Tag: Capital

Mia has been renting out part of her wardrobe. Not selling, renting. You see, people often do not want to spend lots of money for a suit they’ll use for that one wedding, or a fancy dress that will rest in a closet for decades. There’s a whole bludgeoning market out there, at the marg...

As a society, we often talk about the importance of education, hard work, and networking when it comes to achieving success. However, there is another crucial factor that is often overlooked — cultural capital. Cultural capital refers to the knowledge, skills, and cultural experiences tha...

On the 18th of January 1960, a four-engine turboprop Vickers Viscount fell from the night sky over eastern Virginia, pancaking into a ravine and taking with it the lives of 50 people. The scene of the disaster provided a number of strange clues, including trees that had punched directly through the ...

Financial leaders and entrepreneurs are reshaping programs to help build a more equitable impact ecosystem and economy. Low-cost loans and other financial tools can help financial organizations connect with entrepreneurs from underrepresented communities who are growing businesses that create positi...

Fast forward to today, in the high-stakes world of the growth capital ecosystem, a similar narrative unfolds. It’s woven not only through who is connected enough to secure funding but also through the unspoken social rituals that gatekeep this elite world. Exclusive Aspen ski trips, ...

The Slauson & Co. approach to venture capital has been based in transparency and inclusivity since our inception. Our foundational belief in these principles was born not just from a sense of compliance or social obligation, but from recognizing and harnessing the immense potentia...

In collaboration with 26 partnering host VC firms, we proudly announce our 2023 class of HBCUvc Fellows. This year, 35 students and recent alumni from more than 20 colleges and universities will join our ecosystem as part of our Fellowship Program, providing each Fellow with immersive training and f...

Being a Black woman in technology, despite the immense amount of privilege that we have with our skill set and our compensation for said skill set, is hard, but I would like to think I have persevered despite the odds. I love my career path. I travel to conferences to talk about my experience techni...