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How Foundations Fail Diverse Fund Managers and How to Fix It
Printed Dec. 17, 2020. Foundations and impact investors need to face the ways they are complicit in perpetuating inequality through their capital allocations, and upend five structural investment barriers to better serve women and people of color. It’s time for foundations and other impact investors to face the truth. No more navel-gazing, no more conferring, […]
Business and Systemic Racism: The Next Step in a Long Journey
Last week, Sen. Tim Scott made headlines in his rebuttal to the President’s State of the Union address when he declared that “America is not a racist country.” As Gerald Seib wrote in the Wall Street Journal this week, Sen. Scott’s remarks-and the swift rebuttal from others on both sides of the aisle, including my good […]
Venture capital’s quest for diversity and equity remains a work in progress
Nearly a year ago, as the nation reckoned with the horrifying video of George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis, Alejandro Guerrero, a general partner at early-stage venture capital firm Act One Ventures, sat alone at his home in Los Angeles, coming to terms with what he had just seen and bracing for the fallout. “All the […]
How private equity can catalyze diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace
Business leaders hear a lot about disruption. But 2020 redefined the term. By March, the novel coronavirus had completely changed ways of life and work for billions of people. In May, the death of George Floyd produced an equally seismic shift in cultural awareness of systemic racism and set in motion urgent calls for racial equity-globally. […]