2022年9月14日

坦尼娅山姆,女性创业的精通科技的冠军,设想所有女性有财富,丰富和轻松。她视力呼吁BuiltxWomen创始人之一,为女企业家创业加速器,提升的创始人2020年,一家投资公司基金业务开始的妇女和少数民族企业家,伙伴关系主任TechSquare实验室,在那里她指导了60妇女和少数的公司创始人。上周,9月8日和9日,黑色的企业登上数字世界的2022名妇女的权力技术虚拟会议。黑色企业欢迎山姆,亚特兰大科技企业家,投资者,和真正的家庭主妇的熟悉的面孔亚特兰大,谈论她的旅程到科技世界。她也放弃了几个妇女赋权宝石成功。科技主技术主前,山姆有很强的背景的医疗、护理和遗传学和细胞生物学学位。她认为她的伴侣不仅介绍她的科技世界,还指导她以前曾在推出自己的饮料公司,无限的智能拍摄。“有一块由业务对我们所有人,”萨姆说与黑人聊天时企业副总裁/副内容总监,艾丽莎Gumbs。“这些角色非常不同。你不可能Facebook没有市场,没有人力资源,没有人。 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.