Morgan DeBaun is the Founder and CEO of Blavity and AfroTech.

Introducing, HealthStack Conference. Uniting health systems, pharma, tech, and AI startups to showcase real-world tech.

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Bryan Myers is President and CEO at [solidcore].

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Dr. Jabaris Swain is Director-Innovation, MedTech at Johnson & Johnson, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Wharton MBA, and Harvard MPH.

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Will Lucas is the Brand Manager for AfroTech, and the Host and Producer for Black Tech Green Money podcast.

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Imani Ellis is the founder of CultureCon & The Creative Collective

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🎊 NEW YEARS REWIND // Jamé Jackson is a community manager at LinkedIn, helping thousands of professionals amplify their voices and build their personal brands. But that’s just her 9-to-5. As the founder of TheBlondeMisfit and Misfit Creative Media, she’s an award-winning journalist, actor, and content creator who’s turned her side hustle into a global brand.

On this episode, Jamé shares how Black representation in media is evolving, why creators need to protect their contributions, and how AI is shaping the future of storytelling.

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🎄 HOLIDAY REWIND // Megan Holston-Alexander is a partner at Andreessen Horowitz where she leads the Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF), Silicon Valley’s first venture capital fund consisting exclusively of Black cultural leaders and organizations committed to Black wealth generation. Megan oversees CLF’s dual missions of connecting the world’s greatest cultural leaders including athletes, entertainers, musicians and C-level executives, to the best new technology companies and engaging and elevating African Americans in the technology industry.

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On this episode of Black Tech Green Money, we strip away the packaging to reveal the hard science and high-stakes finance powering the Black hair revolution. The days of "kitchen chemists" are evolving into an era of AI-driven diagnostics and nine-figure exits. Will Lucas sits down with the architects of this shift to answer the trillion-dollar question: Can you scale a culturally rooted brand without losing its soul?

We hear from industry titans Courtney Adeleye (The Mane Choice) and Monique Rodriguez (Mielle Organics) on navigating the controversial waters of acquisition and what it really takes to transition from a community favorite to a global powerhouse. Meanwhile, a new guard of tech-founders—Candace Mitchell (Myavana) and Dr. Tiffany St. Bernard (HairDays)—explain how they are training algorithms to diagnose scalp health and personalize care. And, Ciara Imani May (Rebundle) breaks down the chemistry of comfort, revealing how banana fiber is disrupting the toxic synthetic hair market. This is the business of beauty, engineered.

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