2022年9月14日

坦尼婭山姆,女性創業的精通科技的冠軍,設想所有女性有財富,豐富和輕鬆。她視力呼籲BuiltxWomen創始人之一,為女企業家創業加速器,提升的創始人2020年,一家投資公司基金業務開始的婦女和少數民族企業家,夥伴關係主任TechSquare實驗室,在那裏她指導了60婦女和少數的公司創始人。上周,9月8日和9日,黑色的企業登上數字世界的2022名婦女的權力技術虛擬會議。黑色企業歡迎山姆,亞特蘭大科技企業家,投資者,和真正的家庭主婦的熟悉的麵孔亞特蘭大,談論她的旅程到科技世界。她也放棄了幾個婦女賦權寶石成功。科技主技術主前,山姆有很強的背景的醫療、護理和遺傳學和細胞生物學學位。她認為她的伴侶不僅介紹她的科技世界,還指導她以前曾在推出自己的飲料公司,無限的智能拍攝。“有一塊由業務對我們所有人,”薩姆說與黑人聊天時企業副總裁/副內容總監,艾麗莎Gumbs。“這些角色非常不同。你不可能Facebook沒有市場,沒有人力資源,沒有人。 Those may not be technical, but it gives us, so many of us, who have built our career in other areas, sort of secret power and superpower capes on how to get into technology.” Learning Through Imposter Syndrome “Done is better than perfect,” is the mantra that Sam holds dear. She recalls experiencing “typical female imposter syndrome,” entering the tech world, but encourages the importance of committing to “learning what you need to know, to get where you need to go.” For Sam, the crutch of entrepreneurship, technology success, and starting a business is the following statement: “You’re smart. You’re gonna figure it out.” “Black people, we have the hustle, we have that grit. We just need people to push us and support us along the way,” Sam added. The Power of Networking Sam lived in Toronto, Montreal, New York, and Ghana before settling in Atlanta. As she tells it, “I didn’t know a lot of people, so I really had to check my imposter syndrome.” One of her biggest pieces of advice for women wanting to get their foot in the door is going out there and networking. Whether she wanted to sell her beverage company, find investors, or meet new friends, Sam wanted to leave an impression that people would remember, even if she was the only Black woman in the room. “I had to put on my Sasha fierce alter ego to go up to people and understand the power of networking and meeting friends. That was my biggest tip,” she said. More Advice For Women Founders The need for venture capital is often a challenge for BIPOC women founders. Sam emphasizes the value of education and understanding the greater landscape of what venture capital looks like, as well as the ever-changing markets. With that, women founders can cater their pitch around the data and information learned to convince a successful return for investors. “Start raising money when you have revenue,” she also advised, adding that customer discovery is poignant in this matter. Watch Tanya Sam’s full interview at Conversations That Count: The Future is Female on YouTube here and below. Visit https://womenofpowertech.blackenterprise.com/ for more conversations with women of color who are making an impact in the tech space.