Amplifying Black-led Organizations and Black Leaders in Tech

One scholarship program alone can’t erase the systemic barriers faced by aspiring designers who identify as Black, Indigenous or as a person of color, but through the Manitoba Studio Fund, we’re addressing the issue head-on. And it’s making a difference.

The estimating process for web development projects is important for us as a business to be able to sustain ourselves, as well as to build trust with our clients. Without a clear and accurate process to estimate our projects, we risk overextending our team or undercharging for our services. It’s also important for the well-being and culture of our collective team to ensure everyone’s voices are heard when internal processes are reevaluated, so we conducted an all-team workshop devoted to examining our estimating process together.

Cultivating and celebrating diversity is a top priority for Mangrove, and as we’ve evolved our business, we’ve worked to formalize our commitments to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). Those commitments have manifested in several ways, one of them being how we build and nurture a diverse team. Last year specifically, Mangrove committed to: