Carla Harristhought leader, author and all-around business badass, had a clear message for women business owners about succeeding in the current climate at this year’s Roadmap to Billions conference hosted by Black Women Talk Tech.
“Let me tell you why you don’t have to worry. It is true that we are seeing record inflation. But anytime we go into these types of economic cycles, what you don’t hear anyone say is that when we come out of these troughs, we’re going to hit new highs, said Morgan Stanley’s senior client advisor.
“At the end of the day, the market got a lot higher and a lot stronger,” Harris assured everyone, running through the ups and downs since 1987. People are investing left and right.
She said this also made it a good time for women entrepreneurs who managed their money well.
“When you’re in times like these and you’ve got cash, cash really is queen. “If your business is doing well, you should think about buying the competition because one person can’t afford to go through this,” she says. “If you have a competitor that isn’t doing well, you should think about attracting that business or, more importantly, buying their talent.”
But you have to be willing to take the risk.
“When I chaired the National Women’s Business Council, what I saw limiting women’s business was their insecurity in these times.”
Harris’ message of encouragement came during the opening keynote from Black Women Talk Tech’s 6th annual Roadmap to Billions conference. It was back in person this year, post-pandemic, and accessible.
“It takes networking. It takes persistence to get the bag. It takes learning, growing and owning a sustainable, scalable business,” said Regina Gwynn, founder of Black Women Talk Tech.
“We believe generational wealth can be created through entrepreneurship, and we’re challenging the technology industry to overcome centuries of bias,” Gwinn continued.
The three-day event is the only annual tech conference created by black women founders just for black women founders. This year it features four different content tracks: Culture + Marketing, Finance + Operations, Leadership and Product + Technology. It also featured a crypto corner, a beauty and wellness lounge, and female founders’ pajamas Jami Jam.
“Our mission is to help black women build the next billion-dollar tech business,” said Issa Igodaro Johnson, co-founder of Black Women Talk Tech.
“We want to design an opportunity for you to get all the resources you need to grow your business in this space – get to that first dollar, get to that first million, get to the next 10 million,” continued Igodaro Johnson. Sponsors.”
Next, Black Men Talk Tech is partnering with Black Men Talk Tech at the Unicorn Aspirations Conference, October 20-21 in Miami to “provide resources to Black Tech founders who are building innovative companies and focused on high-growth, or who will be next. ‘Unicorn’.” Then in November, they headed to the pond on the UK Roadmap to Billions.
