Name: Leaning In: Why People of Color and Women Must Pull Up A Seat | 4:00 - 5:30 PM
Start: 2016-10-03T16:00:00-0500
End: 2016-10-03T17:30:00-0500

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Leaning In: Why People of Color and Women Must Pull Up A Seat | 4:00 - 5:30 PM

The challenges of diversity in the tech startup ecosystem are not one sided. We all know mainstream investors need to diversify their portfolios, but what can the other side of the table, namely ethnically diverse and women leaders, do to help close the gap? Join us for a very candid, productive, collaborative and informative roundtable focused on how we effectively enhance the tech startup ecosystem today for a more robust and inclusive community tomorrow.

Austin Startup Week is supported in part by Capital Factory, Techstars, Galvanize, and Janik Vinnakota LLP. If you see someone from their teams, give them a hug and hi-five!

Moderators

Ashley Jennings

Cofounder | CMO, DivInc

Speakers

Ainee Athar

Immigration Reform and Education Equity, Community Leader

Ruben Cantu

CEO, CORE Media Strategies

Stories connect us all. They are the thread by which we all grow, learn, and prosper. The hero's journey from obscurity to triumph is something we can all relate with. Ruben has established this caveat at the center of his, and CORE Media Enterprise's, mission, which is to change... Read More →

Lisa Fritsch

Founder, PHENOMENALISM.org

Lisa has been a social and political strategist and speaker for nearly two decades. She is theauthor of the best-selling book, Obama Tea Parties and God and the e-book, PoliticallyCorrected, and from her provocative TEDx, “The Freedom to be ‘The Angry Black Woman.”For over 12... Read More →