Spent the (bitterly cold) morning yesterday in Baltimore speaking to black business owners about the value of collaboration, partnerships and information sharing. We all want to succeed as individuals of course but when you’re part of a group that’s being marginalized you have to think bigger than that.
I’m committed to supporting female founders and not just in the ‘popular’ cities like NY and SF but across the country and especially in cities with higher concentrations of founders of color. Baltimore has some very interesting things happening in the startup scene and has been described as a hotbed of black innovation. A recent study ranked Baltimore as the No. 2 city in the country for women in tech, with a lot of that innovation being driven by the University of Maryland and The Johns Hopkins University.
Thank you for having me Baltimore. I’ll be back!
