Black woman in Atlanta starts "PartPic" and is featured as a rising start-up

[DrX]

I'm not entirely sure if it's appropriate to post this but these are the only personal pics I've found on her twitter:

On the plus side she appears to be a Nas fan:

https://plus.google.com/109410344151932188206/posts/YPgbYixWXtJ

my verdict is.........YES

 

[Malik]

Fam, their exec-board is legit as fukk

She has sales experience
The co-founder has marketing experience
They have 2-3 PhDs on the squad

AND I have connections to like half that squad. I hit my friends earlier yesterday and found out we all have the same circle of friends and organization networks.

They're young AND black AND getting to it.

All they need is that money and someone to truly believe in them.

maybe because image search is hard but they have ex-google people working for them

their e-board is stacked as fukk

they have PhD level engineers IN visual processing. The CEO used to work as a sales rep for a parts distributor. Theres a google account manager on board as well as someone who has experience in industry level sales processing.

They also mentioned that them being in ATL might have limited them but they want to make it work.

i'm excited to see where this goes.

She kept it so ATL though

I know people who are close with people on that e-board and shorty poached talent from GaTech like a boss.

Nothing but respect for what's they're doing.

fam, this is amazing.

and I low-key have connections with one of the e-board

We get it @Napoleon. You have connections to their squad

People always want to be a part of something

Also....I find it very interesting that you live in Atlanta, @Napoleon. You know who else lived in Atlanta? @Poitier You know.....the alias people often accused you of having

 

[Malik]

Congrats to the girl though. We need more black people getting into the startup scene. We need more black people to get into coding/programming. None of these cacs are ever gonna put us on, so we gotta start our own apps/sites

I don't see the home run potential though. Sorry. No shade. VCs aren't gonna throw millions of dollars at an app for finding parts. It solves a problem but, it doesn't have blockbuster potential. They'd be better off just offering the app for sale. They'd make a nice chunk of change most likely Also, Atlanta is a horrible place to do tech. The reasons they're having difficulties raising money is not only what I said above but, all the VCs and angel investors are in San Francisco/Silicon Valley. The atmosphere is all tech 24/7. You might bump into a dotcom millionaire at a random Target. You'll have four different random meetings going on in a coffee shop about new apps. You won't find that atmosphere in Atlanta. You want to be an investment banker. Go to New York. You want to be an actor. Go to Los Angeles. You want to be a politician. Go to Washington DC. If you want to be in tech, you don't go to Atlanta. You go to where the industry is

Now I think about it, using that image scanning software to search for stuff in general is a better idea

 

[MewTwo]

Congrats to the girl though. We need more black people getting into the startup scene. We need more black people to get into coding/programming. None of these cacs are ever gonna put us on, so we gotta start our own apps/sites

I don't see the home run potential though. Sorry. No shade. VCs aren't gonna throw millions of dollars at an app for finding parts. It solves a problem but, it doesn't have blockbuster potential. They'd be better off just offering the app for sale. They'd make a nice chunk of change most likely Also, Atlanta is a horrible place to do tech. The reasons they're having difficulties raising money is not only what I said above but, all the VCs and angel investors are in San Francisco/Silicon Valley. The atmosphere is all tech 24/7. You might bump into a dotcom millionaire at a random Target. You'll have four different random meetings going on in a coffee shop about new apps. You won't find that atmosphere in Atlanta. You want to be an investment banker. Go to New York. You want to be an actor. Go to Los Angeles. You want to be a politician. Go to Washington DC. If you want to be in tech, you don't go to Atlanta. You go to where the industry is

Now I think about it, using that image scanning software to search for stuff in general is a better idea

I read somewhere that alot of tech companies are moving out of California due to the high taxes.

 

[L&HH]

Congrats to the girl though. We need more black people getting into the startup scene. We need more black people to get into coding/programming. None of these cacs are ever gonna put us on, so we gotta start our own apps/sites

I don't see the home run potential though. Sorry. No shade. VCs aren't gonna throw millions of dollars at an app for finding parts. It solves a problem but, it doesn't have blockbuster potential. They'd be better off just offering the app for sale. They'd make a nice chunk of change most likely Also, Atlanta is a horrible place to do tech. The reasons they're having difficulties raising money is not only what I said above but, all the VCs and angel investors are in San Francisco/Silicon Valley. The atmosphere is all tech 24/7. You might bump into a dotcom millionaire at a random Target. You'll have four different random meetings going on in a coffee shop about new apps. You won't find that atmosphere in Atlanta. You want to be an investment banker. Go to New York. You want to be an actor. Go to Los Angeles. You want to be a politician. Go to Washington DC. If you want to be in tech, you don't go to Atlanta. You go to where the industry is

Now I think about it, using that image scanning software to search for stuff in general is a better idea

You know, I thought the same thing but I didn't want to sound like a hater or w/e so I just kept my opinion to myself. I'm scratching my head trying to find out how they can make real money from this.

I read somewhere that alot of tech companies are moving out of California due to the high taxes.

It's the cost of living in general. It's not really "lean" to have a startup out there

 

[GunRanger]

"100k from two family friends"

This is what we as black people should be doing more often. thumbs up to those family members that supported a now successful start up. This is what other races do for one another, Jews do this all the time. We need to stop being so selfish to one another and help our brothas and sisters be the best they can be.

They support people they know, not random people off the street.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

We get it @Napoleon. You have connections to their squad

People always want to be a part of something

Also....I find it very interesting that you live in Atlanta, @Napoleon. You know who else lived in Atlanta? @Poitier You know.....the alias people often accused you of having

I'm from ATL. Im not saying where I currently am or how often I go back.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Y'all do know Atlanta is shaping up to be the next Tech Mecca right? Alpharetta prob has the most tech companies in a single city outside of Silicon Valley (they call it Silicon Valley of the South) and I think Austin TX.

Also Tech Square in Atlanta is booming with tons of start ups, the only issue with Atlanta is transit system is a joke so many companies are reluctant to make the move.

The CEO went to Howard and worked/works for Google so I`m sure she is down for the home team.

I need to link up with some Black Programmers and Make some ish Happen

 

[Malik]

You know, I thought the same thing but I didn't want to sound like a hater or w/e so I just kept my opinion to myself. I'm scratching my head trying to find out how they can make real money from this.

Yea, I'm not hating. The criticism is coming from a good place. It's better to hear it from your own people than to hear it from cacs. Because we want you to win. But the only way to win to is demand excellence. And you can't do that by giving out consolation prizes just because they're black. It cheapens what they're trying to do. Me personally, I don't see the big time potential, the 8-9 figure exit VCs are looking for. I don't see it for an app for parts. It would be like me making an app to fix scratches on DVDs, BluRays and CDs. Investors would be like "cool story bro". The good thing is they have a very smart and capable team. They can always do something else. If it works out, then I'm a moron who didn't believe. If it doesn't, they can pivot to a new project that's more broad and marketable. The guys at Twitter originally felt Odeo.com was their big ticket to riches, not Twitter In the early stages, Zuckerberg originally wanted to work on Wirehog because he felt it had more potential than Facebook. His team had to have an intervention Kevin Systrom originally wanted to do an app called Burbn. It was basically a ripoff of Foursquare. He realized it was a waste of time, and made Instagram instead. I wish her team the best.

 

[Malik]

Y'all do know Atlanta is shaping up to be the next Tech Mecca right? Alpharetta prob has the most tech companies in a single city outside of Silicon Valley (they call it Silicon Valley of the South) and I think Austin TX.

Also Tech Square in Atlanta is booming with tons of start ups, the only issue with Atlanta is transit system is a joke so many companies are reluctant to make the move.

The CEO went to Howard and worked/works for Google so I`m sure she is down for the home team.

I need to link up with some Black Programmers and Make some ish Happen

No it's not. Y'all gotta stop typing bullshyt. Silicon Valley is the global center of technology. NYC is building up its scene having Tumblr, Foursquare, Gilt, Warby Parker. Los Angeles is third, having Tinder and Snapchat grow out of their city. Seattle is tied with NYC at worse, a sliver under SF/Silicon Valley at best. There's nothing like that in Atlanta. It's not even in the game.

 

[Data-Hawk]

This nikka Napoleon is the most the interesting man in the world.

Lol
Right, dudes knows everybody...

 

[Apollo Creed]

No it's not. Y'all gotta stop typing bullshyt. Silicon Valley is the global center of technology. NYC is building up its scene having Tumblr, Foursquare, Gilt, Warby Parker. Los Angeles is third, having Tinder and Snapchat grow out of their city. Seattle is tied with NYC at worse, a sliver under SF/Silicon Valley at best. There's nothing like that in Atlanta. It's not even in the game.

what does any of that have to do with SHAPING UP to be? To Shape up to be something does not mean you are there yet.Companies are flooding to ATL and many are leaving NYC/creating Regional Offices in ATL.
Sit cho ass down.

 

[Malik]

what does any of that have to do with SHAPING UP to be? To Shape up to be something does not mean you are there yet.Companies are flooding to ATL and many are leaving NYC/creating Regional Offices in ATL.
Sit cho ass down.

Name one....just ONE hot startup in Atlanta and I'll get off your neck. Take your time. I'll wait

 

[Ghost_In_A_Shell]

it's inspiring............

 

[Sensei]

love the move she made,