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Tanya Sam is a Tech-savvy Businesswoman, Leader, Philanthropist, Wife and Fashionista living her best life in Atlanta, Georgia. She is the visionary founder and curator of the esteemed Tanya Time Book Club, a virtual community that celebrates literature and fosters intellectual growth. The book club selects thought-provoking books from various genres, providing members with vibrant discussions, intellectual stimulation, and shared reading experiences that expand their horizons.  As an expert in the Web3 and NFT space, Tanya educates and onboard individuals and corporations. She curates immersive onboarding events and delivers captivating speeches worldwide, inspiring audiences to embrace new technologies and solidifying her position as a prominent thought leader. Tanya hosts the influential Money Moves podcast  Additionally, Tanya founded The Ambition Fund, an investment company focused on supporting businesses founded by women and minority entrepreneurs.  In her role as Director of Partnerships at TechSquare Labs, Tanya mentors over 60 companies founded by women and minority entrepreneurs. She plays a vital role in helping these ventures reach their full potential and has made valuable investments in over 50 ventures, generating over $100 million in revenue.  Beyond business, Tanya captivated viewers as a cast member of The Real Housewives of Atlanta for three unforgettable seasons. She also serves as a board member of Kate's Club, providing unwavering support to children who have experienced the loss of a parent or sibling.      For More On Tanya:  LINKS: https://allmylinks.com/tanyasam  Website: www.tanyasam.comIG: @itstanyatimeFB: @tanyasanLinkedin: tanyasamPodcast: Money Moves Podcast Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support.

Tanya Sam is a Tech-savvy Businesswoman, Leader, Philanthropist, Wife and Fashionista living her best life in Atlanta, Georgia. She is the visionary founder and curator of the esteemed Tanya Time Book Club, a virtual community that celebrates literature and fosters intellectual growth. The book club selects thought-provoking books from various genres, providing members with vibrant discussions, intellectual stimulation, and shared reading experiences that expand their horizons.  As an expert in the Web3 and NFT space, Tanya educates and onboard individuals and corporations. She curates immersive onboarding events and delivers captivating speeches worldwide, inspiring audiences to embrace new technologies and solidifying her position as a prominent thought leader. Tanya hosts the influential Money Moves podcast   Additionally, Tanya founded The Ambition Fund, an investment company focused on supporting businesses founded by women and minority entrepreneurs.  In her role as Director of Partnerships at TechSquare Labs, Tanya mentors over 60 companies founded by women and minority entrepreneurs. She plays a vital role in helping these ventures reach their full potential and has made valuable investments in over 50 ventures, generating over $100 million in revenue.  Beyond business, Tanya captivated viewers as a cast member of The Real Housewives of Atlanta for three unforgettable seasons. She also serves as a board member of Kate's Club, providing unwavering support to children who have experienced the loss of a parent or sibling.      For More On Tanya:  LINKS: https://allmylinks.com/tanyasam  Website: www.tanyasam.comIG: @itstanyatimeFB: @tanyasanLinkedin: tanyasamPodcast: Money Moves Podcast Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/only-one-in-the-room--6052418/support.

Rodney Sampson is heralded as the leading inclusive innovation, entrepreneurship and investment ecosystem builder in the world, particularly given his mission to ensure that everyone, everywhere, particularly socially disadvantaged communities, have equitable access to the new multi-generational wealth creation opportunities afforded in the future of work and fourth industrial revolution as definitive paths to reducing poverty and the racial wealth gap everywhere. In 2013, Sampson cofounded Opportunity Hub (OHUB) as a follow up to the highly successful Kingonomics' book release and large-scale conferences in Atlanta, GA and Washington, D.C. OHUB scaled quickly to become the leading multi-campus coworking space, entrepreneurship center and tech hub featuring over 300 events a year, a startup pre-accelerator, coding boot-camp, and scholarship initiative and angel investing platform for founders from underestimated and under-tapped communities. Over 15,000 people walked through OHUB's doors each year. From 2015-17, Sampson was a Partner at TechSquare Labs, a tech hub, seed stage venture fund and creator of the $100,000 Atlanta Startup Battle. Today, TechSquare Labs' portfolio companies have raised follow on capital of nearly $300 million, are valued at over $1.5 billion, generate over $100 million in annual recurring revenue and employ over 1000 people and growing. He remains the largest minority limited partner in the fund. Today, as Executive Chairman & CEO of Opportunity Hub and OHUB Foundation, Sampson is focused on scaling OHUB as the definitive global future of work, opportunity and wealth creating platform by ensuring that everyone, everywhere has early exposure to tech, startup and venture; in demand technology education, training and talent placement; inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem building; and capital formation. This is driven by the thousands of college and young professional members and growing from hundreds of colleges and universities across America and beyond. OHUB is a supplier, vendor and partner to over 50 tech companies, major corporations, high growth startups, venture funds, municipalities, foundations, associations, colleges and universities and growing. Current national initiatives include OHUB@Cities, OHUB@Campus, HBCU@SXSW, 100 Black Angels Fund I and DEIS, a new strategy, service and future software platform to operationalize diversity, equity and inclusion across the major divisions of growing enterprises. Sampson is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. and a Professor of Entrepreneurship at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA. Sampson previously served as the 1st Head of Diversity at Mark Burnett Productions, executive producers of the hit ABC show, ABC's Sharktank. A strong believer in philanthropy and its role in social impact and advocacy, Sampson supports and serves on the boards of Artificial Intelligence for All (AI4All), Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council (MMTC), International Bishops Conference, and GA Technology for All Policy Summit.Sampson was educated at Tulane University, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine and Keller Graduate School of Management. Sampson resides in Atlanta, GA with his wife and six children.

The Black Effect Presents... Black Tech Green Money. Tanya Sam is a tech savvy businesswoman. and Director of Partnerships at TechSquare Labs, an Atlanta based technology startup hub and venture capital fund. She also starred on the show The Real Housewives of Atlanta. On this episode, Tanya talks with AfroTech's Will Lucas about building a team to help you on your wealth creation journey, the real effort it takes to win, and moonlighting until your side hustle becomes your main hustle. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Welcome to Episode 162 of the snobOS Podcast! The Lowdown: FaceID is the future for iPhoneNo under-screen TouchID or front-facing camerasApple Stores drops customer mask requirementApple will no longer require customers to wear masks in a number of Apple stores across the US, including in Ohio, Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia, and other states that have recently dropped local mask mandatesEmployees at Apple stores will still be required to wear masks regardless of vaccination status2nd String: Untag yourself from Twitter conversationsFor The Culture: Teching While Black: Paul JudgeAtlanta's 'Godfather of Tech' - Entrepreneur. Investor. Inventor.Co-Founder & Partner of TechSquare Labs, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of Pindrop, Partner of AC3, Atlanta's hip-hop centric music festival, and Partner of Judge VenturesInvested in over 60 technology startupsHolds approximately 30 patented or patent-pending technologies in computer securityCommencement speaker for The Georgia Institute of Technology Class of 2021 ceremony (dual Tech alumna MS/PhD)Tinder Swindler is working on a dating show?The Hook Up: Track your goals with the Countdown appBe sure to Listen, rate, review and share on Apple Podcasts & Google PodcastsEngage on all social platforms @snobOScast Leave comments and suggestionsWeb: snobOScast.comEmail: snobOScast@gmail.comClick link to support the show and get exclusive contentFollow Nica Montford @TechSavvyDivaFollow Terrance Gaines @BrothaTech

Today's guest on the She Did That podcast is Tanya Sam. Yes, you may know her from Real Housewives of Atlanta fame, but she's so much more. As one of the savviest businesswomen you'll ever meet, Tanya is the Director of Partnerships at TechSquare Labs, a tech startup hub and venture capital fund. She's super passionate about creating pathways to bring more women and minorities into the tech space. Today, she's here to help us understand the world of NFTs and why Black women don't just need to be involved, we need to be leading the movement.  Produced by Dear Media

Tanya Sam is a tech savvy businesswoman. and Director of Partnerships at TechSquare Labs, an Atlanta based technology startup hub and venture capital fund. She also starred on the show The Real Housewives of Atlanta. On this episode, Tanya talks with AfroTech's Will Lucas about building a team to help you on your wealth creation journey, the real effort it takes to win, and moonlighting until your side hustle becomes your main hustle. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

In this episode of How I Got Here, Dreena welcomes Tanya Sam, star of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Director of Partnerships at TechSquare Labs, a tech startup hub and venture capital fund, and Founder of The Ambition Fund, an investment company focused on funding businesses founded by women and minority entrepreneurs.Tanya peels back her many layers to shed light on her education in genetics and nursing, her transition into the tech industry, her awe-inspiring philanthropy efforts, and how the covid-19 pandemic has deeply affected her. Tanya shares how she got onto The Real Housewives of Atlanta, the ups and downs of being on the show and dealing with rumors, and what inspired her to create The Ambition Fund and get involved in the TV show, Making of a Mogul.“I truly believe that, especially in communities of color, we need to highlight opportunities and different pathways to success in building multigenerational wealth within our communities and we need representation to do that.”-  Tanya SamStay tuned to hear fascinating stories of changemakers in the entrepreneurial space, Tanya's top 3 life-enhancing apps, and what she's working on next in 2021. Plus, she offers wise advice on fear, networking, and taking risks in entrepreneurship.“The key to entrepreneurship is just being able to dive in, believe in yourself, and every day make actionable steps to making your business a success.”-  Tanya SamConnect with Tanya:Visit her website: www.tanyasam.com Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/itstanyatime Follow her on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ITSTANYASAM Connect with her on Facebook: www.facebook.com/itstanyatime Connect with her on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tanyasam Get Tanya's Favorite Apps:1Password: www.1password.com Slack: www.slack.com Calendly: www.calendly.comKindle: www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=16571048011Insight Timer: www.insighttimer.com About the Host:Dreena Whitfield has a proven ability to create tangible outcomes that helps clients exceed expectations. Her diverse career has led her to spearhead the communications and marketing efforts for leaders in the nonprofit, corporate and political sectors, as well as small businesses internationally.With more than a decade of experience, Dreena and the WhitPR team have a proven ability to spot opportunities for our clients to grow their brand recognition in saturated markets that are in alignment with their overall objectives.The Huffington Post listed Dreena as one of their “Top 25 African American Millennials in PR to Watch.”Follow Dreena & WhitPR on all the socials:@Dreenawhitpr & @whitprJoin The WhitPR Collective: www.whitprcollective.com

In this episode, meet Tanya Sam, a tech entrepreneur and founder of TechSquare Labs, who is committed to paving the way for change for underrepresented and women founders.  Founded on Youtube→ https://goo.gle/2H37XjR  Transcript → https://goo.gle/2H1bvqz

Dr. Paul Judge is a serial entrepreneur through and through. After stumbling into coding as a kid, he has spent his career as an expert in information security issues. With a Ph.D. and 30 patented technologies in his name, he's co-founded three companies that have been acquired and is currently the co-founder of Pindrop, which has raised over $100 million in funding. Now, he's paying it forward to other founders in Atlanta through TechSquare Labs. Paul shares how he removes the fear of failure, why cofounders need to share a sense of urgency, and how to align your time management to your priorities.

Stefanie Diaz, Founder of Powered by Verve and Host of She Conquers Capital podcast, joins Karen on this episode of the Compassionate Capitalist show to talk about how women can get started with their own business with confidence and raise the capital they need to succeed as an entrepreneur.   Listen to their dynamic conversation about the importance of understanding your motivation to start a business, overcoming and learning from the objections of potential investors, and getting a seat at the table for wealth creation through successful entrepreneurship.  Stefanie Diaz is an Advisor for Zane Venture Fund and a Co-Chair for the TiE Atlanta Angels Screening Committee. She volunteers her expertise as an Advisor at Atlanta Tech Village and a 4-time mentor at Techsquare Labs’ $100k Atlanta Startup Battle. Stefanie has been named Atlanta Startup Wonder Woman by Hypepotamus and listed as one of 39 Atlanta Female Leaders to Follow by Startup Sisters. You can learn more and connect at: https://poweredbyverve.com/ Her podcast, She Conquers Capital, can be found on Apple Podcast and Spotify.  This podcast is also available as a video: https://youtu.be/2KnmeIywG_c Karen Rands has been named Advocate of the Year for her work to promote Compassionate Capitalism.  She is the author of the best selling primer for investors learning how to invest in entrepreneurs: Inside Secrets to Angel Investing.   She has advised over 100 entrepreneurs on access to capital and has spent 20 years bringing entrepreneurs and investors together to fund innovation and be a catalyst for economic growth.   Learn more and connect at https://karenrands.co  Subscribe to this podcast on Apple, Stitcher, Tunein, Pandora, Spotify and more. 

Rodney Sampson is heralded as the leading inclusive innovation, entrepreneurship and investment ecosystem builder in the world, particularly given his mission to ensure that everyone, everywhere, particularly socially disadvantaged communities, have equitable access to the new multi-generational wealth creation opportunities afforded in the future of work and fourth industrial revolution as definitive paths to reducing poverty and the racial wealth gap everywhere. In 2013, Sampson cofounded Opportunity Hub (OHUB) as a follow up to the highly successful Kingonomics’ book release and large-scale conferences in Atlanta, GA and Washington, D.C. OHUB scaled quickly to become the leading multi-campus coworking space, entrepreneurship center and tech hub featuring over 300 events a year, a startup pre-accelerator, coding boot-camp, and scholarship initiative and angel investing platform for founders from underestimated and under-tapped communities. Over 15,000 people walked through OHUB’s doors each year. From 2015-17, Sampson was a Partner at TechSquare Labs, a tech hub, seed stage venture fund and creator of the $100,000 Atlanta Startup Battle. Today, TechSquare Labs’ portfolio companies have raised follow on capital of nearly $300 million, are valued at over $1.5 billion, generate over $100 million in annual recurring revenue and employ over 1000 people and growing. He remains the largest minority limited partner in the fund. Today, as Executive Chairman & CEO of Opportunity Hub and OHUB Foundation, Sampson is focused on scaling OHUB as the definitive global future of work, opportunity and wealth creating platform by ensuring that everyone, everywhere has early exposure to tech, startup and venture; in demand technology education, training and talent placement; inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem building; and capital formation. This is driven by the thousands of college and young professional members and growing from hundreds of colleges and universities across America and beyond. OHUB is a supplier, vendor and partner to over 50 tech companies, major corporations, high growth startups, venture funds, municipalities, foundations, associations, colleges and universities and growing. Current national initiatives include OHUB@Cities, OHUB@Campus, HBCU@SXSW, 100 Black Angels Fund I and DEIS, a new strategy, service and future software platform to operationalize diversity, equity and inclusion across the major divisions of growing enterprises. Sampson is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. and a Professor of Entrepreneurship at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA. Sampson previously served as the 1st Head of Diversity at Mark Burnett Productions, executive producers of the hit ABC show, ABC’s Sharktank. A strong believer in philanthropy and its role in social impact and advocacy, Sampson supports and serves on the boards of Artificial Intelligence for All (AI4All), Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council (MMTC), International Bishops Conference, and GA Technology for All Policy Summit.Sampson was educated at Tulane University, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine and Keller Graduate School of Management. Sampson resides in Atlanta, GA with his wife and six children.

Today on the Atlanta Small Business Show we’re pleased to welcome Tanya Sam. Tanya is an Atlanta-based entrepreneur, philanthropist, Director of Partnerships at TechSquare Labs, Founder of The Ambition Fund, wife of tech tycoon Paul Judge, and possibly best known for her role on The Real Housewives of Atlanta. In addition to her busy schedule, she co-founded BuiltxWomen, a business accelerator for female entrepreneurs and currently leads Ascend 2020, a technology startup and small business pre-accelerator for minority and female founders. Today Jim and Tanya discuss her business journey, passion for helping other women launch and achieve their goals, and what it’s like to be one half of a famous entrepreneurial couple. Tune-in to hear more from Tanya and let us know what you think in the comments section below. https://www.myasbn.com/small-business-headlines/keeping-up-with-tanya-sam-entrepreneur-reality-star-and-philanthropist/

Tanya Sam is a tech savvy businesswoman. Tanya is the Director of Partnerships at TechSquare Labs, a technology startup hub and venture capital fund. Since 2016, TechSquare Labs has invested in over 30 companies and those companies have raised over $300 million dollars in venture capital and generated over $100 million dollars in revenue.Tanya is passionate about creating pathways to bring more women and minorities into business and technology.  She cofounded BuiltxWomen, a business accelerator for female entrepreneurs.  She currently leads Ascend 2020, a technology startup and small business pre-accelerator for minority and female founders.  Additionally, Tanya serves on the Board of Directors for Kate's Club, a non-profit organization that empowers children that have experienced the death of a parent or sibling.  This organization and all the children they help hold a special place in her heart as she also experienced loss at an early age, losing her mother at the age of 12.Tanya appears on the show The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Tanya lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her fiancé Dr. Paul Judge, a technology entrepreneur and investor. She was born in Toronto, Canada and her parents are from Ghana and England.  Tanya earned a Bachelor of Science in Genetics and Cell Biology from McGill University and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Toronto. She has practiced nursing for over a decade in some of the top oncology hospitals in Toronto, New York and Atlanta including Princess Margaret Hospital, Northside Hospital, and New York Presbyterian.  She is a fashionista, an avid runner, workout queen, spin-cyclist, traveler, foodie and bibliophile.#RHOA #TanyaSam #SippinTheTea #ArianeAndrew #MattDillon

Join Atento Capital for the fourth episode of our podcast, Be Atento. In this episode we talk with Rodney Sampson, Founder and CEO of Opportunity Hub. Rodney founded Multicast Media Technologies, which was acquired for $24 million back in 2010, served as a Partner at TechSquare Labs, which has a portfolio valued at over $1.5 billion, is currently a professor of entrepreneurship at Morehouse College. Rodney's journey has afforded him with numerous incredible opportunities including working with Shark Tank, the Brookings Institute, the Kauffman Foundation and countless others. Today he spends his time working with underrepresented students and professionals and cities to address and close the racial wealth gap through his organization, Opportunity Hub. Tune in to learn more about Rodney's journey and his work to ensure racial equity in the technology ecosystem.To learn more about Atento Capital, check out our website: https://www.atentocapital.com/Subscribe to the Be Atento Podcast anywhere podcasts can be found, if you need help, check us out on Podfollow: https://podfollow.com/1499376646 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today in the Side Hustle Pro guest chair we have Tanya Sam. Tanya is a tech-savvy investor who has made it her mission to empower the next generation of minority entrepreneurs. You also know her from TV. She appears on one of my favorite guilty-pleasure shows, The Real Housewives of Atlanta!  She is currently Director of Partnerships at TechSquare Labs, Co-leads the Ascend 2020 Atlanta program that supports minority and female founders, and Co-founded BuiltxWomen, a business accelerator for female entrepreneurs.  It may come as a surprise that Tanya didn’t always have the desire to pursue entrepreneurship in technology. She actually studied to be a nurse and had a 10-year career in the industry.  She started helping her fiancé with his business on her days off and eventually decided to start her own business. With her background as a side hustler and as an entrepreneur, she has mentored over 60 companies with women and minority founders and helped invest in over 50 companies that have generated a total of over $100 million in revenue.  Making the shift from healthcare to tech wasn’t easy. In this episode, Tanya dives deep into how she conquered imposter syndrome during this huge pivot in her career.  Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Soundcloud, and Stitcher This episode is brought to you by: Skillshare Explore your creativity at skillshare.com/sidehustlepro and get 2 free months of Premium Membership. Gusto Gusto offers modern, easy payroll, benefits, and HR to small businesses across the country. Sign up and give it a try at gusto.com/shp.  Links mentioned in this episode   TanyaSam.com The Ambition Fund TechSquare Labs Ascend 2020 Atlanta Slack  Mailchimp  The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture   Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed): http://sidehustlepro.libsyn.com/rss Announcements Join our Facebook Community If you’re looking for a community of supportive side hustlers who are all working to take our businesses to the next level, join us here: http://sidehustlepro.co/facebook Send questions to “Ask Nicaila” You can now send questions for the new “Ask Nicaila” segment that’s coming to Side Hustle Pro. Once I get a critical mass of questions, I can start rolling out this segment. Just email hi@sidehustlepro.co and put hashtag #AskNicaila in the subject.  Social Media Info  Tanya Sam (Instagram) - @itstanyatime Tanya Sam (Twitter) - @itstanyasam Side Hustle Pro – @sidehustlepro #SideHustlePro 

Brad Ball, CEO at Liquid Strategies, shares his thoughts on the markets and investing in exchange traded funds with “ovals.” Paul Judge, Co-Founder of TechSquare Labs, talks about venture capital investing in Atlanta. Jay Gould, CEO at Interface, explains the commercial flooring company’s efforts to go green. Ana Tavares Lattibeaudiere, Head of North America at GSMA, talks about Tech4Girls partnering with Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta to prepare girls for careers in STEAM (science, technology, engineering and math). Geoff Henry, President at Jamba, on rebranding the smoothie maker. Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Paul Brennan.

Brad Ball, CEO at Liquid Strategies, shares his thoughts on the markets and investing in exchange traded funds with “ovals.” Paul Judge, Co-Founder of TechSquare Labs, talks about venture capital investing in Atlanta. Jay Gould, CEO at Interface, explains the commercial flooring company's efforts to go green. Ana Tavares Lattibeaudiere, Head of North America at GSMA, talks about Tech4Girls partnering with Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta to prepare girls for careers in STEAM (science, technology, engineering and math). Geoff Henry, President at Jamba, on rebranding the smoothie maker. Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Paul Brennan. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Sometimes the most interesting careers don't follow a straight line, and that's certainly the case for Tanya Sam, the director of operations and partnerships at TechSquare Labs in Atlanta. Tanya spent years as an oncology nurse in Toronto and New York before moving to Atlanta and finding her way into the startup and security culture that thrives there and helping found a seed fund and incubator for early stage companies. As if that wasn't enough, she joined the cast of the Real Housewives of Atlanta this year, adding another layer to an already fascinating career.

Paul Judge is an entrepreneur, inventor and investor who has been based in Atlanta since 1995. He is a co-founder of TechSquare Labs, Pindrop (valued at $600million as of Dec 2018), Luma (acquired 2018), and Purewire (acquired 2009), and former Chief Technology Officer of CipherTrust (acquired 2006). He has invested in over 60 technology startups to date. Paul also briefly worked with IBM and NASA. His companies have gone on to exit for hundreds of millions of dollars cumulatively. Paul is featured prominently in Fast Company's September 2019 Atlanta issue. Links Instagram Website Fast Company article Credits Music by Jeff Kaale (1, 2, 3, 4) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yfm/message

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In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we are checking in on our own mental health with Marriage and Family Therapist, Donika Brown. Oftentimes, therapy is not something that is encouraged in the Black community for various reasons, such as affordability and the fear of airing out our “dirty laundry”. However, Donika is giving us a deeper look into therapy by discussing how one can afford it, what questions to ask and how it can be used a tool to help cope with hurt and trauma. But first, we are tipping our crowns to some Queens that are inspiring us this week : Tanya Sam - Director of Partnerships at TechSquare Labs & “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Jackie Aina - Professional Make-up artist & beauty YouTuber Claressa Shields - Professional boxer & female middleweight champion If you like what you hear, feel free to leave a review and invite the Queens in your life to listen as well! To learn more about our movement and our hosts, visit our website www.queenstabletalk.com and keep up with us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter @queenstabletalk! Find us on Instagram Monique “Mo Knows Best” - @moknowsbest_ A’Liyah “Lovely Liyah” - @alittlebitoflovely Efa “Aye Effie” - @aye_effie Enjoy!

Atlanta is the country’s best-kept secret for tech startups, due largely in part to its abundance of co-working spaces like incubators and accelerators. Organizations like Atlanta Tech Village, TechSquare Labs, and ATDC Georgia Tech focus all of their energy on supporting entrepreneurs who want to achieve success, in a community that promotes faster connections between talent, ideas, and capital. incubators and acceleratorsToday, we’re excited to welcome back George Deeb, managing partner of Red Rocket Ventures and author of 101 Startup Lessons: An Entrepreneur’s Handbook to talk to us more in-depth about why you might consider pursuing your startup with the help of an incubator or accelerator. https://www.myasbn.com/small-business/startup/startup-incubators-accelerators-need-know-george-deeb/

Diamonde Williamson/BuiltxWomen Since graduating college, Diamonde has dedicated her work to serving the needs and creating opportunity for women of color. From being an assistant to photographer, Drexina Nelson, style influencer, Mattie James and money maven Patrice Washington to working in television as a producer for the Oprah Winfrey Network, USA and TVOne, Diamonde has utilized her talents to serve. Now, as Diversity Coordinator at TechSquare Labs and Founder of her own digital media startup, Blossom, Diamonde is committed to creating an opportunity for women to build tech companies and disrupt the representation of women in media.  The #BuiltbyWomen’s Initiative, presented by TechSquare Labs, is on a mission to pair 100 minority women, 50 technical and 50 go-to market, in an effort to build technology products that people and companies are willing to pay for by solving the toughest problems that face industries in Atlanta and beyond. Stefanie Diaz/Mastermind Your Launch Stefanie Diaz has always had a keen ability for developing marketing strategies for entrepreneurs, but it’s her ability to position startups for accelerated momentum through personal branding and content marketing that has become the cornerstone to her professional success. Her background includes being a strategic adviser to CEO’s spanning startup phase to over $100 million in annual revenue. She has led strategic partnerships with global retailers and Fortune 500 companies, as well as facilitated multi-million dollar government contracts. There is something magnetic about the energy of startup founders that draws Stefanie in. They’re hungry, driven, and committed to making positive change for themselves and the greater community. After conducting over 60 interviews to date, Stefanie is excited to bring Mastermind Your Launch to the Business Radio X platform. Learn more at MastermindYourLaunch.com.

Kelly Burton/Bodyology Kelly Burton is an accomplished entrepreneur with greater than a decade’s experience launching and scaling start-up companies. As Founder and CEO of her most recent venture Bodyology, a high-tech apparel company which infuses performance technology into women’s innerwear, Kelly is revolutionizing the way women dress. Since its launch in 2014, Bodyology has been identified as a high-potential apparel line by Macy’s Incorporated and featured in national publications like Inc. and Essence. Kelly is also a social scientist having earned her PhD from Emory University in 2009.  She went on to work for Emory University as a senior researcher and ultimately left to start her own consultancy, Nexus Research Group. As the CEO of Nexus Research Group, Kelly advises non-profits, foundations and government agencies on how to improve their social programs and maximize their philanthropic investments. She has served on more than a half-dozen boards and received the Visionary Leadership Award for her efforts to increase access to opportunity for individuals and communities throughout the South. Kelly Burton is a sought after speaker whose unique life experiences gives her powerful insight into the range of issues and topics relevant to the modern-day business leader. Her love for entrepreneurship is infectious and she is passionate about sharing her story with others looking to blaze their own path. Kelly is a veritable renaissance woman and evidence that women can lead in multiple areas of life, all at the same time. www.kellyburton.net www.bodyologystore.com www.nexusresearchonline.com https://twitter.com/@iamkellyburton Daniel Sabio/TechSquare Labs Daniel Sabio is the Minister of Awesome at TechSquare Labs, and Director of Atlanta Startup Battle. He holds a BS in Computational Media from Georgia Tech and is both an experienced developer and artist. Currently, his passion is helping tech startups and entrepreneurs succeed in their ventures. atlantastartupbattle.com https://twitter.com/techsquare #atlantastartupbattle Stefanie Diaz/Mastermind Your Launch Stefanie Diaz has always had a keen ability for developing marketing strategies for entrepreneurs, but it’s her ability to position startups for accelerated momentum through personal branding and content marketing that has become the cornerstone to her professional success. Her background includes being a strategic adviser to CEO’s spanning startup phase to over $100 million in annual revenue. She has led strategic partnerships with global retailers and Fortune 500 companies, as well as facilitated multi-million dollar government contracts. There is something magnetic about the energy of startup founders that draws Stefanie in. They’re hungry, driven, and committed to making positive change for themselves and the greater community. After conducting over 60 interviews to date, Stefanie is excited to bring Mastermind Your Launch to the Business Radio X platform. Learn more at MastermindYourLaunch.com.

Kevin is joined by Laura Hall who is the Atlanta Georgia Chapter President of the VR/AR Association and Daniel Sabio who is the Community Manager for TechSquare Labs, also based in Atlanta. TechSquare Labs held an event on January 28, 2017 called Singularity which was Atlanta's first live virtual reality concert. Laura & Daniel talk about how this event came to be, how it was received by those in attendance and ways to improve the experience for future events like this. For details about the upcoming Atlanta Chapter event, please visit this link to get signed up to attend.     Connect with Laura Hall & Daniel Sabio: Laura Hall Web - TheVirtualRealityGirl.com Email - Laura@TheVRARA.com LinkedIn - Laura Hall on LinkedIn Twitter - @vrara_atlanta Twitter - @officialvrgirl   Daniel Sabio & TechSquare Labs Web - TechSquare.co Twitter - @TechSquare Email - Daniel@TechSquare.co LinkedIn - Daniel Sabio on LinkedIn Twitter - @ZeGladScientist Instagram - @TheGladScientist     Leave us a voicemail! We invite you to call in and leave us a voicemail leaving feedback, asking questions or looking for exposure for your upcoming events. To call in and do so, call us at: 314-529-1998 Simply call the number above and leave your name, where you are calling from and what your question is or anything else you would like to say and we may play your message on an upcoming episode of Everything VR & AR. **Please keep it clean and keep in mind that long distance & International calling rates may apply**     VR/AR Association Links for this Episode Upcoming Atlanta Chapter event for February 18, 2017 You are welcome to sign up for the FREE weekly newsletter from the VR/AR Association sent directly to your inbox so that you can keep up with the latest happenings at the VR/AR Association. Visit the Association's events page below to keep up with upcoming events: thevrara.com/events Also, if you would like to get involved with an industry committee such as Digital Health, VR Storytelling or Retail & Commerce to name a few, please visit the following page to get started: thevrara.com/industry-committees     Subscribe, Follow and Share Feedback To keep up with Everything VR & AR, make sure to subscribe to the show the on your favorite podcast app! Subscribe and leave a review on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Pocket Casts Subscribe and leave a review on Stitcher Radio   You can enter the following RSS link in your favorite podcast app should the show not appear in searches is: http://everythingvrar.libsyn.com/rss   As always, make sure to follow Everything VR & AR on Twitter at @EverythingVRAR and also the VRAR Association on Twitter at @thevrara plus you can join us on Facebook at Facebook.com/vrarassociation.   Would you like to share feedback of the Everything VR & AR show? Email your thoughts to podcast@thevrara.com.     Host Kevin Harvell is a professional podcaster with over 300+ episodes of hosting, co-hosting and producing experience with a primary focus on consumer technology. Current shows Kevin is involved in either by hosting and/or producing include, the Tech Informist and the Who's Who in St. Lou Show.  Kevin also loves spreading his passion for podcasting with others via speaking engagements at technology conferences and helping others launch their own podcasts.

Rodney Sampson is the Chief of Diversity + Inclusion Initiatives at TechSquare Labs in Atlanta. TechSquare is an incubator, seed fund, and co-working space in the heart of Atlanta’s prominent Technology Square - an area near Georgia Tech where more engineers graduate than MIT and Stanford combined. He’s an MBA, entrepreneur with 2 exits, an Author and Bishop. He’s responsible for casting Troy Carter on Shark Tank, worked on Mark Burnett’s The Bible Series and Mel Gibsons Passion of the Christ, as well as The Chronicles of Narnia, and so much more. We discuss the economic divide, Atlanta's startup scene, and budding engineers. This episode is brought to you by Classana. Find the best books to read and classes to take on Classana.com.