Jason Mayden is the co-founder and CEO at Super Heroic, an activewear brand designed to enrich the lives of kids through play. He was previously the global design director for Nike’s Jordan brand where he designed shoes for Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony, and Eminem among others, and he was Director of Innovation on the Digital Sport side at Nike. Today, he’s leading a fast paced brand of his [...]
Danielle Leslie is an online course creator and growth strategist for startups and personal brands. As founder of the Founder Course Alchemy, she helps brands and startup founders create & launch online courses. She previously worked as a course launch strategist at Udemy where she helped influencers including Guy Kawasaki earn collectively millions of dollars by monetizing their content & expertise through online courses. […]
Emeka Anen is founder at Instasneaks, known today as THRONE, an online community built for the sneaker and streetwear ecosystem. The app has ranked in the top 40 of hundreds of thousands of apps in the Sports category. Last year, Emeka was featured in Revolts 12 New & Diverse Leaders of Technology alongside other of10podcast guests, Rodney Williams of LISNR, Jewel Burks of PartPic, and Jessica Williams of [...]
Jessica Matthews is the founder and CEO at Uncharted Play, the hardware technology firm that’s providing off-grid power for the developing world. She was invited by President Barack Obama to the White House, and currently serves as an Ambassador of Entrepreneurship for Nigeria, and also received praise from Bill Clinton. She’s among Fortune’s Most Promising Women Entrepreneurs, Forbes 30 under 30 list, Black Enterprise’s Innovator of the Year, [...]
Tyler Scriven is the managing director at Techsters Atlanta, where he helps find and prep startups for the big stage. Prior to joining Techsters, he was an executive at Palantir, serving as Chief of Staff and Head of Operations – helping grow the firm from 100 to nearly 2000 employees. In 2014, he was featured alongside Tristan Walker and Erin Teague in the Fast Company magazine story discussing [...]
Dave Salvant is co-founder at Squire, and app that enhances the barbershop experience for both customers and barbers – allowing customers to book and pay for their cuts at the push of a button. I originally met Dave when we were shooting an episode for Puff Daddy’s REVOLT TV channel in New York. I found him to be incredibly inspiring. He just completed Y Combinators latest batch, and [...]
Rodney Williams is the co-founder and CEO at LISNR, which is a startup working on communication technology that sends data over audio – think Bluetooth on steroids. He previously worked as a brand manager at Proctor and Gamble, and spent time at Lockheed Martin. Rodney is a TechStars alum, Adage 40 under 40, Jet Magazine 40 under 40, and a lot more. He has two bachelor degrees and [...]
DIVINE is Founder and CEO at BLAK Group, creator of BLAK Card via BLAK Fintech, and “The Official Andreesen Horowitz Rapper”, certified by super venture capitalist, Ben Horowitz. His fintech (Financial Technology) startup aims to help minorities who’ve been shut out of the financial system. […]
Alexia Clincy is a research-oriented social media consultant and trainer now based in Los Angeles. As founder and executive director of Capitalize Social, she’s designed successful social media strategies for clients in a variety of fields, including motion pictures, best-selling authors, government, and publishing. […]
William Crowder is a venture capitalist at Comcast and DreamIt Ventures. At Comcast, he leads the Catalyst Fund which is focused on investing in startups with diverse founding teams. He previously served as Director of Strategy and Business Development at AOL. We discuss diversity, what he looks for in startups, and building tech outside the norms. […]