{"events_section":"\u003cdiv class=\"tags-show-events_section\" data-rc=\"tags/show/events_section\"\u003e\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize24 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray2'\u003e\nEvents\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginLeft0_5 u-colorGray9 u-fontWeight200 u-displayInlineBlock'\u003e\n7\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginTop1_5'\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"u-textLeft events-shared-event_card\" data-rc=\"events/shared/event_card\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"u-displayBlock c-link c-link--unstyled js-event events-shared-event_card__link_content\" id=\"building-wealth-with-black-founders-1\" href=\"/events/building-wealth-with-black-founders-1\"\u003e\u003cdiv class='s-grid0'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-grid0-colSm7 u-floatRightSmUp'\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 events-shared-event_card__cover_wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/events/cover_photos/medium_2x/000/000/336/336-1666717856-64ed023418a5ff0846e5085d30e76a9c0b3539a1.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Building Wealth with Black Founders\" class=\"events-shared-event_card__cover\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/events/cover_photos/medium/000/000/336/336-1666717856-0241ea7a95e619776ce7edb5f087b0c711d701dd.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom1 u-hiddenSmUp'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-grid0-colSm2 s-grid0-colXs4'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-fontSize18 u-whiteSpaceNowrap u-textCenter events-shared-event_card__date_wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='u-colorRed events-shared-event_card__month'\u003e\nNOV\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-fontSize50 u-fontWeight400 u-lineHeight1 events-shared-event_card__date'\u003e\u003cspan class='u-colorGrayB'\u003e2\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-grid0-colMd13 s-grid0-colSm14 s-grid0-colXs20 s-fontSize18 events-shared-event_card__content'\u003e\n\u003cheader class='s-marginBottom1 events-shared-event_card__header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom0_5 u-fontWeight400 events-shared-event_card__actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='u-displayInline u-whiteSpaceNowrap u-hiddenXsOnly events-shared-event_card__action'\u003e\n\u003ci class='u-colorGrayA icon-microphone events-shared-event_card__category_icon'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nWebcast\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='u-displayInline u-whiteSpaceNowrap u-colorGrayB'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='u-hiddenXsOnly'\u003e\n 1:00pm–1:30pm\n      EDT\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='u-hiddenSmUp'\u003e\n 1:00PM\nEDT\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class='c-secondaryTitle events-shared-event_card__title'\u003e\nBuilding Wealth with Black Founders\n\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003c/header\u003e\n\u003cp class='u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6'\u003e\n Hosted by Pierre Laguerre, Co-Founder \u0026amp; 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Friends Pride Happy Hour\n\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003c/header\u003e\n\u003cp class='u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6'\u003e\n Join us for an evening of\u0026nbsp;networking and some delicious snacks and drinks in celebration of Pride Month!\u0026nbsp;Meet LGBTQ founders, investors, and their allies across the s...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2_5 u-hiddenXsOnly'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cfooter class='s-grid0 s-marginPullTop1 events-shared-event_card__footer'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-grid0-colSm13 s-grid0--pushSm2'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='u-displayFlex'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='u-displayFlex events-shared-event_card__hosts'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-avatar c-avatar--extra_small u-displayBlock events-shared-event_card__avatar_wrapper  js-user_avatar\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Profile picture of Dyanna  Salcedo\" title=\"Dyanna  Salcedo\" srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/users/avatars/small_2x/000/065/875/65875-1526583410-99c2ae66df2802735b1f18624e056a7a3c4a023e.png 2x\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/users/avatars/small/000/065/875/65875-1526583410-87faba8ecfe32d8250be2ece34ff24aa4a35e82d.png\" /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-avatar c-avatar--extra_small u-displayBlock events-shared-event_card__avatar_wrapper  js-user_avatar\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Profile picture of Caroline Hofmann\" title=\"Caroline Hofmann\" srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/users/avatars/small_2x/000/016/890/16890-1501190695-575f470b2a09cf2686e7b33c7c29ac314cddc8a7.jpg 2x\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/users/avatars/small/000/016/890/16890-1501190695-b32c8f4981eab934c5fce9d63ff2c83e345d94a2.jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/footer\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cscript nonce=\"eCS5WTpqmLJ3XijZIweEpQ==\" type=\"application/ld+json\"\u003e\n//\u003c![CDATA[\n{\n  \"@context\": \"http://schema.org\",\n  \"@type\": \"Event\",\n  \"eventStatus\": \"EventScheduled\",\n  \"image\": \"https://uploads.republic.com/p/events/cover_photos/original/000/000/051/51-1526654431-6b396f7a8eebd78aa858a30a850fd9be8f456a35.png\",\n  \"name\": \"Republic \u0026amp; Friends Pride Happy Hour\",\n  \"startDate\" : \"2018-06-13T22:00:00Z\",\n  \"endDate\" : \"2018-06-14T00:00:00Z\",\n  \"description\": \"\u003cp\u003eJoin us for an evening of\u0026nbsp;networking and some delicious snacks and drinks in celebration of Pride Month!\u0026nbsp;Meet LGBTQ founders, investors, and their allies across the startup ecosystem.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCo-hosted by \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/dyanna-salcedo-3a833829/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eDyanna Salcedo\u003c/a\u003e, founder\u0026nbsp;of Tastebud Ventures.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing guest speaker,\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/jtbatson/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eJT Batson\u003c/a\u003e, board of directors,\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://startout.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eStartOut\u003c/a\u003e, our community partner.\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDyanna \u003c/strong\u003eis the founder of Tastebud Ventures, a seed stage equity platform for funding what she calls \"food with flavor\", multicultural, ethnically-inspired foods. 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She holds an MBA and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at San Antonio.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJT\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003eis currently the co-founder and CEO of Hudson MX, a NYC based technology company as well as a founding partner of LUMA Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on the intersection of media, marketing and technology. He began his career as an early employee of Mozilla focused on international growth efforts of the then nascent Firefox browser. He then joined the Rubicon Project pre-revenue where JT helped scale the company to 6 countries as the EVP, Revenue and Global Development. This experience as one of the pioneers of the programmatic advertising era led to Donovan Data Systems to appoint JT President, DDS Digital– where he spearheaded the deal with Mediabank to create Mediacoean, which today powers more than $100 billion of media buys for the large agency holding companies. Building on his success leveraging technology to make the buying and selling of advertising more efficient, JT joined Cumulus Media as their Chief Revenue Officer, with a specific focus on applying technology to bolster the $1.3 billion revenue and 1,400 person sales team strong media company. JT was an Entrepreneur in Residence at Greylock Partners and Accel Partners. He currently is on the advisory board on undergraduate education at Stanford where he holds a BA in Political Science winning the JE Wallace Sterling Award. 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hundreds of pitches.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroductory Remarks\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://republic.co/caroline-hofmann-1\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eCaroline Hofmann\u003c/a\u003e, COO, Republic\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremymgoldberg/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eJeremy M. Goldberg\u003c/a\u003e, Deputy CTO, NYCx (NY Mayor's Office of the CTO) \u0026amp;\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-johnson/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eGary Johnson\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c/span\u003e,\u0026nbsp;Director of Strategy \u0026amp; Operations, NYCx\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInvestor Panelists\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://645ventures.com/team\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eNnamdi Okike\u003c/a\u003e, Co-Founder \u0026amp;\u0026nbsp;General Partner, 645 Ventures\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliceglobus\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eAlice Globus\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c/span\u003e, General Partner, Globus Growth\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/cmgcjr-990\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eCarlos Gutierrez Jr.\u003c/a\u003e,\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Advisor,\u0026nbsp;Chloe Capital \u0026amp; Managing Director at Golden Seeds\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriapettibone\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eVictoria Pettibone\u003c/a\u003e,\u0026nbsp;Managing Director,\u0026nbsp;Astia Angels\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFounder Panelists\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2017/10/16/founders-of-mented-cosmetics-become-15th-16th-black-women-ever-to-raise-1m-capital/#3e39e0c8501d\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eAmanda Johnson\u003c/a\u003e, Co-Founder, Mented Cosmetics\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-flores-b799806\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eVictoria Flores\u003c/a\u003e, CEO \u0026amp; Founder,\u0026nbsp;Lux Beauty Club\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/yadavajay\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eAjay Yadav\u003c/a\u003e,\u0026nbsp;Founder \u0026amp; CEO of Roomi\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.f6s.com/trutholadapo\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eTruth Oladapo\u003c/a\u003e, Co-Founder, Vacayo\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoin us for an evening of learning and networking and some delicious snacks and drinks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\",\n  \"url\" : \"\",\n  \"location\": {\n    \"@type\": \"Place\",\n    \"address\": {\n      \"@type\": \"PostalAddress\",\n      \"addressLocality\": \"New York\",\n      \"addressRegion\": \"NY\",\n      \"postalCode\": \"10017\",\n      \"streetAddress\": \"335 Madison Ave\"\n    }\n  }\n}\n\n\n//]]\u003e\n\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e"}