The Future Is Yours: Turning Ideas into Impact through Tech

Join us for an empowering Power Circle with Dr. Corrinne Graham—award-winning business advisor, researcher, and founder of Graham International Consulting & Research.

In this interactive session, Dr. Graham will guide you through the essential intersections of entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology. Drawing from her extensive work with startups and small businesses, she'll share strategies for navigating growth, funding, and sustainable success.

Whether you're launching your first venture or ready to scale, you'll walk away with both the mindset and the tools to transform your vision into reality.

What You'll Gain:

💡 Building a Business in Tech: Where to Begin Learn how to spot opportunities, define your niche, and understand what makes tech entrepreneurship unique.

🚀 From Idea to Implementation Turn your concept into a viable business model, explore strategic partnerships, and access funding—especially designed for underrepresented founders.

🧠 The Entrepreneurial Mindset Cultivate resilience, adaptability, and curiosity while overcoming imposter syndrome and navigating technical spaces with confidence.

🌍 Tech for Impact Discover how women entrepreneurs are leveraging technology to create meaningful social change—and how you can join the movement.

Who Should Attend: Aspiring founders, early-stage entrepreneurs, and innovators ready to launch or grow a tech-driven business.

Reserve your spot today and take the next step in your entrepreneurial journey!

About Dr. Corrinne Graham, PhD

Ambassador Dr. Corrinne Graham, PhD, is a distinguished leader in business innovation, sustainable development, and community empowerment. With nearly two decades of entrepreneurship, she has driven impact across startups, SMEs, and large organizations through her expertise in commercialization, technology transfer, project management, and professional development. She is the Founder and President of Graham International Consulting and Research, Inc., and Sustainability Lifestyle Designs by Dr. G, as well as an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of the West Indies’ Institute for Sustainable Development and an Adjunct Professor at Long Island University.

A dedicated advocate for sustainability and youth empowerment, Dr. Graham co-authored The Entrepreneurial Journey in the Decade of Delivery for the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network–Youth Initiative. She also mentors through the NYCEDC Women.NYC and NYC SBS WE.NYC programs. Her numerous honors include the Top 50 Influential Women in Business, Diversity in Business Award, MWBE Recognition, 2024 LISA Women in Technology Diamond Award, and an Honorary Humanitarian Doctorate (2025). She is also a two-time Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and received the 2024 Humanitarian Platinum Leadership Award and the Lincoln-King Visionary Lifetime Achievement Award from AmeriCorps and the Office of President Biden.

A TEDx speaker and community leader, Dr. Graham serves as President of Space Renaissance USA, Treasurer of Space Renaissance International, a member of Suffolk County’s African American Advisory Board, and Chair of the Town of Brookhaven Black History Commission. In recognition of her remarkable contributions, the Town of Brookhaven officially proclaimed October 6, 2024, as Dr. Corrinne Graham Day.

About Women.NYC

Women.NYC - part of the New York City Economic Development Corporation - is a flagship City initiative to make New York City the best place in the world for women of all backgrounds to thrive in their businesses and careers. Women.NYC advances gender equality and fosters economic mobility by creating strategic partnerships with public and private sector partners, launching tailored programming, and by amplifying economic empowerment programs, and focusing on equipping women to succeed in the future of the economy.

Bookmark https://women.nyc/ to stay engaged in this program. We will have a series of events centered around these high-priority sectors, allowing you to sign up for career coaching and shadowing. This is the only women-centric network established to help you take control of your future.