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#27 - From broke and homeless to billionaire investors: How to diversify Silicon Valley with Arlan Hamilton
In this episode of The Shontavia Show, I speak with Arlan Hamilton, an exceptional venture capitalist and the author of It's About Damn Time: How to Turn Being Underestimated into Your Greatest Advantage. Arlan is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a fund that is dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT.
Arlan's remarkable story includes everything from poverty and housing insecurity to billionaires and history-making University of Oxford scholarships. We talk about Arlan's background, her new book, and why she's adamant about betting on underestimated founders.
// Show Highlights
03:08 How Arlan Hamilton's viral Medium article made her a household name in Silicon Valley and with entrepreneurs
13:00 How Arlan built a name for herself as a VC while broke and homeless
15:09 What Arlan believes causes the disconnect between VCs and underestimated founders
17:07 The three things Arlan says led her to getting her first investor
18:28 How "writing her own invitation," and some unexpected help from a black woman, helped Arlan land a legendary billionaire investor
22:37 How Arlan's book, It's About Damn Time, is different from most business books
24:02 About How to Raise Capital for your Company from Scratch, Arlan's new course for startup founders
26:39 How Arlan uses money to give back to others by supporting special projects, creating scholarships, and making history
// Show Notes
Buy the book It's About Damn Time: How to Turn Being Underestimated into Your Greatest Advantage: https://amzn.to/2xvpLD7
Dear White Venture Capitalists: If you’re reading this, it’s (almost!) too late.: https://medium.com/female-founders/dear-white-venture-capitalists-if-you-re-not-actively-searching-for-and-seeding-qualified-4f382f6fd4a7
Memo to the Silicon Valley boys’ club: Arlan Hamilton has no time for your BS: https://www.fastcompany.com/90227793/backstage-capitals-arlan-hamilton-brings-diversity-to-venture-capital
How to Raise Capital for Your Company From Scratch: https://arlanwashere.teachable.com/p/raising-capital-for-your-company-from-scratch/
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By Shontavia JohnsonIn this episode of The Shontavia Show, I speak with Arlan Hamilton, an exceptional venture capitalist and the author of It's About Damn Time: How to Turn Being Underestimated into Your Greatest Advantage. Arlan is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a fund that is dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT.
Arlan's remarkable story includes everything from poverty and housing insecurity to billionaires and history-making University of Oxford scholarships. We talk about Arlan's background, her new book, and why she's adamant about betting on underestimated founders.
// Show Highlights
03:08 How Arlan Hamilton's viral Medium article made her a household name in Silicon Valley and with entrepreneurs
13:00 How Arlan built a name for herself as a VC while broke and homeless
15:09 What Arlan believes causes the disconnect between VCs and underestimated founders
17:07 The three things Arlan says led her to getting her first investor
18:28 How "writing her own invitation," and some unexpected help from a black woman, helped Arlan land a legendary billionaire investor
22:37 How Arlan's book, It's About Damn Time, is different from most business books
24:02 About How to Raise Capital for your Company from Scratch, Arlan's new course for startup founders
26:39 How Arlan uses money to give back to others by supporting special projects, creating scholarships, and making history
// Show Notes
Buy the book It's About Damn Time: How to Turn Being Underestimated into Your Greatest Advantage: https://amzn.to/2xvpLD7
Dear White Venture Capitalists: If you’re reading this, it’s (almost!) too late.: https://medium.com/female-founders/dear-white-venture-capitalists-if-you-re-not-actively-searching-for-and-seeding-qualified-4f382f6fd4a7
Memo to the Silicon Valley boys’ club: Arlan Hamilton has no time for your BS: https://www.fastcompany.com/90227793/backstage-capitals-arlan-hamilton-brings-diversity-to-venture-capital
How to Raise Capital for Your Company From Scratch: https://arlanwashere.teachable.com/p/raising-capital-for-your-company-from-scratch/
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