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Founder Series – “Lasting Impact” featuring Ursula Burns

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Sustainable strategies and lasting impact

Impact X founding member and business leader Ursula Burns joins us for a discussion about sustainable strategies and lasting impact.

She describes herself as an “ordinary human being” who had a “very good start”. But ask anyone about the powerhouse that is Ursula Burns, and they’ll tell you she’s far from ordinary. In fact, the word they’re most likely to use is extraordinary.

Ursula is an international business leader who made history when she became the first and only black woman to lead a Fortune 500 company when she was appointed CEO of Xerox. She is credited for turning the multi-billion-dollar company from a print and copying firm, into a world-class technology and services enterprise.

Ursula is formidable across multiple industries including technology (VEON, Uber), health (Mayo Clinic), finance (American Express), food (Nestle), education (MIT), philanthropy (Ford Foundation, National Museum of African American History and Culture), and the arts (New York City Ballet).

She joins Impact X’s Founders Series for a candid discussion of sustainable strategies the European Fast Growth Community can employ to combat racism. Ursula will be joined by Eric Collins the CEO of Impact X to discuss personal, organisation level and ecosystem actions that can be taken.

Ursula and Eric are both Founding Members of Impact X. The discussion will be facilitated by journalist and founder of public relations firm ESPR, Eva Simpson.

The Founder Series Webinars are a series of panels and talks with founders and leaders in our network.

Our mission at Impact X is to support the growth of underrepresented founders and one of the ways we do that is through sharing the rare insights and unique advice from some of the incredible founders and leaders that we know.

This promises to be another unique webinar presenting transformative strategies for underrepresented entrepreneurs.

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Founder Series – Pivoting Tech Strategy During a Crisis

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How and when to pivot your startup’s tech strategy

Impact X Principal & CTO in residence Ezechi Britton talks about how and when to pivot your startup’s tech strategy

Impact X Capital is proud to present the second of our Founder Webinar series. A series of panels and talks with founders and leaders in our network.
Our mission at Impact X is to support the growth of underrepresented founders. One of the ways we do that is through sharing the rare insights and unique advice from some of the incredible founders and leaders that we know.

As COVID19 is front and centre in our lives, this webinar will discuss pivoting technology strategy during a crisis and will provide tips on how best to go about it.

Watch this Q+A session with Impact X founding member, principal and CTO in residence Ezechi Britton moderated by Eva Simpson, the award winning journalist, columnist and founder of public relations company ESPR and led by Yvonne Bajela, Impact X founding member and principal.

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Founder Series – Covid-19 and Black economic empowerment

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Has Covid-19 proved Black communities/entrepreneurs need economic empowerment now more than ever?

Watch our Q+A session where we discuss this question with Impact X CEO Eric Collins moderated by Eva Simpson, the award-winning journalist, columnist and founder of public relations company ESPR and led by Yvonne Bajela, Impact X founding member and principal.

Covid-19 is dominating our lives. Black people have already been the hardest hit in terms of health – they are four times more likely to die of the disease according to the Office for National Statistics. The Bank of England has already issued a dire warning that Britain is facing its sharpest recession in history and predicting the economy will shrink by 14%. Research has shown that the effects of recessions aren’t borne evenly. During the recession that followed the 2008 global financial crisis, data prepared for the Department of Business Innovation showed a disparity between how black and white business owners were treated when it came to securing loans and overdrafts. A 2009 report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission on the impact of the last recession said there was evidence, “Black ethnic groups may be faring particularly badly”.

In this first webinar, we will look at what needs to be done to prevent Black businesses from suffering the same fate and ask whether Black economic empowerment is the only way out of this crisis.