Vennard Wright, CEO of Wave Welcome, a Black-owned small business in Oxon Hill shares that it’s easy for a startup CEO — who wears many hats daily on the job — “to skate by longer than you should.” Read how that’s changed for Wright.
Before Vennard Wright launched his own company, he was well into a successful technology career that spanned both public and private sector organizations.
When Wave Welcome opened for business in 2020 — to offer a unique blend of business process reengineering, technology and digital career pipeline support — Wright felt confident that he had the business and technology acumen and experience he’d need from the get-go.
Almost three years in, with Wave Welcome growing and expanding, Wright still feels that confidence but has also gained perspective on his own knowledge gaps.
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