Diversity isn’t just the right thing to do—it’s good for business. This fact has become more and more clear over the years as countless studies and conversations have started regarding the powerful impact diversity has on driving successful investments, teams, and...

Across the world, consumers, businesses, and entire industries are suffering from what’s described as the COVID-19 economic crisis. The result? Losses of almost every kind. Still, we find that these changes didn’t affect all industries equally. In this time of...

When it comes to mentoring founders and investing in their businesses, we already know that diversity is the key to success. There’s no question that we need to listen to the voices and ideas of women and men and people of all races, ages, and walks of life. Something...

Even though everything is still virtual, Eileen O'Neill Odum and I were happy to be back and teaching another bright class of MBA students at the University of Washington's Foster School of Business. This time around, discussing CEO and Board Leadership was especially...

We know that founders are looking for investors who value diversity and recognize the success that comes with diverse teams, so what can we do to attract more women on the investment side of the table and shift what types of founders, products, and services are being...

As an investor, there are many factors that I consider when working with founders. Along with pitching a good idea, I’m also thinking of the biases that exist within venture capital to ensure I’m actively investing in diverse companies. Knowing that diverse teams...

In just a few words, 2020 was wild, unpredictable, and exhausting. We all thought the chaos of COVID-19 would only last a few weeks or months, but we’re going to be facing it for well over a year. It has been an overwhelming time navigating a global pandemic while...