Upper Hand

Index

• 5G, 224
• 401(k)‐matching programs, 97
• 1000 Cut Journey, 85
• A
• Accelerators, 156
  • location (list), 151–152
• Accenture, employment, 37–38
• Acceptance letter, receiving, 132
• Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act, 206
• Advanced computing, innovation/growth area, 158
• Advancement, occurrence, 87–88
• Amazon
  • artificially hiring tool shutdown, 87
  • opportunity, absence, 24
  • workforce demographic, 23
• America On Tech (AOT), success, 38–40
• Analytical skills, improvement, 125
• Analytics certificate programs, usage, 131
• Anderson, Wayne, 171
• Angel investor, 156
• Artificial intelligence (AI), 224–225
• Athena, Parris (tech career, jumpstarting), 62–64
• Audience, identification, 133–134
• Augmented reality, 225–226
• Automation, 224–225
  • impact, 78–79, 223
  • usage, 77
• Automation and the African American Workforce (McKinsey report), 108
• Awotono, Tope, 148, 179

• B
• Backstage Capital, 178
• Banking, innovation/growth area, 160
• Bedford, Enovia, 2
• Be Nimble Foundation, 174
• Benjamin, Ruha (case study), 82
• Benton, Angela, 176
• Bethea, Clarence, 136–137
• Big Data, 225
• Bills, attention, 102
• Black Enterprise (impact), 175–176, 178
• Black families, wage comparison (1950s), 10
• Black Fintech companies, 112–114
• Black founders, funds (access), 153
• Black Innovation Alliance, 150
• Black innovators, biographies/profiles, 182–183
• Black‐led funds (list), 154–155
• Black‐led startups, venture capital (raising), 153
• Black‐led venture firms (list), 147
• Black legacy organizations, impact, 17–28
• Black publishers, increase, ...