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Both Things Can Be True: Bias and Bad Fundraising Advice

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Here’s a similar chart when it comes to student debt: What you’re seeing here is the result of lots of systematic racial and gender inequity that happens even before the venture capital process starts. I’m going to call this the risk/wealth effect and it definitely nudges the numbers towards the funding of wealthier white men.

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Money. show me! If you want to change Venture Capital, focus on LPs. #openlp

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Right now, there are some underrepresented managers out there, but if you can only raise a fund after being funded, or if you start out with wealth, structural inequality is going to hold that pool back. Moreover, what if firms were required to publicly disclose those numbers—not to a person, but to a category?

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Blogging for the Hell of It, Not Blogging to Stay Relevant

Both Sides of the Table

And when I feel motivated and impassioned about political topics that affect and interest me: gay rights, immigration reform, income inequality, gun control, ageism, gender bias or anti-semitism – I will still speak up. No Category' I’m always open to input on topics people want to hear more about or less about.

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Embracing the Circular Economy: One EO Entrepreneur’s Story

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The SDGs are 17 goals and 169 targets to wipe out poverty, fight inequality and tackle climate change by 2030. Unfortunately, our current linear economy produces enormous amounts of waste—and electronic waste is one of the fastest-growing categories to address.

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Investors including Microsoft’s climate fund back hyperlocal environmental monitoring tech developer Aclima

TechCrunch

The company’s data is also providing real-world tools to communities that are looking to address systemic inequalities in locations that have been hardest hit by industrial pollution. Image Credits: Greg Epperson/Getty Images.

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West Tenth’s app encourages women to start home businesses, not join MLMs

TechCrunch

Johnson explains that her experience led her to better understand the economic inequality of women in the U.S., In the app, customers can browse and shop local businesses, filtering by category via buttons at the top of the screen. The startup was co-founded by Lyn Johnson and Sara Sparhawk , who met when they both worked in finance.

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“Workers are mad and no longer willing to sit idly by being spoon fed ‘we’re family’ b t from bosses:” Logan LaHive is Helping Employees Organize & Collectively Bargain. But Did He Compromise His Own Vision By Taking Venture Capital for the Startup?

Hunter Walk

Logan LaHive: First, the problem… The incredible imbalance of power in workplaces is driving continued acceleration of income inequality, which along with climate, is a top issue facing society today. Building tools for unions is certainly not a category or product that most VCs want to exist, let alone see grow.