#SGBlackLeaders: Fireside Chat with Monica Wheat (Founder & Executive Director, Venture Catalysts)

Oct 29, 2020, 10:30 PM – Oct 30, 2020, 12:30 AM (UTC)

Oklahoma City

Join us for a Fireside Chat as we recognize amazing #SGBlackLeaders with the Founder & Executive Director of Venture Catalysts, Monica Wheat! Monica is the Founder and Executive Director of Venture Catalysts, a non-profit venture and ecosystem development group. She is the Techstars Startup Programs Lead and Founding Co-Director of Startup Boost, a global Pre-Accelerator. Q&A following the chat

Virtual event

About this event

Join us for another virtual Fireside Chat on Thursday, October 29th! This month Startup Grind is celebrating Black Leaders Month, and we are thrilled to have Monica joining us for an interview and Q&A. As always, please sing up for a (FREE) ticket in advance so you can join the chat and submit questions for Monica.

RSVP: startupgrind.com/tulsa

❤️ our partners: Deep Fork Technology, 36 Degrees North, NextGen Tax Services, Indigo Technology, Black Women Business Owners of America, TYPROS Foundation, i2E, Inc., Holberton School Tulsa, True North Ventures, Stovall Center for Entrepreneurship, 1 Million Cups Tulsa, Harkey Productions

Schedule For Thursday October 29th:

5:30pm: Hellos

6:00pm: Fireside Chat with Monica Wheat and Alex Lobodiac

6:45pm: Q&A

7:00pm: Wrap Up + Networking

Monica Wheat is a Strategist, Educator, Investor, and Venture Developer. Monica is Founder and Executive Director of Venture Catalysts, a non-profit venture and ecosystem development group focused on investor/founder education, innovation hubs, and large-scale entrepreneurial initiatives for over 40,000 attendees. She is the Techstars Startup Programs Lead leading programs nationwide, and Founding Co-Director of Startup Boost, a global Pre-Accelerator. She served as a Consultant for Backstage Capital, co-producing their multi-city live investment tour and was the Managing Director of the Backstage Capital - Detroit Accelerator, a 4-city, global tech accelerator investing 3 months and $100,000 each in scaling startups for underrepresented founders.

She is a global speaker, judge, and consultant. Past clients have included Fortune 10 corporations, non-profits, school districts, tech accelerators, venture funds, and start-ups. She regularly speaks and consults at corporations & conferences on topics of emerging ecosystems, venture capital, digital innovation, and women in technology.

Her work has been featured in Crains, Huffington Post, Black Enterprise, and Forbes.

solutions@monicawheat.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/monicawheat

Twitter: @mwheat14

Instagram: @mwheat14

www.venturecatalysts.co

www.monicawheat.com

Check out what happened

Speaker

  • Monica Wheat

    Backstage Capital Detroit

    Managing Director

When

When

October 29 – 30, 2020
10:30 PM – 12:30 AM (UTC)

Agenda

Hellos
Fireside Chat
Q & A
Wrap Up + Networking

Presenting

Deep Fork Technology logo

Deep Fork Technology

True North Ventures, LLC logo

True North Ventures, LLC

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