Building Your Product & Raising Capital
FEBRUARY 2020 | NEW YORK, NY
BlackTech Meetup and Harlem Capital partnered to present two panel talks for building the diverse tech ecosystem!
Our first talk was with the managing partners of Harlem Capital discussing for the first time in public the details behind raising their debut $40.3mm venture capital fund that is focused on investing in people of color and women.
The conversation centered on the steps needed to raise venture capital funding, how to approach building your MVP (Minimal Viable Product), and the challenges/lessons learned in the start-up world by the panelists.
Panel Highlights
1.) Hearing from three time founder Stacy Spikes founder of UrbanWorld, Movie Pass, and now Preshow, on how he continually builds compelling and engaging products and thinks about the transition from scaling a product to growing a business.
2.) Gaining insights from Gabby Cazeau, former engineer turned investor at Harlem Capital, on the transferable skill-sets engineers can bring to the investment world.
3.) Hearing from Tiffany Dockery, who’s been building products in the tech space for 15+ years, as a Product Manager at Amazon, HBO, Spotify, and now Instagram, on demystifying the role and career path of product management for technical and non-technical folks in the audience.
