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sᴛᴀʀᴛᴜᴘ ғᴏᴜɴᴅᴇʀ, ғɪʟᴍ ᴘʜᴏᴛᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜᴇʀ, ᴀɴɢᴇʟ ɪɴᴠᴇsᴛᴏʀ

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Hey Twitter fam! It's time for a formal introduction. 🎉 I'm Sterling, based in Bentonville, AR, and I'm currently spearheading RightMatch AI, a talent platform at the intersection of equitable hiring and artificial intelligence—check us out at . 🚀
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I nominate @Kaepernick7 for a Nobel Peace Prize.
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@DailyLoud Twitter is weird. RIP
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All of the black owned merchants responding below should sign up for a free trial of @SandboxCommerce today! A black owned #nocode app builder in the @Shopify App Store. ✊🏾 Pls RT for exposure. @tobi @jmwind @harleyf @jimcramer @MadMoneyOnCNBC @CNBC
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Black business owners: Reply with a link to your website and a pic of something you sell. People who are able to support a black business: Shop the replies.
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@QuinnKChase @Kaepernick7 @NFL Facts. He should also represent the players union.
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Praise God
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@diannePNW @APWestRegion @Kris_Sacrebleu I’ll have a glass of Shaw. $4
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Work until your role models become friends and partners.
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@sebgs1 @coops313 @ETCanada @F1 Who’s Martin Brundell 🤷🏾‍♂️
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@MacConwell Sandbox Commerce - Sandbox, a no code platform, enables traditional retailers to launch a bespoke mobile app within a few days that facilitates: contactless curbside commerce, appointment scheduling, last-mile delivery. - - $2.5M
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Sending out first round of BETA invitations for #BlackFreelancer later tonight! Couldn’t be more excited 🙏🏾
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As you climb — lift.
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Y’all support black owned businesses on @Juneteenth . 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 Here are A FEW of my favorite black owned BLACK OWNED startups: @4DegreesAI @AfroTech @TheMentorMethod @mindcatalystpt @theNileList @PartakeFoods @UpsieHQ @OneBandwagonFan @Civic_Eagle @SandboxCommerce Tag your fav’s!
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@NBCNews I like Generals that don't surrender! 😂
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@Directhim Unacceptable.
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@LIVGolfNation Finally a reason that I can put my finger on why I don't like @LIVGolfNation . Be better.
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@cory @kevinhartz This is a miss (understatement)!
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@giladrom If you spot a lightly used Herman Miller, let me know!
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So stoked right now! Shout out to my team at Sandbox + the retailers that we support! So far *this weekend*, 5 new @Shopify , @BigCommerce and @3DCart retailers have launched mobile apps powered @SandboxCommerce . #nocode #futureofretail #curbsidecommerce
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Working w this amazing group of founders to impact our communities has been a humbling + incredibly rewarding! @code2040 @GoogleForEntrep
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@MacConwell We’ve had 3 VC’s respond directly (following our response to your tweet 🙌🏾). Don’t sleep on @SandBoxCommerce , @MacConwell 👀!
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@TwitterMoments @Adidas should drop Kanye.
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Black Freelancer is the future of hiring diverse. Mark it.
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As a #BlackOwnedBusiness & innovator in the growing #NoCode revolution, my company @SandboxCommerce can empathize with the journey of other Black Founders. As a way to highlight & support other Black-owned businesses we are offering an exclusive #BlackHistoryMonth promotion…
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No-code is the new blockchain
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It’s official... Everyone I know in #ATX has either lost water, power or BOTH! Praying.
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Solid interview through and through but @ArlanWasHere really bodies the final 5 minutes when addressing the most recent happenings at Backstage Capital. Arlan Hamilton on the Changing Face of Entrepreneurship
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Burrito Bowl from Chipotle: $8.23. Lunch with Harold Hughes: Priceless! #atx #blackfounders @GoogleStartups
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Be careful who you share good news with // Be careful who you share bad news with.
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Long overdue. #atx
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Breaking bread with my brother, @SterlingSmith . ✊🏿
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@paulg For so long #blackfounders & #brownfounders wondered where the disconnect was with white VC’s... 😵
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@kerryt78 @KRUZAA_ @MaxBowden The statues are being taken down bc they glorify racist icons. You can’t ignore the connection.
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7 questions I ask before angel investing: 1. What's the problem? 2. How are they solving it? 3. What's the business model? 4. How big can the biz be if problem is solved? 5. Is there founder-market fit? 6. What prevents others from winning? 7. If the biz fails, why will it fail?
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@Google , I'm so confused - Is @YouTubePremium what @YouTube Red used to be? Is @YouTubeMusic what @GooglePlayMusic used to be? If so, If I subscribe to YouTube Premium do I get everything? Finally, Where does @YouTubeTV fit into all of this? 🤔 #AskingForMyself #YoutubePremium
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It’s time! Let’s sip coffee and discuss #FutureOfWork + #Web3 at @TheBrewAndBrew 🖤☕️🖤☕️🖤☕️🖤☕️🖤☕️🖤☕️ #SXSW #Web3 #meet #FutureOfWork #BlackFreelancer #HireBlack
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Freelancer? Hiring rep? Inquisitive mind? Sterling wants to chat with you about the #BlackFreelancer platform! 8 - 10 am tomorrow, March 13, pull up to Wright Bros. Brew and Brew 500 San Marcos St #105 Austin, TX 78702 Coffee's on him! #SXSW2022 #SXSWTech #BlackAtSXSW
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@Akademiks you think that will last? 😅 an economic stimulus won't change the fact that restaurants, hotels, airlines are CLOSED and many won't ever re-open. 😥
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Google IO 2017 is starting tomorrow.Rumor is, they will retire Allo and Duo, rename Hangouts to Talk, and announce a new videocall app #io17
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Who else leaves bigger tips these days? 🙋🏾‍♂️🙋🏾‍♂️🙋🏾‍♂️
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Thrilled to announce the 1st ever Black Paper for my startup @blackfreelancr (our take on the traditional White Paper). You'll find more information about Black Freelancer's inspiration, purpose & mission. Please read, share & #HireBlack :
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This needed to be said...
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'We keep loving this country and this country does not love us back' — NBA coach Doc Rivers was visibly shaken while discussing the shooting of Jacob Blake & police brutality in the U.S.
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So let’s get this straight… you’re a go on recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday but a no-go with teaching the 1619 project or critical race theory in public schools? 👀 These folks need to get it together.
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@bhorowitz This is Clubhouse part 2 in the making 🍿
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Who are the VCs & founders innovating in future of work that I should follow?
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Congrats to all of the recipient’s (🚨INCLUDING @SANDBOXCOMMERCE 🚨)! Thanks for passing the baton, @Ablordesays , @thecla923 , @OneBandwagonFan , @ShearShareCOO and all the other inaugural recipients! Let’s go! #FundBlackFounders
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To my lovely mother, who has a way of positively impacting the lives of anyone that she encounters – Happy Birthday! #AndManyMore
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Be so great they can’t ignore you. @code2040 @sandboxcommerce
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Want to learn how to use apps to increase engagement with shoppers? @SandBoxCommerce has you covered! DM me to try 30 days free! @Shopify
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@cbsaustin I disapprove of voter suppression 🤷🏾‍♂️
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Y’all, help me congratulate my twin sister @MelodySmithMD who graduated from @Cornell this morning! 👸🏾🚀🥳
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Attending @Techstars Demo Day in Tulsa! #Tulsa12
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. @RyancSmith2222 and I had an intense week rep'n @SandBoxCommerce in #DURM w @AmerUnderground , 11+ amazing startups & mentors. Thx! #Blessed
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On July 5, 1852, Frederik Douglas (the Great) gave one the most poignant speeches of his lifetime. Before you start your day, I encourage you to read the transcript of his speech reflect on our nations history and see what we can learn from it today. 👇🏾
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Founders Institute mentoring is an honor! #Austin
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Reminder: 60 million people died in World War II. Don't tarnish this final with a dumb, callous joke. #USAvJPN
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You should definitely read this - 25 black founders making moves in tech
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One of the best things I’ve done on twitter / insta is add a healthy dose of #Javascript , #React , #NoCode , #JamStack #Gatsby influencers to my squad. #100DaysOfCode
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Started.
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State Sen. @RoyceWestTX and I met shorty after I moved to Austin when as a new founder I requested a meeting with him at the capital. Later that year HE DROVE DOWN FROM DALLAS to support me at an award ceremony I was honored at. Thank you, Sir for fighting for all Texans!
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Observe. Learn. Improve. [repeat]
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Finally got to meet @jmwind in person. Mission accomplished! #ShopifyUnite @Shopify + @SandboxCommerce
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Early mornings > Late nights
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#Thread 👇🏾 This moment feels beyond frustrating. Beyond sad and helpless. This moment broke many wearied spirits, who have marched and protested on the same topic for years: Black Lives Matter. As a Black tech founder, my experience has taught me that there are some places...
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“Web3 talent networks like Black Freelancer connect black knowledge workers who have for so long felt like a ‘cog in a wheel’ with corporations who understand that the future of work will be both decentralized and truly diverse.” – Me 👨🏾‍💻 // @blackfreelancr #web3 #FutureOfWork
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My prediction for 2022 is around the ways that Web3 will impact the future of work. Thanks to @JuliaLipton @cult_leader_en @SterlingSmith @divine_economy for their insights! @Forbes @ForbesTech @ForbesLeaders #FutureOfWork #WEB3
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If you’ve heard me pitch @Sandbox Commerce to investors or brands over the yrs you will have heard me refer to the positive impact that a well designed mobile app has had for ⁦ @Starbucks ⁩ revenue / retention. #nocode #futureofretail #mobilecommerce
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@cartierbriii The timing is interesting... Would @Drake spill the beans like this if Kanye was still even the least bit credible? 🤔 I guess we'll never know.
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Dream team! 🖤
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@tinkontink @justinhendrix @Kaepernick7 Choose the team of his choice and OWN it!
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Shoutout to @Shopify for featuring @SandBoxCommerce in the App Store for a full week! 🖤
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Freelancing is the future of work! 🚀 With an estimated 36.2 million Americans working remotely by 2025, an 87% increase from pre-pandemic levels, knowing how to write a proposal and what information to include is more important than ever.
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with that said - i take no pleasure in sxsw being cancelled... glad that @sxsw @austintexasgov @capitalfactory and @MayorAdler came together to do what’s in the best interest of the local community. 🙌🏾
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@ATT @mark_wahlberg @ATT - wasn't he get convicted of throwing rocks at black kids?
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@TexasTribune She’s right.
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This morning I logged into facebook *for the first time in 6 months* and noticed that my mother changed her profile pic to a photo of ME at my first computer, putting in work! 👨🏾‍💻 True believers: @prayingbarb & @arthurwgsmith
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Gen Z: Learning JavaScript is more important than learning French. 👌🏾👍🏾
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Introducing Dr. Arthur Smith!
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Isn't this what we've BEEN on for the last 24 months?! @chudson @morganlinton @gcvp @BradenPollock @hametwatt
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Y’all, @OneBandwagonFan has his finger on the pulse... READ ENTIRE ARTICLE @medium
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Why is bail system for profit? #
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Praying for the people in Jackson, Mississippi and thinking of ways I may be helpful. 🙏🏾🖤 #JacksonMississippi
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“You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with.” – Jim Rohn
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Is @Oprah wearing @KendraScott earnings while interviewing @FLOTUS ??
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#NewBlogPost This week I’m following our partners @Shopify ’s lead & spotlighting a handful of innovative tech companies led by black founders! Shoutout to @UpsieHQ @joinsaltbox @resilia @OneBandwagonFan @sandboxcommerce for building amazing businesses!
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Glad to hear that a handful of my favorite start-ups in Austin are providing employees with PTO to observe Juneteenth this year! 🎉🎉🎉
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Speaking with entrepreneurs at #3dsglobalroundup ! #saturdays #atx
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