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All Raise’s interim CEO is now full-time
Now that Paige Hendrix Buckner is in the role permanently, she and her team “can settle in and have some clarity about where we're going to be going.”
You could be Wasted and not even know it
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This week, Natasha Mascarenhas, Mary Ann Azevedo and Rebec
Another All Raise CEO steps down
Less than a year after assuming the role, All Raise CEO Mandela SH Dixon has stepped down from her position at the nonprofit. The entrepreneur, who previously ran Founder Gym, an online training cente
Nuance? In this startup market?
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. From black swan memos and heart-to-hearts to not-so-subtle ema
A downturn is nothing new for diverse founders
Some investors say that the crackdown on tech companies isn’t impacting diverse founders as harshly as their overly funded, homogeneous counterparts because of pre-existing biases.
How investors are playing offense right now (their words, our two cents)
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single to
A ping-pong match between bulls and bears
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Happily we were once again at full strength this week, with Al
Failure is complex, especially in the world of startups
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. As I hear about more startups struggling amid shifting market
Series B is the attention-seeking middle child of financing rounds
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This week our comrade Mary Ann was off, so Natasha and A
All Raise, a nonprofit to increase diversity in tech, has a new CEO
All Raise, a nonprofit that focuses on increasing diversity within venture capital deals and decision makers, has named Mandela Schumacher-Hodge Dixon as the new chief executive of the company. The ap
All Raise launches virtual bootcamp for women and nonbinary founders
More doesn’t necessarily mean better — and that’s a lesson for life and for tech. To focus on the latter, the startup ecosystem is experiencing a boggling influx of capital right now. Howeve
Emotional marketing and an e-mail titan walk into a bar
My mom cuts to the chase when she is describing my beat to others. In her words, I cover companies like Uber before they become companies like Uber. And honestly? I can’t exactly disagree with the d
Building paths to funding for Black female founders
Amid a racial justice reckoning following countless events of police brutality (justice for Breonna Taylor), it’s high time companies and investors in the tech industry do more than just say 
All Raise CEO Pam Kostka on how the world isn’t ending
This isn’t the first economic downturn All Raise CEO Pam Kostka has been through. “I was here during the dot-com bust and rush, and here during the financial fallout that happened, so we’re a
Startups Weekly: Understanding Uber’s latest fintech play
In this week's newsletter: Fintech's banner year, subscription rental furniture and Particle's Series C.
All Raise expands to new geos, launches ‘VC Cohorts’
All Raise has established new chapters in Los Angeles and Boston.
Female founders: All Raise AMA applications @ Disrupt SF 2019 close tomorrow
The future is female and all you fierce female founders have one last shot at receiving 30 minutes of face time with some of the industry’s leading female funders. Say what now? We’re talking the
Female founders: Apply to the All Raise AMA to win a free Expo Pass to Disrupt SF
Shouting out to all the fierce female founders. Have you applied to participate in the All Raise “ask me anything” (AMA) sessions at Disrupt SF 2019? No? Women, it’s time to act. Apply for an
Deadline extended! Apply to the All Raise female founder program at Disrupt SF 2019
We’ve got great news for all the time-strapped female founders out there. Yeah, we’re looking at you, sister. We’re extending the application deadline to apply for the All Raise “ask me anythi
Last chance! Apply for the All Raise female founder program at Disrupt SF 2019
Newsflash for all female founders of the early-stage startup variety. Your chance to meet with leading women VCs at Disrupt SF 2019 on October 2-4 ends on July 19 at 5 p.m. (PT). Apply for an AMA s