Black Women Tech Talk educates and inspires

Black Women Tech Talk returned for its 5th year and its biggest one ever, seeking to empower and educate women tech entrepreneurs.

About Black Women Tech Talk

In an industry that is heavily dominated by men, Black Women Tech Talk aims to inspire while also balance the inequity in funding and to create opportunities for brilliant minds in tech.

Last week, Black Women Tech talk held its annual Roadmap to Billions 2021 conference , a two-day virtual  (August 12th and August 13th) convergence that had both tech and venture capital, to help attendees develop their ideas and bridge the gap around funding.

The Roadmap to Billions is a conference built from the perspective of Black women and is the only tech conference created by Black female founders for Black female founders and supporters of the community.

“Our mission is to inspire and support black women to build the next billion-dollar tech company. At the time, I don’t think we realized that we just created the first-ever conference for black women technology founders.” Esosa Ighodaro & Regina Gwynn, Co-founders of BWTT

said in an interview with Yahoo! Finance.

During the virtual sessions, keynote speakers candidly shared their “algorithms” to keys and tools for success.

In one session entitled What Is Your Why with reality star, entertainer, and serial entrepreneur Kandi Burruss, Burruss talked about finding your passion and putting your focus into one goal before moving onto the next.

“Find out what is fun to you and turn it into a business,” Burruss said.

This year, aside from its informational sessions, the conference gave attendees employment opportunities and a chance at $50,000 in a pitch competition.

Racial Basis in Coding Discussed At Black Women Tech Talk

While Black women are the most educated group in the United States, they are severely underrepresented in the tech industry.

When women do enter their way into the industry, they are often faced with intense oversight, scrutiny and discrimination.

Racial Basis in Coding, a thought-provoking session at the conference, aimed to bring those problems to light.

One panelist reminded attendees that “it’s not in your head” when dealing with these profound issues and to fight, speak out, and use your voice.

Path Forward

With chapters in Atlanta, New York, and San Francisco, the conference is now the largest convening of Black women tech entrepreneurs and technologists.

Black Women Tech Talk’s goal is continue to make an impact to Black women across the nation.