. Their events have connected more than 200 black entrepreneurs to a larger network.
“Black Founders is a great resource for black entrepreneurs. They do a great job of organizing and educating folks,” says Patrick Jackson, who moved to San Francisco from the East Coast to help put his startup, Imaginary Feet, on better footing. “They really helped me network in San Francisco. We made some great contacts of venture capitalists at the Black Founders pitch party event that we will follow up with if/when we decide to raise a series A round. ”