This Wednesday at TechArtista: STL Black Tech Meetup

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Jonathan Allen

Join EQ after work at 6pm, this Wednesday at TechArtista Downtown for the Black Tech STL Meetup where I’ll be moderating a discussion on the topic of “Growing Black Tech in STL!“

Doors open at 6pm for free food and networking. The 45-minute panel discussion will start at 6:30pm and then you’re invited to join the speakers and other attendees for drinks at Trust inside of Tech Artista Downtown to continue the conversation.

Register for the event here – it’s free!

About the Event

The event is organized by Bryon Pierson from EDUrain, who will also be a panelist. Talking to EQ about planning the event, he said, “This event is important because it is an open space for people to build an understanding of what is like to build and support technology companies owned by Black entrepreneurs in St. Louis. Usually you hear from voices that are already backed by big investors in tech, but in this event you’ll hear from builders and entrepreneurs that are ‘heads down’ and working ‘in the weeds’ and have small successes that they are building off of.”

Other Panelists

Tara Nesbitt, founder of Harmonee will also be a panelist. We haven’t covered them yet, but Harmonee is developing an extremely interesting concept called the Interloop, and the company crowdsources market research campaign responses for business owners, who donate to nonprofits in return.

Lashana Lewis, owner of L. M. Lewis Consulting will also be joining us on the panel. Last year she completed a mentor program with Arlan Hamilton, the founder of Backstage Capital, whom I recently published an interview with on EQ.

Arlan liked the interview so much, that her team used the audio to create a montage video.

With such an endorsement, I’m confident the discussion on Wednesday will be excellent!

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