Creativity, technology, and entrepreneurship intersect during the DiverseCity Summit, Sacramento. Coinciding with Global Entrepreneurship Week and the Urban League Young Professionals National Day of Empowerment, the event brings business resources to the Greater Sacramento Urban League, a workforce development organization in an underserved part of the city. Organizers hope to attract a wide - and diverse - swath of attendees interested in launching startups and S.T.E.A.M. careers.
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, DiverseCity Ventures, November 16, 2018, DiverseCity Summit comes to the Greater Sacramento Urban League during Global Entrepreneurship Week.
DiverseCity Ventures Inc. partners with the Greater Sacramento Urban League Young Professionals (GSULYP) and the Founder Institute to hold the inaugural DiverseCity Summit in Sacramento at the Greater Sacramento Urban League’s North Sacramento site.This event brings together members of the community to explore how creativity, technology, and entrepreneurship can intersect to create positive impact. As part of the City of Sacramento’s Creative Economy Pilot Project, the DiverseCity Summit casts a wider net for startups and lucrative S.T.E.A.M. careers: science, technology, engineering, arts, and math.
Speakers at the summit include: a Keynote address by Adeo Ressi, CEO and Co-Founder of the Founder Institute, Maurice James of Mojo Pictures / NBCUniversal Media LLC, Kyle Kaneshiro of SBDC, Tresla Gilbreath of MultiFacet Inc., Steve Young of AppMasters, Donte and Dominic Morris of HoopMaps (local entrepreneurs featured on Sharktank), Cheryl Beninga of Fantag and FourthWave, Marcus Haney of Haney Industrial Supply, Pleshette Robertson of Sac Cultural Hub, and Maya Wallace who supports NELP, Code4Sac and the Art Commission in addition to her work at the California Department of Justice.
The DiverseCity Summit s part of the region’s celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week. According to GSULYP’s President, Jetaun Stevens, the DiverseCity Summit also aligns with the National Day of Empowerment. “The focus is on generational wealth,” Stevens says. The Young Professionals are launching a speaker series to tackle the issue. Leading up to the DiverseCity Summit, Mariah Lichtenstern, Executive Producer of the Summit and the Founding Partner of DiverseCity Ventures, will be their first speaker. “The hegemony in this country has led to the greatest wealth gap since the Gilded Age,” says Lichtenstern. “Entrepreneurship affords opportunity to solve problems and create wealth. However, we need to close the funding gap, provide access to mentors, and help founders develop 21st century leadership skills.”
This is where the Founder Institute comes in. The 14 week accelerator has helped to launch thousands of companies all over the world with an extraordinary success ratio. Lichtenstern graduated from the Silicon Valley chapter with her motion picture development platform, CINESHARES before launching the Sacramento chapter. Founder Institute CEO, Adeo Ressi believes the Sacramento chapter has a critical role to play in the government seat of the nation’s fifth largest economy. As part of the leadership team, Lichtenstern, along with Co-Directors Mke Knittel of Lagunitas Asset Management, Sonny Walebowa of Vangoland Enterprises, and Craig Pritsky of SacAngels, agree.
Founder Institute will sponsor three of its signature events during the DiverseCity Summit: Startup Case Studies, Startup Funding 101, and Veterans in Tech. Other topics include the Creative Economy, Digital Storytelling, and the Startup Ecosystem with Jeff Bennet of Startup Sac. Lichtenstern insists that the DiverseCity Summit is not just about women, people of color, or underrepresented founders. “DiverseCity includes you,” she proclaims. “While it’s still important to talk about the business case for diversity, there comes a time to exemplify what capitalizing on diversity looks like. That means stepping out of comfort zones and gaining exposure to excellence from different walks of life.”
More information and speakers are available at http://bit.ly/18-11-16-DiverseCitySummitSacramento. Tickets are $47 for general admission to all panels, $10 for students and free for current and past 1000 Strong Interns. Discounts are available with the special code "DiversityIncludesYou."
Contact: Mariah Lichtenstern, Founding Partner / President, DiverseCity Ventures
Email: mariah at diversecityv dot com
DiverseCity Ventures Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) whose mission is to advance positive social, economic, and environmental impact through entrepreneurship. It is the charitable spin-off of sister company, DiverseCity Ventures LLC. Learn more at www.diversecityv.com
