Tag: Tammy Buckner

Jannae Gammage and Tammy Buckner, TechquityBase

KC’s top emerging business just exited; How a deal forged in the stands at Arrowhead rewrites the code on Black women in tech

By Tommy Felts / January 19, 2022

No stereotypes here, Tammy Buckner said, announcing a merger between Techquity Digital and a rising Kansas City-born startup that’s expected to elevate Black tech in the region — and the women in its ranks.  “[There’s an idea that] ‘Black women can’t work together.’ … I think this proves that we can,” Buckner, founder and CEO of…

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Shelley Cooper, co-founder of SureShow; Jannae Gammage, CEO of The Market Base; Tammy Buckner, founder of Techquity Digital; and Carlanda McKinney, founder of Bodify

GEWKC conversation: Black women are building tech — but are we building them?

By Tommy Felts / November 16, 2020

A coalition of organizations working to connect early-stage founders to critical resources — with an emphasis on equitable access — is shining the spotlight on Black women in tech during this week’s premier entrepreneurship event series, Global Entrepreneurship Week Kansas City. “Black women are launching businesses at the fastest clip of any racial group. Despite…

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Roy Scott, Healthy Hip Hop; Ina Montgomery, Urban TEC; Tammy Buckner, WeCode KC; and Edgar Palacios, Latinx Education Collaborative

LEANLAB awards $50K in seed grants to 19 Black and Latinx innovators in education

By Tommy Felts / August 28, 2020

Entrepreneurs should reflect the communities they serve, said Katie Boody — a charge even more critical when innovative work touches Kansas City’s diverse public school systems, she added. “I know firsthand how challenging launching a startup can be for anyone, and especially for founders of color,” said Boody, co-founder and CEO of LEANLAB Education, announcing the…

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Jerren Thornhill, The Guy Experience

Guy Experience founder spins Sandbox cash into opportunity for teen coding students

By Tommy Felts / May 22, 2020

A new opportunity to build key, startup assets for The Guy Experience has Kansas City kids compiling their futures.  “We really believe in giving them a project and believing in them,” Jerren Thornhill, founder of The Guy Experience, said of the startup’s new partnership with We Code KC.  As part of the collaboration, We Code…

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Tammy Buckner and Dr. Phillip Hickman, WeCodeKC

Two tech founders identified a coding talent gap; they launched WeCodeKC to help fill it

By Tommy Felts / December 27, 2019

A future-ready workforce depends on students mastering as many technology, cybersecurity, and computer science skills as possible, said Tammy Buckner. The founder at CTO of Techquity Digital, Buckner joined forces this fall with Dr. Phillip Hickman, author and founder of PlaBook, to launch WeCodeKC — a no-cost, year-round program built to promote computer skills through…

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