Rep Matters Breakfast Club: Vancouver Series
The Rep Matters Breakfast Club is a morning meetup for Black entrepreneurs, creatives, and allies looking to build community and learn how to navigate the ropes of tech entrepreneurship on their own terms.
Founded in 2022, this initiative aims to level the playing field for new and emerging founders by creating a safe, open space for founders to have real conversations about the challenges and opportunities they face as venture leaders.
Light breakfast and coffee will be served.
Speakers:
Rochelle Grayson, Founder, Mosaic Accelerator
Marlon Thompson, Chief Experience Officer, Spring
Phil G. Joseph, Founder, Rep Matters
Location
This event will be hosted at UBC Robson Square in the entrepreneurship@UBC Innovation Space (room #1900), directly opposite the front doors by the skating rink. Walk across the lobby directly to the french doors to get to room 1900. Get directions.
About Rep Matters
Rep Matter's mission is to inspire, educate, connect and support Black tech founders, and nurture the ecosystems in which they can thrive.
By leveraging technology, creativity and entrepreneurship, we hope to reduce wealth inequalities, empower Black leaders to find innovative solutions to important problems, and stimulate the Canadian economy.
About Spring
Spring lives at the intersection of economic inclusion and impact investing.
Combined we bring over 20 years in community development, content generation and capacity building in world of innovation and technology. Our team is made up of investors, founders and cultural leaders that bring a deep understanding of what is required to build real connection between industry leading brands and overlooked communities.
We work with culturally aligned partners that understand that importance of tapping into new communities through authentic content + experiences.
About Mosaic Accelerator
At Mosaic, we believe that every person deserves a chance to succeed, regardless of their background or technical expertise. We are on a mission to empower and equip non-technical, marginalized and BIPOC women with the skills and resources needed to create and scale thriving, tech-enabled businesses that drive economic growth and social impact. We know that entrepreneurship can be a difficult and daunting journey, but we are here to support and guide you every step of the way!
About entrepreneurship@UBC
entrepreneurship@UBC provides UBC students, researchers, faculty members, alumni and staff with the resources, networks, and funding they need to succeed. As one of the world’s top 40 research universities with 80,000 students, faculty and staff and over $730 million in annual research funding, UBC has long been a catalyst for innovation. Part of the Innovation UBC network, entrepreneurship@UBC supports UBC ventures and entrepreneurs to generate social and economic impacts in B.C. and around the world.
To date, entrepreneurship@UBC has worked with over 700 ventures who have raised more than $1.83 billion in funding, generated more than $739 million in revenue and hired more than 1800 employees, stimulating the economic and social landscape of B.C. while building anchor companies that have global impact.
Visit our website entrepreneurship.ubc.ca to learn more