I am so proud of Design for America’s Hannah Chung and Aaron Horowitz of Sproutel who were one of 32 companies invited to exhibit at the first White House Demo Day to promote diversity in entrepreneurship. Obama held their robotic teddy bear, Jerry the Bear, who said “Happy Birthday, Mr. President.”
Check it out:
- http://www.sfgate.com/
business/technology/article/ President-Obama-hosts-first- White-House-Demo-Day-6424032. php?cmpid=twitter-desktop - http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/
2015/08/04/at-white-house- demo-day-president-urges-more- diversity-in-tech/ - http://www.usnews.com/news/
politics/articles/2015/08/04/ obama-calls-for-more-female- and-minority-entrepreneurs - http://www.buzzfeed.com/
hamzashaban/obama-envisions-a- more-diverse-startup-scene? bftwnews&utm_term=4ldqpgc#. bdQAN5jjg
Here is the video of the day. They begin at 2:08:01!
They were also just featured on CNBC’s Power Pitch