Remove 2004 Remove education Remove founder
article thumbnail

Investors are missing out on Black founders

TechCrunch

Lewis is the founder and CEO of Gig Wage , a simplified fintech payroll platform built for contract workers. Black founders, and uniquely Black founders in tech, are facing insurmountable odds. Black founders need to own their resiliency and leverage the power that has resulted from their unique experiences. Contributor.

founder 105
article thumbnail

EO Honored by Nuway Foundation for its Work Supporting UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Written by Alex Yastrebenetsky, an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in Cincinnati, Ohio, and founder of InfoTrust , an award-winning digital analytics consulting and technology company that helps marketers use data to make smarter decisions. E – for education. For Evans, it wasn’t just another project.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

5 questions emerging managers should ask before selecting LPs

TechCrunch

Linda Greub Contributor Share on Twitter Linda Greub is the co-founder and managing partner of Avestria Ventures. In 2020, now-defunct video platform Quibi alone raised almost 8% of the total funding that female founders got that year. But that image is only one part of venture capital.

funders 93
article thumbnail

The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten VC

All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. based founders, 35 were white* American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Of the 43 U.S.-based

VC 82
article thumbnail

The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten VC

All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. based founders, 35 were white* American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Of the 43 U.S.-based

VC 52
article thumbnail

Broaden your view of ‘best’ to make smarter, more inclusive investments

TechCrunch

David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. based founders, 35 were white American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. David Teten.

article thumbnail

Q&A with Meg Salyer

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Founder, and former President and CEO. She served as the first woman president of the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City, (2003/2004), one of the largest Rotary Club in the world. They greatly valued education and volunteerism, and advised me often to step outside my comfort zone. Q&A with Meg Salyer. of Accel Financial Staffing.