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Access & Opportunity
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A Podcast Connecting Capital and Communities. Now available on iTunes.

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Season 9

Ideas

Empowering Latina Innovators in Fashion and Retail

Feb 7, 2024

Sonia Smith Kang and Sandra Campos share how they’ve navigated the fashion industry, and discuss how to open up more pathways to leadership in the sector.

Ideas

Broadening Access to Mental Health Care for Ethnically Diverse Students

Jan 17, 2024

Diana Chao and Evan Rose discuss the complexities of accessing adequate mental health services for ethnically diverse students and share frameworks to support mental well being in academic institutions and beyond.

Diversity

Creating Equity in the Music Industry

Nov 9, 2023

Tiffany Red and Chaucer Barnes discuss the inequities that persist in the rapidly evolving music industry, and share their vision for more equitable opportunities for artists of all backgrounds.

Diversity

Diversifying the Pilot Pipeline

Aug 4, 2023

As U.S. commercial airlines staff up to meet new hiring goals, there is an opportunity for them to break down barriers to entry and diversify an industry that has a legacy of being overtly white and male.

Diversity

Who Gets to Make Video Games?

May 26, 2023

Neil Jones and Damon Packwood discuss the inequities that exist within the video game industry and share unique solutions to help gamers of color break into the business.

Diversity

Black Women Entrepreneurs: Putting Community First

Apr 20, 2023

Angel Gregorio on taking the leap into business ownership and creating a community of Black women founders who support each other's entrepreneurial journeys.

Diversity

Black Women Entrepreneurs: Creating an Ecosystem

Apr 13, 2023

Business leader and innovator Melissa Bradley on creating an entrepreneurial ecosystem for Black founders to not only survive but thrive as part of the ‘new majority.’

Empowering Latina Innovators in Fashion and Retail

Broadening Access to Mental Health Care for Ethnically Diverse Students

Creating Equity in the Music Industry

Diversifying the Pilot Pipeline

Who Gets to Make Video Games?

Black Women Entrepreneurs: Putting Community First

Black Women Entrepreneurs: Creating an Ecosystem

Narrowing the Disability Employment Gap

Leading to Execute: Mielle Organics’ Monique Rodriguez

Building Credit for Immigrants

Displaced Entrepreneurs: Supporting New Beginnings Away from Home

Empowering Tribes in the Fight Against Climate Change

Real Estate Investing for All

Closing the Women’s Sports Pay Gap

Bringing Fresh, Healthy Food to Food Deserts

Breaking Down Gatekeeping in the World of Publishing

Creating a Circular Economy

Host to Host: A Conversation with Sonari Glinton

Amplifying Asian American Voices

Reducing Recidivism

Buying Black: Reinvesting in Community

Bridging the Digital Divide

Closing the Adventure Gap

The Snowball Effect of Student Debt

Fractional Ownership: From Sneakers to Jets

The Black Wealth Gap

Reaching Back to Help the Next Generation

Community First: Building Latinx Wealth

Dhani Jones: The Road of Intention

Redefine Your Comfort Zone

Pivoting Your Playbook

Chris Lyons: Where Tech Meets Culture

Shawn Springs: From Idea to Impact

Ana Flores: Power Through Community

Sanjay Sharma: Remixing the Mainstream From the Margins

Morgan DeBaun: For Us, By Us

Finding a Voice in Venture

Articulating Our 'Why?'

Deciding on Diversity—and the Bottom Line

Building a Fund that Feeds the Soul

Opening the Door for New Angels

Building a Fund that Feeds the Soul

Opening the Door for New Angels

Shared Values Help VCs, Founders Stay Agile

Keeping It Black: 'Cultural Competence' Is Key

Bridging the Gaps: Racial, Social & Economic Justice

Coming Back, Changed

A Time for Empathy

Pausing in a Pandemic to Put People First

Jewel Burks Solomon: Opportunity for Creative Thinkers

Selling Your Tech Startup

An Innovator's Exit

A Landmark Exit: Bob Johnson and BET

Confessions of an Early Exit

Timing Your Exit

Honing Your eXit Game

Writing Your Own Exit Story

Impacting Venture

Seeding Equity

Funding Pioneers

Allocating Access

Driving Talent

Rethinking Impact

Transparency, Trust and Transformation

Shaking up an Age-Old Industry

Making the Cut

Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur

Re-envisioning Urban Real Estate

Becoming Self-Made

Addressing Silicon Valley’s “Leaky Tech Pipeline”

Lessons Every Entrepreneur & Investor Should Know

A Launchpad for Women-Owned Startups

Calling the Play Where Everyone Wins

A Seat at the Table for All Entrepreneurs

The Latest on Markets and the Economy

From Harlem Corner to Household Brand