Access and Opportunity With Carla Harris

Special Season

Bridging the Gaps: Racial, Social & Economic Justice

Jun 12, 2020

On this episode, we are revisiting conversations with black entrepreneurs and investors whose stories advance our understanding of how injustices are lived and overcome.

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Coming Back, Changed

May 15, 2020

Carla Harris checks in with Hope Knight, President and CEO of the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, on how she continues to support her community in the time of COVID-19.

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A Time for Empathy

May 8, 2020

Carla Harris checks in with Freada Kapor Klein, a founding partner in Kapor Capital, on how she continues to seek impact in the time of COVID-19.

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Jewel Burks Solomon: Opportunity for Creative Thinkers

May 4, 2020

Carla Harris checks in with Jewel Burks Solomon, head of Google for Startups in the U.S., to discuss how she's advising companies in this time of COVID-19.

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Pausing in a Pandemic to Put People First

Apr 24, 2020

Carla Harris checks in with James Rhee, CEO of clothing retailer Ashley Stewart, on how he’s managing—for himself and his employees, customers and portfolio companies—amid COVID-19.

Season 4

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Selling Your Tech Startup

Jan 21, 2020

Jewel Burks Solomon successfully negotiated with Amazon to acquire her company, among the first black women entrepreneurs to do so. Here are eight tips from her entrepreneur playbook.

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An Innovator's Exit

Dec 19, 2019

Henrique Dubugras, co-founder of Brex, on the challenges of selling his previous companies and why young entrepreneurs sell.

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A Landmark Exit: Bob Johnson and BET

Nov 14, 2019

Bob Johnson, founder of BET, on the company’s sale to Viacom for almost $4B and the key skills of entrepreneurship.

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Confessions of an Early Exit

Dec 5, 2019

Jewel Burks Solomon, founder of Partpic, on the challenges of selling her company to Amazon and what others can learn from her experience.

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Timing Your Exit

Oct 31, 2019

Juanita Lott, founder of Bridgestream Inc., talks with Carla Harris about the company’s sale to Oracle and her unconventional path to tech entrepreneurship.

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Honing Your eXit Game

Oct 17, 2019

Dug Song of Duo Security talks with Carla Harris about the company’s sale to Cisco and his evolution as an entrepreneur.

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Writing Your Own Exit Story

Oct 3, 2019

Lisa Price, founder of beauty brand Carol's Daughter, talks about her journey from home business to selling her company to L'Oreal—and the reactions to that sale.

Season 3

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Impacting Venture

Jul 31, 2019

Freada Kapor Klein, of Kapor Capital, talks with Carla Harris about her firm's successes in closing the gap in today's venture funding landscape while also creating opportunities for underserved communities.

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Seeding Equity

Jul 24, 2019

Carla Harris talks with founder and Managing Partner at Precursor Ventures, Charles Hudson, a seed-stage investor bringing an institutional perspective to startups in their early development.

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Funding Pioneers

Jul 17, 2019

Carla Harris talks with JoAnn Price, co-founder of Fairview Capital, one of the largest black-owned private equity firms in America, working to connect institutional investors with multicultural and women-led funds.

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Allocating Access

Jul 10, 2019

Carla Harris talks with Monika Mantilla, President and CEO of Altura Capital and co-founder and Managing Partner of Small Business Community Capital, working to connect emerging managers and small businesses with the capital they need.

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Driving Talent

Jul 3, 2019

Carla Harris talks with Paul Judge, co-founder of Tech Square Labs, an Atlanta-based seed-stage venture fund that has a strong history of investing in entrepreneurs of color.

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Rethinking Impact

Jun 26, 2019

Jenny Abramson is founder and managing partner of Rethink Impact, a venture capital firm that invests in female leaders who are using technology to solve the world's biggest problems.

Season 2

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Transparency, Trust and Transformation

Dec 28, 2018

How James Rhee transformed Ashley Stewart from a neglected retailer into a thriving brand that supports a community of women.

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Shaking up an Age-Old Industry

Dec 12, 2018

Carla Harris talks to Julia Collins of Zume Pizza, a robot-powered pizza delivery company.

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Making the Cut

Dec 19, 2018

Carla Harris talks to Tristan Walker of Walker and Company, about tapping underserved health and beauty needs of multicultural consumers.

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Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur

Nov 29, 2018

Access & Opportunity Podcast: Rose Wang sold a company at 27, is a Fortune ‘Most Powerful Women Entrepreneur’ and continues to disrupt D.C.’s I.T. industry.

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Re-envisioning Urban Real Estate

Oct 30, 2018

Real-estate veteran Neville Rhone shares his journey from corporate executive to entrepreneur in search of development projects that benefit communities.

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Becoming Self-Made

Nov 14, 2018

Media mogul and real-estate powerhouse, Nely Galan, shares how she became the first Latina president of Telemundo and a successful entrepreneur.

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Addressing Silicon Valley’s “Leaky Tech Pipeline”

Sep 6, 2018

Venture capitalist Freada Kapor Klein is debunking the tech industry’s myth of meritocracy, one that she says often excludes women and multicultural entrepreneurs.

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Lessons Every Entrepreneur & Investor Should Know

Oct 17, 2018

Carla Harris on what she learned from talking to change agents about opening doors for women and multicultural entrepreneurs on the Access & Opportunity podcast.

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A Launchpad for Women-Owned Startups

Aug 21, 2018

Theia Smith leads the Atlanta Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative, which she says is the nation’s only city-funded small-business incubator exclusively for women.

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Calling the Play Where Everyone Wins

Aug 7, 2018

Kevin Warren, COO of the Minnesota Vikings, talks to Carla Harris about how building a new stadium revitalized the team organization and the community around it.

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A Seat at the Table for All Entrepreneurs

Jul 25, 2018

For Marc Morial of the National Urban League, nurturing businesses led by women and people of color is a top priority.

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A Master of Urban Renaissance

Jul 10, 2018

Hope Knight, head of the Greater Jamaica Development Corp., talks about how to turn dream development projects in blighted neighborhoods into reality.

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From Harlem Corner to Household Brand

Jun 26, 2018

Richelieu Dennis grew his small community-based health and beauty products business into the multimillion-dollar Sundial Brands. Can other multicultural entrepreneurs learn from his playbook?