Kiratiana Freelon gave a 12 minute presentation at South By Southwest (SXSW) about minority tech entrepreneurship. She describes the reasons why very few minorities are funded for tech entrepreneurship and profiles people who are trying to change that.
3. Racial Percentage of Start Up Tech Companies versus their representation in the U.S. population Source: Human Capital Venture Report 2010, CB Insights
14. HACK/CHANGE Bringing tech entrepreneurship to the margins… “It’s not that we just want to train more under-represented groups to be programmers. We want those people to have more ideas for companies.” SekaiFerai
15. TriOutWe’ll help you explore the Triangle “I wanted to be next big thing. I wanted us to be on Tech Crunch. I wanted us to be like gowalla. But we are in North Carolina… We are boot strapped… Do most people outside of North Carolina care? Does the Valley care about what we do?” Wayne Sutton
16. QYKNOCareer Matchmaking for Kids “I moved to Northern California and relocated my company's operations to the vibrant technology ecosystem that is Silicon Valley.” KalimahPriforce
17. PREMIER SOCIAL MEDIA Application Development and Brand Management through Social Media Platforms “The main issue is that we're so busy trying to run our business that we're often hidden in our caves. It's usually the case that we are shy about asking for Venture Capital funding.” Ana Roca Castro