The Hangout on Air has been rescheduled to Thursday Feb 12 @ 1pm Est
The concept of Hacks as a too in Ideation – Diversity within Tech means increasing the numbers of Blacks, African-Americans starting Tech Startups Scene
“You cannot increase the number of African-Americans securing funding until you increase the number of prepared African-American candidates applying for funding.” …
Ultimately, that means introducing the StartUp culture to more. – Our Presenter: Tech Diversity Advocate and Technology Adoption Consultant BONNIE SANDY – will walk us through the various stages;
Video/slides will be added post info for Hack info sheet and local startup programs please sign up here
STAGES for STARTUP
- Ideation – the importance of “hack” in ideation” and alternatives to the “Hackathon”
- Beyond the hack graveyard – Startup Tech ecosytem 101
- Concept development;- building MVP proof of concept
- Consumer Development or “traction”
- Operational Logistics
- Revenue streams plan product & revenue stream;
- Developing the pitch
- Funding and Financing DIY vs VC ; Equity vs Debt; Traditional vs Cultural
For more on Equity Funding – Early stages; equity sweat/self-funded, Angel friend or family and VC “Venture Deals.”see more on listen in to the next Urbantechfair #SolutionCast with Vernon Lee, Jr and Mike Green, FLIP A TECH: Funding Our Ecosystem – Finance incl. Black owned Investment Vehicles, Venture Capital, Opportunities with Inclusive Competitiveness, and other funding options.
- (Feb 23) Flip A Tech: Funding Our Ecosystem with Vernon Lee, Jr and Mike Green details
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Bonnie Sandy has been championing Tech as a vehicle for Creative Industrialism since 2003 and has participated in four hacks and attended a couple more. Her team (hacking is a team event) has won at Photohack Day NY and NY Fashion Hack. She also host Projects that “Hack” solutions for creative entrepreneurs a process she describes as “Testing Theory via Practice” or PreStartups ..
While, she no longer attends hackathons, they were instrumental in helping her develop the product development process she currently employs!
URBAN TECH FAIR LINKS
Reference Material
- Diversity in tech: 10 data points you should know
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/diversity-in-tech-10-data-points-you-should-know/
My blog
- https://www.bonniesandy.com/startups/
- https://www.bonniesandy.com/challenging-the-divide-is-the-problem-one-of-perception/
- “African Americans are in need of a platform in which their ideas are allowed to flow freely”. http://goo.gl/UgGvQ9
“Challenging the Divide, Perceptions, Stereotypes, Myths, Misconceptions and Realities as to the “lack of minority-owned businesses in today’s Tech Sector! ” Presentation doc online at http://goo.gl/Kl4MhO - Projects to 2014 https://www.bonniesandy.com/projects/
- Fashion Tech STartup – https://www.bonniesandy.com/as-i-see-it-heres-the-problem-with-most-fashion-tech-startups-a-response
- Support- Challenging The Ratio Is Not Something You Do on A Podium!
PREStartups
- Collective popup Hub for info- cut expensive mailing Artist Mosaics http://artistmosaics.9f.com/
- Collective popup, Took designers, crafters, poets to Federal Plaza International Court of trade February 2004 http://artistmosaics.9f.com/am_highlights_page.html
- Started designer with blogs http://artistmosaics.blogspot.com/2004_10_01_archive.html
- Digital printing for local product sampling 2006 – (2015 HP releases wide format digital printer for local use)
- Video on demand 2005/6 Atogunatv Mambo Install and Plugin developed by my brother
- Brooklyn Fashion Gallery – Positive Black images – Media as Content & Marketing
- Live video streaming – Sample 2009 Video originally stream on Livestream
- Canvazz 2011 – still developing
- Brooklyn Fashion Film Festival 2011
- Selling Social Commerce
- 28 squared – Making Tech Guide
- Make The Sell – exploring virtual incubators
- DancehackiT www.facebook.com/dancehackit
- Occupy Fashion – project that explore living wages within the cottage sector in the Fashiontech supply chain
- Badasse 3.0
- Canvazz 2009 – still developing
- Tibiae Tech –
- Challenging the Divide
- Trade conferences
- Fashioncamp unconference 2009
- BKstylecode 2014 www.bkstylecode.com
2015 – this year we take teh lessons learned into practical solutions Adding commercial comonent and revenue streams;-
- Brooklyn Tech in heart of Black communities
- Stratosphere Studios adding tech to their creative lineup aith a specific Wednesday Tech session Wednesdays Get on the list Vip.BonnieSandy.com
- Do it with Tech Alpha – January to March 2015 help business owners adopt and adapt tech to run their business and expand their product lines… MVP for extending our virtual incubator
- Do it with Tech Beta – March -June 2015 … based on first group we will redefine 1month into and then 3 month program
- Bkstylecode – Trade conference September 2015 – www.BKstylecode.com
- Local Trade Sourcing show 2015 TBD
- Omni Channel Pan African Trade Sales Platforms –
B2B-
D2C – Direct to Consumer - Brooklyn Fashion Gallery Phase 2 – Monetizing our exceptional media skills