When I started the Traveling Diary community I wanted to chase some folks away. So, I used repelling language about it to make sure they understood what the experience would be like before signing up. I stressed how the wait is forever. How they would need to buy actual stamps…

In my last article, I talked about some experiments I ran to test monetization within a distributed community model. I like documenting the behind-the-scenes work that goes into building. Since that last article, I got a deal I will talk more about later and have used a business map as…

As the Traveling Diary community started growing there were a few things I needed to consider like more efficient tracking processes, systems, and monetization. I used different software applications to help customize a solution for the moment. And I needed to answer questions like, “How many diaries will I send…

Two years ago I started an underground community using Traveling Diaries going from woman to woman that started with one diary and one stranger in the United States and has since grown to a global community of women that span 30 countries and 47 diaries. These are all physical diaries…

When I started collecting stories from women in a notebook called, The Traveling Diary in the spring of 2020, I had no idea what was about to happen. It was an experiment led by curiosity and a desire to connect with other people, particularly women around the world. …

This is a continuation of my journey as a black tech founder where I get to share behind the scenes things about my journey, like how I got started with fundraising, lessons learned about resilience and this article is about 3 things I learned from failure as the journey continues. …

(This story was previously shared on LinkedIn March 4, 2020, and I wanted to share it on this platform too so here it is.) Last year I wrote how our team started our first round of fundraising and how the experience of getting started with that process was new for…

My fundraising experience so far as a black female first-time founder It can be challenging for first timers to ask people they know for larger sums of money to invest in their company if they did not grow up surrounded by family and friends that could write checks for $25,000…

For years I was in a dead role working hard at trying to level up, taking on special projects and entrepreneurial activities after work. Taking the leap into tech and entrepreneurship was scary but necessary and I couldn’t have made it without having a strategy in place to hold myself…