Tag: Diversity in vc
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‘Look at It as a No For Now’: Halogen Ventures’ Jesse Draper on How to Handle Rejection as an Entrepreneur
As the founding partner of Halogen Ventures, Jesse Draper and her team are betting big on early-stage, female-founded companies with billion-dollar potential. In this episode of the Behind Her Empire podcast, Draper discusses how she deals with re…
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dot.LA Summit: What to Expect When Breaking Into Tech Startups
There is no one secret to breaking into the tech industry, but one thing helps, a strong support system of colleagues and believing in yourself. A group of powerhouse tech veterans talked about the roadblocks faced when starting out. Grace Kangdani, s…
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dot.LA Summit: Women at the Top on How to Expand LA’s Tech Scene
As women in tech and venture, Kara Nortman and Robyn Ward heard a lot of nos when they started out. No we won’t fund you. No, we don’t have positions. But, it was the yeses that kept them going.”We have to expand the tent, we have to figure out how to…
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dot.LA Summit: Going Beyond Lip Service on Diversity and Inclusion is ‘A Matter of Respect’
Pledges to boost diversity and inclusion are widespread in the tech and startup world, but the industry chronically fails to realize its own goals.That’s no coincidence. The venture capital world, which provides much of the capital fueling fledgling s…
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Pear VC’s Pejman Nozad on Going from Carpet Salesman to Early-Stage VC
Pejman Nozad, a founding managing partner at Pear VC, joins this episode of LA Venture to discuss Pear VC’s current initiatives, including its accelerator and fellowships. He’s seen as one of the most successful angel investors in the area, and for …
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LA Venture: Serial Entrepreneur Jessica Jackley on Pursuing a Goal: ‘Just Take More Steps Anyway’
On this episode of the LA Venture podcast, Untapped Capital, Alltruists and Kiva founder Jessica Jackley talks about her experience supporting entrepreneurs across the world, and offers advice to founders on what to do when encountering doubt — from …
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LA Venture: MCT’s Shane Kelly on How Technology Is Changing Entertainment and Investing
On this episode of the LA Venture podcast, media tech expert Shane Kelly comes on to talk about the business of financing feature films and tech startups.Kelly has financed over 20 feature films and invested in over 20 tech startups, many of them at t…
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LA Venture: As Competition Tightens, Threshold Ventures’ Chirag Chotalia Focuses on What Matters
On this episode of LA Venture, Chirag Chotalia talks about his journey from Pritzker Group to DFJ to Threshold Ventures. Chotalia made a name for himself in L.A.’s tech community while working at Pritzker, where he led investments and worked with a…
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Behind Her Empire: Logan Hollowell on Forging Her Jewelry Company from Vision and Grit
On this episode of Behind Her Empire, Logan Hollowell talks about her fascination with gemstones and crystals and how that took her to creating her own jewelry company. Raised in the Outer Banks in North Carolina, Hollowell grew up used to hurric…
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LA Venture: Act One Ventures’ Alejandro Guerrero on Bringing More Diversity to Venture Capital
On this episode of the LA Venture podcast, Alejandro Guerrero talks about transitioning from running his own startup to entering the venture capital world.Guerrero met his soon-to-be business partner, Michael Stilton, at UCLA. Soon after, Stilton invi…