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Black Media and Tech Legends Reflect During Andreessen Horowitz Fireside Chat

Black Media and Tech Legends Reflect During Andreessen Horowitz Fireside Chat

Ranging in age from 7 to 70+, 250 attendees convened for an evening event sponsored by venture capital powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz. Silicon Valley titan Ken Coleman and Essence magazine founder, Ed Lewis, held a fireside chat where attendees gleaned life lessons from the two living legends.

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Even after completing studies for a bachelor’s in industrial engineering and management sciences from Northwestern University, Cindy Kent swiftly experienced her toughest and most informative business lessons in her first job as a 22-year-old engineer for the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly & Co. “I led a team of senior engineers who had more time working than I had time living,” recalls Kent, now vice president and general manager of Gastro/Urology Therapies for Medtronic Inc., a medical technology company based in Minneapolis. “I learned really early on that they weren’t going to do anything for me.

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