Opportunity Miami

Episode 18: Navigating jobs in tech and building up a diverse tech ecosystem


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There are huge inequities in how companies of the future are being built and huge gaps in the opportunities for people to develop talent. On top of that, access to capital is especially unequal: Black founders received not even one percent of venture capital funding nationwide in the third quarter of this year. Black startup founders accounted for just over one percent of funding in the year's first half. But the Miami of 2040 can and will look different. For more on how Miami can be the leader in writing a different future for Black Tech, we are joined by Chandler Malone, CEO of the educational labor marketplace Bootup that helps individuals get their first jobs in tech; he's also Managing Partner of Underground Ventures - a global venture studio based in Miami that supports promising underrepresented founders. 

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