Kathey Porter
Kathey Porter
Kathey Porter, MSE, MBA is the co-author of 50 Billion Dollar Boss, which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award and captures the stories of black women entrepreneurs. Her new book Big Tech Boss Energy, will be released in Spring 2025 and tell the stories of black women in tech. Her other books include Implementing Supplier Diversity (Palgrave Macmillan) and Supplier Diversity for Dummies (Wiley). All of her books have been in the top 100 on Amazon.
Kathey is a nationally recognized small business strategist, award winning subject matter expert and frequent keynote speaker, panelist and workshop facilitator at conferences and events focusing on supplier diversity, economic inclusion, small business development/entrepreneurship and women’s entrepreneurship and has addressed audiences at CHIEF, Fast Company, EY, Interise, Inc Magazine’s Inc 5000, ESSENCE Festival, The Conference Board, to name a few. She’s also a LinkedIn Learning Instructor.
A serial entrepreneur, Kathey is the founder of several companies—Porter Brown Associates, a certified minority, woman, veteran-owned, DBE training and professional services consultancy that advises organizations on building inclusive economic ecosystems through supplier diversity programs, inclusive diversity strategies and targeted entrepreneurship training programs. She’s also founder/lead instructor for the Supplier Diversity Training Institute (SDTI), a national training program for supplier inclusion and procurement professionals, organizational stakeholders, etc. looking to better support minority and women-owned businesses and BusinessFAB Media, a media company.
Kathey has been a longtime strategic partner and Executive Coach/Advisor and Instructor for several national black business accelerators including Goldman Sachs Black In Business, U.S. Black Chambers, Brookfield Properties, Inc Magazine’s Inc 5000, Small Business Administration’s Emerging Leaders Program, National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC), Babson College’s Black Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Program, African American Chamber of Commerce of Central Florida (AACCCF) Accelerate Central Florida Program, Atlanta Black Chamber and the Greenwood Women’s Center, where she specializes in helping businesses growing and scale.
Kathey is mother of two amazing kids – Hollis, a former Miss Wisconsin USA and Mason, a basketball star. In her spare time, she enjoys supporting them in their activities and business endeavors.
An HBCU alum, Kathey received her BBA from Savannah State University, her MBA from Georgia Southern University and a Master of Science in Entrepreneurship from the University of Florida. Kathey also served in the Georgia Army National Guard.
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It’s no secret that the technology industry has a persistent diversity problem, a problem that spans race as well as gender. Despite the fact that black women are the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs in the US, there are still significant challenges that they face, particularly in the technology sector, which is predominately male and white...Read More
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Many people are familiar with the importance of ensuring and advancing inclusion, equity, and diversity amongst their employees and managers. But do your efforts include supplier diversity—an equally as important and essential part of any holistic diversity effort?...Read More
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This book provides an in-depth view of supplier diversity programs and how they have contributed to the meteoric rise of minority businesses. Incorporating expert advice from supplier diversity practitioners as well as empirical data, it looks at the emergence of supplier diversity programs, how to make them effective, and their future....Read More
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This book looks at several successful African American women and chronicles their success, obstacles, challenges, and lessons learned. The authors have first person access to each of these women and break down their stories to help other aspiring entrepreneurs achieve their dreams of starting or owning their own business....Read More
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The Art of the Pivot
How to get your current situation to align with your desires.
Why Inclusive Business Ecosystems are Necessary
Discusses the positive impacts on the economy when organizations incorporate practices that are inclusive, fair and equitable.
Small Businesses: Tugboats of the Economy
Discusses the impact of small businesses on our economy and why programs and continued support for small businesses are vital for the growth and progression of our economy.
The 1 Trillion: Why investing in Black Women Entrepreneurs is an Imperative
How investment in and support of black women entrepreneurs could contribute an additional $1 trillion dollars to our economy.
Entrepreneurial Mindset for Women
Why developing entrepreneurial thinking – strategic, analytical, focus, etc., is important for women. Strategies to develop this mindset.
Inclusive Procurement/Supplier Diversity: A Driver of Entrepreneurship
How to use supplier diversity programs to drive entrepreneurial growth.
Doing More with Less is Dead!: Creating a Culture that THRIVES on Creativity and Innovation
Creating a culture of innovation and creativity that gets teams excited.
The Theory of Being Relentlessly Selfish When Building Your Business
When building a business, developing strategies that help entrepreneurs focus on things that matter and tune out things that don’t.
Read Kathey Porter’s interview with Business in Greater Gainesville magazine.
Black Enterprise chose Kathey Porter’s 50 Billion Dollar Boss as one of the five books to keep from failing in business.
“As the Co-Founder of Essence, a magazine that for over 45 years has been there to herald the intelligence, beauty, resourcefulness, courage and huge spending power of African American women, I have witnessed the tremendous odds they have had to overcome to be recognized for their economic power potential and capability. The number of African American female entrepreneurs continues to grow. Brava to the authors and contributors to this long overdue, significant chronicle acknowledging the tenacity, the brilliance and the extraordinary role African American women have played and their continuing influence on the economy of America.”
– Ed Lewis, Co-Founder ESSENCE and Latina magazines
“Watch Small Business Expert Kathey Porter Coach These Three Entrepreneurs On How to Strike Gold.”
– ESSENCE
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