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The POCIT Weekly - Thurs, Aug 15
ARTICLE ✊🏾

Black Founders Building Community

Black people [and people of color in general] know what it is like to not have their narrative told in the mainstream, to not have spaces catered towards them. So, it’s not surprising that many founders of color can see gaps and opportunities in creating forums for discussion, community, and connection.​

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ARTICLE 💰

Closing the Funding Gap: How a Frustrated Tweet Reaffirmed My Faith in Self Reliance

The more underrepresented founders I meet with, the more clear it becomes to me that these founders are literally starved for capital. And they’re not bullshit companies looking for a sympathy check. They’re viable businesses with contracts and strong revenue, who’ve found themselves out of runway​

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JOBS 💰
Sticker Mule : Javascript Engineer,
Obsidian Security, Inc.: Senior Director of SalesSenior DevOps Engineer,
HashiCorp: Ruby Software Engineer, VagrantGo/Golang Software Engineer, Packer,
1 Second Everyday: multiple roles,
OkCupid: Software Engineer II – Web,
Percolate: Senior Product Manager, Integrations,
Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Website Manager,
healthfinch: Senior Software Engineer ,
Better Cloud: multiple roles,
Twitter: Join the Twitter Engineering Hiring Tour!,
Everlaw: multiple roles,
Postlight: multiple roles,
Azavea: DevOps Enginer,
Netflix: multiple roles, 
Atlassian: multiple roles,
HubSpot: multiple roles,
BetterUp: multiple roles,
Obsidian Security: multiple roles,
Flatiron Health: multiple roles,
TECHISH PODCAST 🎙️
A new episode of the #Techish podcast

@Abadesi@MichaelBerhane_ drop a 'mini-episode' breaking down:

🤔 Lessons learned so far in 2019
💰 And alternative ways to measure wealth?

Listen up! 🎙️
AROUND THE WEB 🌍
Prominent tech leaders, activists, and researchers have come together to write an open letter demanding that the tech industry stops amplifying hate speech.

Serena Williams and basketball star, Carmelo Anthony have invested in 'gluten-free and vegan' deodorant brand, Myro; through their respective venture capital firms.
 
Nigeria's Kobo360 closes $20M series-A round led by Goldman Sachs​ [Venture Burn]
Venture capital funds led by people of color face more bias the better they perform, Stanford researchers find​ [Stanford]
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