The Bootstrapped VC - A Backstage Capital Podcast

Hear about some exciting developments at Backstage directly from Arlan herself.

Peter Rojas loves gadgets and made a career around sharing the stories behind the devices, including vintage mobile phones. Christie Pitts worked on the front lines of consumer device sales at Verizon. Today, they're both VCs investing in startups – Peter at Betaworks, and Christie at Backstage Capital. But, while they look toward the future of technology, they can't refrain from reminiscing about the weird and wonderful evolution of phones that many have left behind in the past.

Join us in this fun preview of Christie and Peter's new podcast, "0G: A History of Forgotten Phones".

Listen to 0G: https://anchor.fm/0g

Full show notes:

https://backstagecapital.com/podcast/0g/‎

Credits:

Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton

Co-Host: Christie Pitts

Co-Host + Editor: Bryan Landers

Theme by: Janine

Additional Music by: Jeff Kaale

Join a live fireside event that happened November 7, 2018. #MoveTheDial Global Summit in Toronto, Ontario in Canada, brought together incredible tech leaders and influencers dedicated to promoting the participation and leadership of all women in tech.

Listen in as Bea Arthur, Founder + CEO at Backstage Headliner The Difference and a Host + Contributor at Forbes, speaks with Arlan about the origins of Backstage Capital, being true to yourself in the face of adversity, and all of us working together to change representation and opportunity for more people.

Find out more about #MoveTheNeedle:

https://movethedial.com/

Full show notes:

https://backstagecapital.com/podcast/arlanwashere-movethedial-2018/

Andrea Barrica shares the story of being raised in a religious, conservative, first-generation Filipino-American family that only taught abstinence to becoming the CEO + Founder of O.school, a non-judgmental source for information on sexuality and dating through medically-accurate videos, articles, and live streams. Greer and Andrea discuss raising venture capital for a Sex Tech company as an LGBTQ woman of color, and Andrea's path to O.school after co-founding inDinero with Jessica Ma and working as a Venture Partner at 500 Startups.

Full show notes:

https://backstagecapital.com/podcast/oschool/

Credits:

Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton

Host: Greer Engonga

Producer: Bryan Landers

Editor: Chris Keene

Theme by: Janine

Additional Music by: Lakey Inspired

Greer interviews Headliner Damola Ogundipe, CEO + Co-founder of Civic Eagle, a political technology company that helps organizations win their policy campaigns with a SaaS platform that’s powered by artificial intelligence — legislative intelligence made simple.

Full show notes:

https://backstagecapital.com/podcast/civic-eagle/

Credits:

Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton

Host: Greer Engonga

Producer: Bryan Landers

Theme by: Janine

Additional Music by: Lumenbeats.

Listen in on Arlan’s keynote talk from Vision 2018, the small business innovation symposium held October 19 in St. Louis, Missouri. It’s a charming, hilarious, and inspiring interview that reveals stories you’ve never heard from Arlan’s past — a candid conversation with Dr. Cheryl Watkins-Moore, Director + Lead of the Bioscience Entrepreneurial & Workforce Inclusion Initiative.

Full show notes:

https://backstagecapital.com/podcast/arlanwashere-vision-2018/

Credits

Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton

Producer: Bryan Landers

Theme by: Janine

Additional music by: DeKobe

Listen in to another episode of Arlan's notes, an intimate conversation with you. Hear more about what the Fast Company cover means for representation, and how the good and bad things in life go on even while you experience achievements and accolades. Join Arlan as she seeks to shift things to their core, break ground, and make change.

Full show notes:

https://backstagecapital.com/podcast/arlanwashere-still-here/

Credits:

Host + Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton

Producer + Editor: Bryan Landers

Theme by: Janine

Get to know the Directors of Program Development for the recently announced Backstage Accelerator. Melinda Epler and Wayne Sutton have been helping underestimated founders for years through accelerators, conferences, and corporate consulting. Learn more about their amazing career paths as well as their advice to founders interested in applying to Backstage Accelerator.

Full show notes:

https://backstagecapital.com/podcast/accelerator-2/

Credits:

Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton

Host + Producer: Bryan Landers

Theme by: Janine

Additional Music by: Lakey Inspired

Arlan, Christie, and Bryan share more about the newly announced Backstage Accelerator! Why now was the right time? What will it be? Who’s running the programs? Who’s welcome to apply? Find out all the latest details about Accelerator.

Also, hear Arlan’s reaction to being featured on the October 2018 cover of Fast Company magazine.

Full show notes:

https://backstagecapital.com/podcast/accelerator/

Credits:

Executive Producer + Co-host: Arlan Hamilton

Co-Host: Christie Pitts

Co-Host + Producer: Bryan Landers

Theme by: Janine

Additional Music by: Es-K, Ashka

Greer chats with Headliner Mike T. Brown, Founder + CEO of Win Win, the only place where sports fans can compete in games to win epic experiences and amazing prizes from their favorite pro athletes, all while supporting charitable initiatives.

Also, learn more about Backstage Crew member Anastasia Tarpeh-Ellis.

Full show notes:

http://backstagecapital.com/podcast/win-win/

Credits

Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton

Host: Greer Engonga

Producer: Bryan Landers

Theme by: Janine

Additional Music by: Lakey Inspired