About this episode

The episode discusses the financial implications of social media addiction and the state of VC funding for Black-founded companies.

In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss… Social media companies paying a Kentucky School District $27 million over addictive products, Tokenmaxxing turns out not to be the flex companies thought it would be, and VC funding for Black-founded companies is both up and woefully down at the same time. Hosts: Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech Links: Social Media Companies Pay A Kentucky School District $27 million — Engadget Tokenmaxxing turns out not to be the flex companies thought it would be — Yahoo Finance VC funding for Black founders is up, but it ain't what you think it is… — TechCrunch Support The Tech Jawn by becoming a Patron – https://thetechjawn.com/patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Robb Dunewood, Stephanie Humphrey, Terrance Gaines

Topics covered

• social media
• addiction
• VC funding
• Black founders
• technology
• culture

Keywords

• social media
• addiction
• VC funding
• Black founders
• Tokenmaxxing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kentucky School District, Social Media Companies, Tokenmaxxing, VC, Engadget, Yahoo Finance, TechCrunch

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