by Melissa Yee | Feb 18, 2020 | Interviews, Let's Talk, Video
Gruuvv is an online peer-to-peer marketplace platform where DJs and customers connect. While working as a receptionist at a local radio station, Adjoa Edzie would often receive requests for DJs, and created a DJ program there. She decided to return to school for her...
by Melissa Yee | Dec 17, 2019 | Interviews, Let's Talk, Video
ScholarsJet connects college students/recent grads with internships and entry-level employment through fun and friendly hiring competitions that award scholarships and student loan repayment as prizes. At the age 10, Tuan Ho immigrated to the US from Vietnam with his...
by Melissa Yee | Nov 19, 2019 | Interviews, Let's Talk, Video
Thank You Tees is a T-shirt apparel company that brings awareness to the countless contributions of Black Americans. As a public health practitioner, Stephanie was aware that the vaccination process actually came from an enslaved person named Onesimus. However, when...
by Melissa Yee | Oct 29, 2019 | Interviews, Let's Talk, Video
GreenChoice is a data-driven platform empowering consumers to make informed food choices and leading the industry to supply food that’s good for us and the planet. Growing up in rural Vermont, Galen learned the important impact our food choices have on the planet as...
by Melissa Yee | Oct 1, 2019 | Interviews, Let's Talk, Video
MTonomy is now MOLTEN. MOLTEN is the underlying infrastructure for the next generation media industry – one that is transparent, instantaneous and equally accessible to all. As a computer engineer and musician, Arjun had an interest in exploring how the...
by Melissa Yee | Aug 20, 2019 | Interviews, Let's Talk, Video
EllisX is the first online platform that helps early-stage startups connect with journalists and event managers based on mutual interest and fit. Having set out on a mission to help immigrant founders connect with visibility opportunities to showcase their value in...
