‘Black Women Talk Tech’ Celebrates Its Longstanding Relationship With Microsoft As It Prepares For New Collaborative Project
Black Women Talk Tech, a worldwide collective of Black women tech founders, celebrates its longstanding relationship with Microsoft and continues collaboration with a host of new projects for 2022.
BWTT seeks to identify, support, and encourage all women to build the next billion-dollar business. Its next event, Face of a Founder Summit, is set for Feb. 24, 2022.
In the fifth year of the relationship, Microsoft has supported Black Women Talk Tech’s Roadmap to Billions Conference, which took place at the company’s New York City headquarters in 2018. In addition, Microsoft has been the presenting sponsor of that conference four years in a row, as well as launched the organization’s Face of a Founder Summit.
Last year, the relationship expanded to include Microsoft’s Black Partner Growth Initiative, which began to increase the representation of Black-owned businesses that are partners in the Microsoft community. It gives partners a platform to innovate and grow their business and increased access to capital for new and existing Black partners.
Microsoft has played a crucial role in Black Women Talk Tech’s success early stages. Through the support of this relationship, BWTT has reached these critical milestones over its five-year journey:
– Created a community of 1,000+ Black Women Tech Founders and Allies
– Distributed over $250,000 in funding and prizes to startups
– Built a social media presence of over 60,000+ followers
– Created 150+ hours of applicable business video content
We are proud to support Microsoft’s Black Partner Growth Initiative #BPGI Program,” says Regina Gwynn, co-founder of Black Women Talk Tech. “We are looking forward to what the next year has in store for the organization and our community.”
“We are proud to work with Black Women Talk Tech to help increase representation within Microsoft’s Partner Network and generate sustainable economic growth for Black-owned tech companies by providing access to tech-enablement resources,” said Regina Johnson, Partner Inclusive Growth Strategy Lead for the Black Partner Growth Initiative.
