✨Black Tech and Startup Ecosystem Development | Diverse Executive Tech Leadership✨Successful corporate development strategies can shift entire business ecosystems.Companies reporting above-average leadership diversity also reported INNOVATION REVENUE 19% HIGER than companies with below-average leadership diversity, resulting in 45% of total revenue versus just 26%. (Forbes)Touting diversity’s significance and following through on building a diverse team, is critical to recruiting and retaining today’s top talent to avoid becoming obsolete or irrelevant in today’s market. (The Manifest)Your company is committed to supporting diverse innovators and you’ve been tasked with communicating the implementation of a strategic solution in keeping with their long-term goals.Your organization’s commitment to DEIB is important to potential candidates as well as companies in your M&A pipeline.Your team is brilliant. They understand the inner workings of corporate innovation, but may lack the knowledge and network to gain the depth of understanding required to nurture relationships with scalable early- & growth-stage companies.You may have created a fund to finance the growth and development of startups but your investment thesis was full of assumptions, theory, or vanity metrics.TIME TO STOP GUESSING AND TAKE INTENTIONAL, STRATEGIC ACTION!💡 1. I work with organizations seeking to leverage their expertise, network, and finances to support innovation within the tech community by managing the research & implementation of their global innovation hub efforts.💡 2. I help companies intentionally pursuing equity throughout their org chart to find & onboard C-suite and senior level marketing & technology executives.MY EARLY CAREER: I supported the growth & development of entrepreneurs. This quickly turned to a hyper-focus on early-stage Black and Latinx tech founders. I went on to design & manage programs for diverse startup leaders to not only grow their business but to surround them with the community and resources they craved.CURRENTLY: I’ve co-founded a nonprofit dedicated to the growth of the Black tech ecosystem in NC, traveled widely studying various international startup ecosystems, & grown my network in top entrepreneurship markets around the world.Join our mission to transform the ways we navigate corporate and startup intersectionality.Sound intriguing? Let’s connect!Seeking to build a global innovation hub network→ https://AnnexTechPartners.comSeeking diverse executive leadership talent→ https://King.Associates