VISIBLE NEWS
November 4, 2022
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Happy Friday VH Community,We hope you are having a productive week that honors your hustle while making space for moments of calm! Life is often a balancing act, and we want to remind you that you're doing great. Keep it up.At Visible Hands, we believe in providing hands-on support to our founders in building transformational early-stage companies, while supporting them as whole people. This week, we had a week full of expert-led workshops focusing on operating systems, design thinking, prototyping, creating a Minimal Viable Brand, and fundraising. Additionally, we hosted a special Diá De Los Muertos celebration with VHLX Fellows, complete with cocktail kits from Vida Mia Beverages and a small, live concert on zoom.It's insane to think that we only launched Visible Hands two years ago and have been able to work with such an amazing community of founders and partners who are changing the faces of entrepreneurship with grace and humility. Between our accelerator workshops and celebratory events this week, we really got the chance to cherish the work that we're doing alongside all of you. And that work isn't over - we have some special announcements on new partnerships and programs coming!Stay tuned...Be well,The VH Team
VH ANNOUNCEMENTS 🗞
A special Diá De Los Muertos celebration with VHLX Fellows.
ICYMI - there are only a few spots left for our upcoming Well Founded Retreat in Tulum, Mexico for founders of color, in partnership with Afro Yoga! Be sure to apply now before spots are gone!
VH GP and Co-Founder, Justin Kang will be speaking at Boston University's BUild Lab on How to Build (and join) a Team on 11/10. Get your ticket if you're a BU student, faculty, or alumni.
This week, VH Associates Jackie Byun and Darrel Frater attended the Black Venture Summit in Tulsa. Learn more about the summit here.
Some of our team members and founders will be attending the upcoming AfroTech 22 conference in Austin, TX happening on 11/13-17! Are you going? Let us know here!
VISIONARIES
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Visionary Updates, Asks, and Wins:
'22 Visionary Allie Burger will be presenting at the upcoming DECODE Innovation Conference 2022 on 11/6! Learn more and register here!
Have you watched Descendant yet on Netflix? Click here to learn how the '22 Visionary team Kinkofa partnered with Participant and Higher Ground to amplify the story of Africatown and help more folx uncover their own descendant stories.
'21 Visionary Noelle Acosta is heading to Vegas for HLTH on 11/13 - 11/16. If you're attending, swing by their Noula booth or schedule a meeting with her here.
The Newwave Foundation is partnering with Visible Hands to host a business pitch competition, Pitch Perfect, where 9 finalists/VH portfolio founders will be pitching for a chance to win up to $25K towards their business! Tune in on 11/12 at 1 pm EST here!
The voting portion of the 2022 TechRise Finale Competitor selection is now closed but they're now approaching a live competition of the top 6 founders on 12/1 as they compete for $100K! Learn more and register here.
'22 Visionary team Lightly has officially launched its partnership with Omni Berkshire in NYC. Follow, LIKE this post, and tell everyone you know with little ones to request a kit when staying at the Omni!
Congratulations to '22 Visionary Yvonne Barrera for being a semi-finalist in the Create & Cultivate Dallas pitch competition!
WHAT WE HAVE OUR EYES ON 👀
➕ Founder Resources and Events:
Join our friends over at Hustle Fund next week for a virtual event on 11/8 where they'll explain how pay transparency laws will affect founders, what you need to change, and how to explain your pay philosophy to your employees and candidates. Learn more and register here!
Join Namesake for a Name Change Clinic in MA on 11/15. Get guidance, support, and help with your legal name and/or gender marker updates, and take the 2022 US Trans Survey in a safe place!
Black Girl Ventures (BGV) is wrapping up its BGV Pitch Tour in NYC in partnership with Johnny Walker & PayPal on 12/1! Learn more and register to attend here.
Inevitable Founders is a 1000+ members community to help diverse founders build iconic companies. This cofounder networking opportunity will help black & diverse founders find their co-founders. The last edition had 200 apps from engineers & founders from Google, Harvard Business School & more. Apply by 12/3 here.
Startup Runway Showcase Applications are now open! Apply today for the chance to secure one of three $10K non-dilutive grants at their 12/15 demo day here!
Applications just opened for Hyper Accelerator (Product Hunt's sister company). The investments are $300K; the length is four weeks and it's for Seed & Series A companies. Learn more and apply here by 1/6/23.
🌎 Ecosystem Spotlights:
The third AWS University Startup Competition is now accepting applications. Learn more and apply here before 11/7!
Applications are open for The Future Collective For Black-Owned Businesses by Fiverr! Awardees will each receive $24K —$18K in cash and $6K in Fiverr credit. Learn more and apply here by 11/8!
Applications for Lightship Accelerator, a 12-week program driving inclusive acceleration, education, and opportunity for minority and female tech founders, are now open. The deadline to apply is 11/11!
SoGal Foundation has teamed up with Winky Lux, Bluemercury, twelveNYC, Twilio, Walmart.org’s Center for Racial Equity, and other sponsors to provide several $10K and $5K cash grants to Black women or nonbinary entrepreneurs. Learn more and apply here.
We’re proud to support StartOut and thrilled that applications are open for the #GrowthLab’s 11th Cohort! Sponsored by DLA Piper, JP Morgan & Comcast, the SGL accelerator offers top mentoring & networking opportunities for #LGBTQ entrepreneurs. Learn more and apply here by 12/1.
💼 Featured Jobs:
Our partners at Liberty Mutual are hiring for some interesting roles. Check them out and apply directly:
Beacon is looking to hire a Frontend Web Developer. Beacon is a social platform designed for students to plan events and parties. Join them & apply here!
CareCoPilot is hiring a UX/UI Designer. CareCopilot is a web and mobile application that saves friends and family caregivers time and money as they take care of the people they love. Learn more & apply here.
'22 Visionary Luke Lennon is hiring a Founding Engineer to help shape the future of Namesake. Learn more about the position and reach out here if interested!
🧑🏽💻 What we are watching, reading, or listening to:
Watching: How to run an investor reference call, Ep 08 | Uncapped Notes
For fun: Love is Blind (Season 3)
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