Name
Balancing Mission and Scale with Black Girls Code
Date & Time
Tuesday, November 1, 2016, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Description

Black Girls Code, 76 Ninth Avenue, New York, NY, 10011

With a mission to increase the number of women of color in the digital space, the nonprofit Black Girls Code and founder and CEO Kimberly Bryant are empowering girls of color from age 7 to 17 to become innovators in STEM fields by teaching them to code. Bryant even signed on with Google this year to take up space inside the company’s NYC headquarters and forge a direct relationship with the tech giant. But as she scales the reach of BGC and makes tech more diverse, Bryant is faced with the business challenges every entrepreneur faces. Step inside BGC’s impressive new digs at Google and get an inside look at how Bryant and her team are creating new leaders, closing the technology skills gap, and changing the face of a sector—all while navigating a business of her own.

Session
Balancing Mission and Scale with Black Girls Code
Hosted by KIMBERLY BRYANT, Founder and Executive Director, Black Girls Code
Session Type
Fast Track
Theme
Leadership and Inclusion, Tech
Location
Black Girls Code, 76 Ninth Avenue, New York, NY, 10011
Black Girls Code

With a mission to increase the number of women of color in the digital space, the nonprofit Black Girls Code and founder and CEO Kimberly Bryant are empowering girls of color from age 7 to 17 to become innovators in STEM fields by teaching them to code. Bryant even signed on with Google this year to take up space inside the company’s NYC headquarters and forge a direct relationship with the tech giant. But as she scales the reach of BGC and makes tech more diverse, Bryant is faced with the business challenges every entrepreneur faces. Step inside BGC’s impressive new digs at Google and get an inside look at how Bryant and her team are creating new leaders, closing the technology skills gap, and changing the face of a sector—all while navigating a business of her own.