Underrepresented in Tech

Underrepresented in Tech

By Michelle FrechetteBusinessEducationArts
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Underrepresented in Tech episodes

  • Small Business Tools - Recommended by Allie and Michelle

    Your small business stack can inclued all the tools, resources and websites you use on a regular basis to make your business run smoothly. When you're starting out, you want to look for free or low-cost tools. Allie and Michelle provide their suggestions and recommendations for building out your stack!

    27 min
  • The Challenges of Diversity in AI

    In this episode Allie and Michelle discuss AI imagery and writing. Diversity is often a huge concern with this content since rarely are these things coded without biases of some kind. 

    19 min
  • How Hard is it for Minority Businesses to Get Funding

    It's harder than ever for minority businesses to get funding from venture capitalists and investors. Allie and Michelle discuss why and how this happens, as well as some "magic wand" solutions for how it could be resolved. 

    Episode Links

    • Venture Capital for Black Entrepreneurs Plummted 45% in 2022
    • For Black Entrepreneurs, the Racial Wealth Gap Makes Finding Funding Nearly Impossible
    • Main Street's Minority Owners Need Loans to Grow, But Access to Capital Remains Inequitable
    • Why Black Entrerpenuers Struggle to Secure and Receive Funding and Investment Grants
    • Yelitsa Jean-Charles and Healthy Roots Dolls

      • Time Stamps

      • [01:20] Contest winners announcement
      • [03:59] Celebrating 10,000 downloads
      • [06:10] The challenges for minority entrepreneurs to find funding
      • [18:33] The phenomenon of ideas being stolen
      • [21:08] Ending on a positive note
        • 25 min
      • Organizing WCAsia 2023 & The Challenges of Diversity Work ft. Oneal Rosero

        In this week's episode, Allie chats with Oneal Rosero: Community Manager, WCAsia speakers team organizer, Training Team faculty Admin, and facilitator for #WPDiversity APAC. Oneal and Allie spent time at the Community table during Contributor Day at WCAsia talking all things diversity in WordPress and in this episode, take a look at how the event accomodated a diverse set of attendees.

        23 min
      • The Food Matters

        In this episode, Michelle meets up with Michele Butcher-Jones to discuss the challenges of dealing with food at WordCamps and other conferences. Namely, the issue of not being able to eat an event due to food allergens, culural concerns, etc. 

        20 min

      About Underrepresented in Tech

      From the publisher's feed

      Underrepresented in Tech was designed and built with the goal of demystifying diversity. Fear of tokenization and awkwardness blocks many leaders from reaching out to diverse individuals. This roadblock prevents amazing people from finding amazing opportunities. We built this tool so that if you want to prioritize diversity, you can.