Jason Towns wants more diversity in D.C. tech, and he’s not wasting any time trying to bring about change. Towns’ startup consulting firm The Towns Group is working to launch Groundwork, an organization that recently secured commitments for a $10 million investment fund targeting new companies started by minority founders. For Towns, looking outside the box is critical to success in the D.C. tech scene.
He gave a glimpse at how he has prepared and what he wants to accomplish with Groundwork.
How do you challenge yourself to think differently from other people in the industry?
I think the main thing that I do is to surround myself with a very diverse group of people, diverse in just about every way possible: From race, to gender, to age, to socioeconomic status, to geography, nationality, culture, all of the above. By doing that, I’m able to always get a really fresh and off-center perspective on things that I’m thinking about and doing. The other piece of that is, a part of what we’re doing is pushing against some of the industry norms, and going left when a lot of others are going right. By making sure that that mantra permeates through every that we’re doing, I’m able to keep fresh, new and different perspectives and I’m able to then in return end up with that as well.
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