We're talking to Jacqueline Ros & Andrea Perdomo of TechStars who went through an amazing journey to build Revolar, a tech & hardware company focused on preventing rape. Jackie went from a teacher in Colorado to CEO and Co-Founder of a Tech Company. Andrea saw the vision and previously having managed over 100 people, then COO of Live Worldly, and joined Revolar as COO and Co-Founder. We talk about their journey transitioning to tech, going through investing rounds, and how they are now making it their mission to bring more women and people of color into the Entrepreneurship & technology spaces through TechStars Startup Weekends.
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