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Access & Opportunity
with Carla Harris

Connecting Capital and Communities. Now available on iTunes.

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Season 2

Access & Opportunity Podcast

Shaking up an Age-Old Industry

Dec 12, 2018

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

Access & Opportunity Podcast

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.

Access & Opportunity Podcast

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.

Access & Opportunity Podcast

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.

Access & Opportunity Podcast

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.

Access & Opportunity Podcast

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.

Season 1

Access & Opportunity Podcast

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.

Access & Opportunity Podcast

Lessons Every Entrepreneur and 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 season 1 of the Access & Opportunity podcast.

Access & Opportunity Podcast

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.

Access & Opportunity Podcast

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.

Access & Opportunity Podcast

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.

Access & Opportunity Podcast

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.

Access & Opportunity Podcast

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?

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