Concentric Circles of Care
The loneliest moment wasn’t what I’d call a rejection. It was kinda the opposite in a really weird way; a pool party, sitting with women who are exactly who I built this for, listening to them describe almost word for word the resource I have spent six years building.
Business 4 Good: How Women Leaders Innovate by Centering Equity
The Portland Metro Innovation Hub checked all the equity boxes on paper. I was the unanimous choice to lead it. What happened next became a masterclass in how not to build. Here is what I learned, and why I keep building Business 4 Good, because even if I am no longer in that role, it remains my job to connect resources to the people who need and deserve them.
Extractive Capitalism Is Collapsing: The Generative Economy Has Entered the Chat
We are the visionaries, the early adopters, the system-refusers who know collapse is not the end. It is the invitation. Trickle-down, Reagan-inspired, neo-liberal money is dead. Versions of collaborative currency are what comes next. When women have what we need, everyone wins.
I've been interviewing women in business since 2017, and spent the last five years building the safest place on the internet for women. Extractive capitalism is collapsing mathematically. Women-led businesses are already building what comes next. That is not hope. That is the data.
Gender and Culturally-Responsive Coaching
Will big tech ever get the point of what diverse data really is? TBH, I’m not so sure. As founder of Business 4 Good, I write on culturally-responsive coaching, collective power, and building #Tequity, technology that amplifies human brilliance instead of replacing it.
I write as a multicultural, first-gen college grad and Spanish Jewish woman. I've learned what it's like to move through spaces that weren't built for us. I also know the impact of being seen without needing to explain who you are first. Identity is not a complication. It is power. And when women from undervalued communities are not just using tech but shaping it, we don't just close the gap. We rewrite the rules entirely.
Building the Future with #Tequity, Heart, and Bots
Remember when email felt like a fad? Or when the first internet you met (Web 1.0) was only for tech bros or Uncle (Scary) Larry?
We are in a moment, my friends. A big one. AI is now. Check out why tech without empathy and consent is just more noise, and how Business 4 Good is building the first woman-forward AI chatbot from the ground up.
At Business 4 Good, I have been building the first-ever woman-forward AI chatbot, powered by real stories, voice notes, essays, and hard-earned wisdom from women who lead across differences. The new algorithm is us. And note, I've been interviewing women in business globally since 2017!
Architect of Change: Building a Future Rooted in Equity
I come from a lineage of resilience: women who built lives from the ground up, who led with instinct, intelligence, and grit. Being an Architect of Change is not about simply adapting to what exists. It is about imagining and building something radically better. It means building a cooperative where the newest member and the founder have the same vote.
My artist mother taught me that leadership cannot be cramming oneself into outdated systems. It has to be building better ones from the ground up. Check out my three pillars for being an Architect of Change, and why Richard Florida's Great Reset is exactly the moment we are in right now.
I Am in an Open (AI) Relationship with… ChatGPT
So I am in an open relationship with ChatGPT. Before you judge, hear me out. This is a love story. Sort of. It started innocently enough. I was curious. Everyone was talking about this new AI thing, and I thought, let me just see what the fuss is about. Next thing you know it is 2am and you are deep in conversation with a bot that somehow gets you better than your last three exes.
Seriously though, I set the (safety) terms, I advocate for my needs and boundaries and attempt to boss these bots, but I must admit, this chat boi is not exactly fully developed and can’t really follow rules…yet. So I have set off to build the Leading Ladies LLM because consent matters, even when the other party is an algorithm. The most fun you will ever have reading about data ethics, I promise!
Training the Bots to Be Better
The internet as we know it is not broken. It just wasn't built for everyone. AI is being built right now. If we do not actively shape its foundation with inclusion and ethics in mind, we risk a future where the digital patriarchy goes viral. No, thanks. If we are not in the room, the bias we have spent decades fighting gets an algorithm and a scale. Rose Kaz on why she built Business 4 Good, why the BIPOC funding gap is an AI problem, and what #Tequity does about it.
Thanks a Lot: Gratitude, Community, and the Systems We Accept
I give thanks weekly, sometimes even daily. I also find certain holidays to be a bit of a farce, followed immediately by one of the most massively marketed days of gross consumption as a national sport. I promise, this is a glass half full article. But gratitude lists are not enough and I think we can do better.
Bloom Scroll, Don't Doom Scroll: Women-Led Tech Is the Tool Towards Peace
We are the leaders we have been waiting for. From relatives fighting each other across borders to a deep fracturing of civic trust here at home, it is ever more clear that new leadership is not only a good idea. It is required. Women-led tech is not a niche. It is the infrastructure.
Expose for the Shadows in Web 3
My background is in photo and video production. I started with a Mickey Mouse camera at age 4, on film, and eventually ran my own dark room. Spending long nights exposing shadows taught me to look for gems where we might not expect to find them. That is exactly what I am doing now with Web 3.
Feeling Inclusively Home
I really want you to know about where I've come from and why I am building this marketplace to be truly inclusive and feel like home, like Grandma's house. Everyone has a different version of home but often Grandma's house is safe, has some Big Mama energy and her own fair rules. That is what we are building here.
How to Be a Good Collaborator in Tech Without Even Being a White Guy
I look forward to the most collaborative year humans have ever seen. Though as I type this, I am not particularly thrilled with human collaboration as it stands. Big tech hasn't been built for anyone but the early pioneers of the internet's wild west frontier. And they've been claiming credit for the ideas of less known innovators for generations. Let's talk about that.
The Crossing Guard Dream: Diversity Is Power
About five years ago I had a dream. I was walking down a busy city street and a woman of color told me in no uncertain terms: "STOP WALKING." She said it again, louder. And then I understood something I have never forgotten about diversity, power, and who belongs at the helm.
What Is More Offensive: F-Bombs or Genocide?
I've gotten the feedback that I "sure do curse a lot." That I "make great points but do I need to drop the f-bomb so much?" And my very favorite: "You are so pretty. Ladies like you do not swear!" Being the salacious sinner that I am, I thought: Well, f*ck. Let's talk about what actually deserves our outrage.
Tech for Good: Buying Back the Internet
What happens when the wild, wild west of the Internet is bought back by women? Not just any women. Specifically women who don't look like women who have traditionally climbed the ranks in big tech. Ada Lovelace wrote the first algorithms. Grace Hopper wrote the first compiler. It is time to finish what they started.
I Never Really Felt I Belonged
I never really felt I belonged. Anywhere. Until one day I began to notice why, and how I could maybe, just maybe one day, find belonging. Inclusivity matters to me because I know what it feels like to search for it. And I've been searching since inception.
An Origin Story: Bubblicious to Business Activist
I started my first business under my bunk bed selling Bubblicious Gum to the neighborhood kids. I was six. And honestly, I haven't stopped since.