Black Tech Saturdays started with five people at a coffee shop table. No stage. No deck. No program. Just founders asking who does what, who knows what, who needs what, and staying until they had an answer.

​Grand Rapids Tech Week gave you the big stage: the panels, the pitch competitions, 15,000 people in one place. On Saturday, September 19th, BTS Origins brings you back to where we started. Same energy, smaller room, no less real.

​This is the debrief. Here's what it's built on:

​Connections. The right person, the right conversation, no cold intros required.

​Conversations. Quick one-on-ones, real coffee chats, the kind of talk that doesn't happen on a panel. The Michigan Black Business Alliance joins us, building a statewide network for Black-owned businesses through advocacy, programming, amplification, and education. That's legacy work.

​Content. We're capturing it. Your story, on record, the way it deserves to be told.

​First BTS or fiftieth, there's a seat at this table. Come get intimate. Come get cozy. Come tell your story.