Women

Preview: The Power of the Global Sports Mentoring Program

For a little over a year, Laura Dixon has served as the Head of External Relations for the Spurs Sports & Entertainment. She has also worked as the Executive Director of Community Responsibility for the Silver & Black Give Back, and led the Corporate Social Responsibility division for the past seven years. Throughout her career, […]

Preview: Black Women & The Invisible Billion Dollar Start-up

Regina Gwynn is the co-founder and CEO of TressNoire, an on-location hair styling booking service. TressNoire is the first beauty booking platform designed for busy multicultural professionals that sends traveling hair stylists to their client’s  home, hotel or office to bring a luxury salon experience to their doorstep. However, Regina is not only a CEO […]

Pitch: Roar for Good

During my time at SXSW, I spent a lot of time at the SXSW Trade Show to discover what was new in technology and to try out the devices the exhibit had to offer. After visiting a few booths, I was able to sit through the “Pitch” panels there at the Trade Show and ended […]

Elephant in the Valley

We all know the geek stereotype. Guys in their 20s. Super smart. White. We can point to a hundred movie roles that play with this trope. It’s ingrained in our cultural consciousness. Perhaps the reason we’ve accepted the stereotype so readily is the very real foothold it has found in reality. Our vision of the […]

SXSWistful

I’m sitting in a darkened theater watching a comedy show. The room seats 90 people. It’s a late show, and I only stayed out because there’s a writer from The Daily Show performing. Then the host comes out and says, “We have a very special guest with us tonight…Mr. Judd Apatow.” That’s right, the director […]