Press & Media

10 Black-Owned Tech Companies Making Waves In 2023

PCMAG

Support for Black Businesses Has Waned. These Three Tips Can Help Reignite Consumers' Interest

INC

Three Start-up Tips From Dawn Dickson-Akpoghene, Founder of the Smart Vending Machine Maker, PopCom

INC

How Women of Color Are Using Equity Crowdfunding to Achieve Success in the Tech World

Harpers Bazaar

The future of retail: bridging the gap between online and in-store

Retail Systems

The Pros And Cons Of Startup Crowdfunding

Techstars

PopCom’s Productivity Skyrockets by Using the HubSpot CRM Platform for Its Application Process

hubspot.com

Creating Value with Vending Machines - Retail TouchPoints

Retail TouchPoints

Popcom | Pre-IPO Buzz

Pre-IPO Buzz

POPCOM FOUNDER DISRUPTED RETAIL INDUSTRY; RAISED OVER $3.5 MILLION IN EQUITY
CROWDFUNDING AND TRADITIONAL FUNDING

Black Enterprise

Dawn Dickson Talks Small Business Growth, PopCom, Vending Machine Retail + More

Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM

SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR DAWN DICKSON LAUNCHES POPSHOP LOCAL

Black Enterprise

Fireside Chat: Mr. Wonderful and Dawn Dickson, CEO of Popcom

StartEngine

Every Solution This Founder Created Led Her to a Bigger (More Impactful) Problem to Solve

Entrepreneur

Contactless Vending Machines Offer Physical Distribution Outlets for Local Brands

Retail TouchPoints

Two Central Ohio CEOs make Forbes’ first-ever list of entrepreneurs to watch

Columbus Business First

PopShop Local to convert unused space into contactless shops for small businesses

kioskmarketplace

Dawn Dickson & PopCom in Forbes Next 1000

FORBES MAGAZINE & FORBES.COM

VIDEO: How An Entrepreneur Raised $3.8 Million For AI Vending Machine PopCom

FORBES.COM

Top Columbus Startups and Tech Companies to Watch in 2021

PURPOSE JOBS

The Best of 2020: TechOhio’s Top Ten Stories of the Year

TECH OHIO

Top 11 Black-Owned Tech Companies to Invest in For 2021

BLACK NEWS

How Popcom Founder Is Disrupting Retail

BLACK ENTERPRISE | SISTERS INC PODCAST

These digital pop-up shops could be the future of contactless shopping

FUTURE BLINK | MASHABLE

Black women don't get much startup funding. These founders are trying to change...

CNN

PopCom deploys women’s roll-up flats kiosk in Ohio shopping mall

KIOSK MARKETPLACE

From Beauty to Apparel, Brands Are Experimenting with Vending Machines

MORNING BREW

7 black women founders ready to boost their business

SILICON REPUBLIC

Black Inventor Dawn Dickson Raised $2 Million During The COVID-19 Pandemic

MADAM NOIRE

Retail Technology Startup PopCom Opens Third Equity Crowdfunding Round...

Columbus Chamber of Commerce

How Dawn Dickson Became The First Black Woman To Raise Over $2 Million...

BAUCE MAG

This Contactless Retail Solution Puts Its Best Foot(wear) Forward

YAHOO NEWS

Black tech company awarded patent on kiosk after raising a historic $2.3m

Face2Face Africa

Black-owned tech company awarded patent on kiosk

YAHOO NEWS

Black American Startup Resource List

FOUNDER'S INSTITUTE

Ep. 040: Dawn Dickson Unplugged

BLACK TECH UNPLUGGED

Invesco’s Innovation Now with PopCom

CNN BUSINESS/INVESCO

Highlights From the Black Enterprise Women of Power Tech Summit

BLACK ENTERPRISE

Dawn Dickson wins OBWS Black Entrepreneur of The Year Award (Presented by Snapchat)

OFFICIAL BLACK WALLSTREET

How a Columbus Startup Raised $1M, Acquired Partner Mid-Pandemic

COLUMBUS BUSINESS FIRST

Female-Owned Tech Companies Merge: PopCom Announces Acquisition Of Wyzerr

FORBES

Serial Entrepreneur, Dawn Dickson Discusses Her Many Ventures

SHEEN MAGAZINE

PopCom’s History-Making Dawn Dickson Raises Over $2M in Crowdfunding Capital

AFROTECH

Smart Vending Machine Maker Popcom Crowdfunds $1.3M

COIN TELEGRAPH

Dawn Dickson: Forbes Blacklist 2020

FORBES

Founder of Black-Owned Startup Makes History, Raises $2.3 Million Through Crowdfunding

BLACKNEWS

Entrepreneur Dawn Dickson Explains How Crowdfunding Jump-Started Her Biz

ROLLING OUT

Successfully Funded Podcast: PopCom

ANCHOR FM

How To Navigate Regulation Crowdfunding With Crypto And Blockchain

FORBES

PopCom Raising $1 Million Crowdequity Fund

THE PLUG

Dawn Dickson Raises Capital Amid COVID-19

BLACK ENTERPRISE

How Women Entrepreneurs Are Navigating The Effects Of COVID-19

FORBES

This Is What a Productive Congressional Blockchain Hearing Looks Like

COINDESK

Congress Looks At Upside Of Blockchain In A Hearing On The Technology

FORBES

Ohio Small Business Owners Explain Benefits of Blockchain to Congress

SPECTRUM NEWS 1

Building Blocks of Change: The Benefits of Blockchain Technology for Small Businesses

US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE

How Blockchain Can Spark Efficiencies, Innovation in Small Businesses

GOVERNMENT CIO

US House Committee to Hold Hearing on Blockchain Benefits for Small Businesses

YAHOO FINANCE

Newsmaker: How Dawn Dickson saved her startup

COLUMBUS BUISINESS FIRST

Serial Entrepreneur Vows to Make Vending Machines Smarter

SPECTRUM NEWS 1

PopCom’s Interactive Retail Kiosk Incorporates Facial Recognition, Data Collection

DEALERSCOPE

Get Excited About 2020: Ohio Startups’ Big News to Start the Year!

TECH OHIO

Self-checkout beats the drum hard at NRF 'Big Show'

KIOSK Marketplace

Kiosk executives highly bullish on 2020

KIOSK Marketplace

Meet the Entrepreneurs In Our Fall 2019 Milestone Makers Cohort

NASDAQ

I Raised $1 Million By Crowdfunding. Here’s How You Can Too

AFROTECH