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From Homeless to the 1%: Advice from a Venture Capitalist

From Homeless to the 1%: Advice from a Venture Capitalist

Update: 2020-04-30
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Arlan Hamilton, Managing Partner and Founder of Backstage Capital, knows what it's like to start a business in the face of extreme adversity. Before she founded her venture capital fund five years ago, she was living on food stamps and sleeping in airports. She's focused on investing in underrepresented entrepreneurs - women, people of color, and LGBTQ founders - and is finding inventive ways to support the companies in her portfolio during the coronavirus.

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From Homeless to the 1%: Advice from a Venture Capitalist

From Homeless to the 1%: Advice from a Venture Capitalist

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