#34: Talking "Tequity" with Microsoft LEAP Founder ft. William A. Adams

Update: 2022-08-27

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William A. Adams is a software engineering and startup trailblazer, philanthropist, and co-founder of Microsoft’s LEAP program. It was a diversity and inclusion apprenticeship that has trained more than 30 cohorts of developers and program managers around the world.

Link to the program here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/leap/

He’s passionate about helping every single Black person interested in the tech industry by means of what he calls tequity: Meaning his mission is to empower Blacks to build wealth and agency through equity ownership of tech companies.

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#34: Talking "Tequity" with Microsoft LEAP Founder ft. William A. Adams

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