Episodes
William Heard describes his journey to success as a young hedge fund manager of color.
Published 12/31/21
Patricia Cameron and Dan Kihanya share how they’re making the outdoors more accessible to all.
Published 12/20/21
Farrukh Siddiqui and Betsy Mayotte help us understand the scope of the student loan debt crisis and what needs to be done to stem it.
Published 11/04/21
Lauren Washington and Erikan Obotetukudo share how they are leveraging blockchain technology to empower a new generation of artists and entrepreneurs.
Published 09/30/21
Gerome Sapp and Glenn Gonzales on their disruptive business ideas and the benefits of fractional investing.
Published 08/27/21
Eddie Slaughter and Shelley Stewart III on the cycle of discrimination that has denied Black Americans of the opportunity to build wealth.
Published 08/06/21
Carla speaks with Maya Penn, Phyllis Newhouse and Isabelle Freidheim on the importance of reaching back to help others on their business journeys.
Published 07/16/21
Rita Soledad Fernandez Paulino and Beatriz Acevedo on how they work to inspire others in the Latinx
community to improve their financial literacy.
Published 06/11/21
Carla speaks with former NFL linebacker and investor Dhani Jones about the entrepreneurial spirit within every athlete, the importance of cultivating relationships and the skills every leader should have.
Published 04/09/21
Carla speaks with Women’s Venture Capital Fund founder Edith Dorsen and Reggie Van Lee, Partner and Chief Transformation Officer of the Carlyle Group about their success with the Womens VC Fund and the value of investing in companies with diverse leadership.
Published 03/19/21
Listen as host Carla Harris talks with guest Andre Iguodala, investor and NBA champion, on his pivot into investing that supports underserved entrepreneurs.
Published 02/20/21
Carla speaks with investor Chris Lyons, head of the Cultural Leadership Fund at Andreesen Horowitz, connecting Black leaders to new tech companies.
Published 02/05/21
Carla speaks with entrepreneur and former NFL cornerback Shawn Springs, founder and CEO of Windpact, a company focusing on impact protection across industries, including sports, automotive, and the military applications.
Published 01/25/21
Carla speaks with media entrepreneur Ana Flores, founder and CEO of #WeAllGrow Latina Network, a community that has elevated the voices and stories of Latinas for the past 10 years.
Published 01/08/21
Carla speaks with media entrepreneur Morgan DeBaun, Founder and CEO of Blavity, a voice for Black millennials in the media and marketing landscape, about staying true to your vision as you grow and evolve.
Published 12/17/20
Media entrepreneur Sanjay Sharma talks to Carla Harris about how serving fringe audiences can ultimately redefine pop culture.
Published 12/02/20
Welcome back for Season 7 of Access & Opportunity! We're staying focused on the challenges faced by women and multicultural-led businesses in accessing capital, and the overlooked opportunities they represent for investors.
This season we’re speaking to influencers in the sports, media and entertainment fields who've committed to reframing the narrative for women and people of color. Stay tuned for Episode 1, launching December 2nd!
Published 11/19/20
Guests Soraya Darabi of Trail Mix Ventures and Sarah Sheehan of Bravely on the power to change the VC landscape.
Published 11/07/20
We turn the tables to ask Carla Harris and Alice Vilma about the work they do at Morgan Stanley to address funding equity.
Published 10/10/20
Carla speaks with VC Miriam Rivera and entrepreneur Ritu Narayan about the benefits of consistent decision-making, and how diversity is the natural outcome.
Published 09/24/20
Carla speaks with VC Mallun Yen, founder of Operator Collective and Kieran Snyder, co-founder of Textio, an
augmented writing platform and one of Operator's portfolio companies, on the value of the outlier, on structuring venture more like the enterprise and on how diverse portfolio companies grow from a network of diverse investors.
Published 09/03/20
Carla speaks with Natalia Oberti Noguera of Pipeline Angels and Melissa Hanna of Mahmee, a maternal health startup, on what brought them together, the unique challenges of social entrepreneurship and the approach Pipeline uses not only to find opportunities among a truly diverse set of founders, but to bring a more inclusive set investors to the table.
Published 08/12/20
Carla speaks with Jesse Draper of Halogen Ventures and Esther Crawford of Squad, one of Halogen's portfolio companies, on what brought them together, the challenges and necessities of pivoting a business, and the power of values alignment.
Published 07/30/20
Carla speaks with Kesha Cash of the Impact America Fund and Diishan Imira, founder of Mayvenn, on what brought them together, the hurdles they faced and their relationships with the communities that sustain them.
Published 07/21/20
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