Hey hey. Happy Sunday. I’m diggin’ the longer days already. It has given me more time to channel my frustrations into data collection and code . Yup, I’m still codin’ 😎
While many are recoiling, rebuffing, and revising their language…
We’re knuckin’, We’re buckin’, and Ready to fight!
Here’s what that looks like:
Little Black Book ◼️
The Little Black Book by Visible Figures will officially launch on Thursday, June 19th, 2025 at 16:19 (4:19 PM) ET.
Slightly different from the infamous Green Book, the Little Black Book emphasizes quality, not quantity, high-end hospitality, luxury goods, and premier professional service providers: doctors, lawyers, dentists, yogis, hotels, chefs, and more. It will be digital (obvi) with rich media profiles, video interviews, and real reviews. We currently have 70 Black businesses and practitioners in the queue and under review. We discriminate based on quality, sustainability, and value. Nothing else. Paid subscribers can apply early to be listed in the directory and get access to the Little Black Book v1 on Wednesday, March 19th.
To whet your appetite….
Twisted Cookhouse & Pours (Restaurant) Atlanta, GA - served us up something good last month for our ATL Salon. The food and hospitality were above and beyond!! And Chef Deborah VanTrece and team are the truth, no cap. 💯 I was told Chef VanTrece has a virtual reality presence too. Look it up.
VFMG 📹
We are going on tour and serving you the reel of the real.
The Visible Figures Media Group (VFMG) is HIRING (grit required)! In 2025, we will tour 18 cities across the US, Europe, Caribbean, Brazil, Ghana, and South Africa to meetup, record, and amplify the stories of intelligent, conscious, and qualified leaders (some who you know, some who you need to know) on a mission to pluralize the archetype of genius. Stay tuned and you know what to do: subscribe to get access to local events, live streams, chats, and swag.
We updated our brand. Math nerds know what >|= means. 🤓 Happy belated pi-day, fam.
The Library 📕
Your wait is over. The official Visible Figures library has launched. We will periodically add (pun intended) recommended books, tv/film, music, and podcasts sourced from the Visible Figures community as well as professional development toolkits like the Board Readiness Guide from our fave executive search firm: Rich Talent Group.
We’ve also got receipts ya’ll. The Visible Figures library now contains 815 detailed records of DEI pledges made by hundreds of tech and finance companies between 2020 - 2021 amounting to $210.86B (Blendoor, 2021).
Companies backing out of quantitative commitments, DEI or otherwise, is a matter of marketing integrity, ethics, social responsibility, and consumer protection.
As the founder and exited CEO of BlendScore fka Blendoor, I am super proud to make ALL the DEI-related data my team and I collected (and built algorithms to collect) on 600 companies across 7-years. Structured data on DEI pledges, corporate benefits, programs, partners, sponsorships, diversity representation, and compensation across employees, executives, and board members is officially open and available to you.
Please like, subscribe, share, and continue to stay engaged. We hope to build teams and tech to continue to pull receipts, publish reports, and keep you in the know, but we need your support. We want to keep this organic, pure, and adulterated by misaligned corporate interests. So SUBSCRIBE!
Show up, so we can show out.
⚠️Our next virtual event is Wednesday, March 26th @ 5PM PT/8PM ET. We will dig in.