Access and Opportunity
Summary: Inspiring change through informed and inclusive innovation. On Access & Opportunity, host Carla Harris, Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley, explores the lived experiences of the people who face systemic inequities and sits down with founders, investors, developers, activists, and educators who are building a more equitable future today.
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Podcasts:
Carla speaks with former NFL linebacker and investor Dhani Jones about the entrepreneurial spirit within every athlete, the importance of cultivating relationships and the skills every leader should have.
Carla speaks with Women’s Venture Capital Fund founder Edith Dorsen and Reggie Van Lee, Partner and Chief Transformation Officer of the Carlyle Group about their success with the Womens VC Fund and the value of investing in companies with diverse leadership.
Listen as host Carla Harris talks with guest Andre Iguodala, investor and NBA champion, on his pivot into investing that supports underserved entrepreneurs.
Carla speaks with investor Chris Lyons, head of the Cultural Leadership Fund at Andreesen Horowitz, connecting Black leaders to new tech companies.
Carla speaks with entrepreneur and former NFL cornerback Shawn Springs, founder and CEO of Windpact, a company focusing on impact protection across industries, including sports, automotive, and the military applications.
Carla speaks with media entrepreneur Ana Flores, founder and CEO of #WeAllGrow Latina Network, a community that has elevated the voices and stories of Latinas for the past 10 years.
Carla speaks with media entrepreneur Morgan DeBaun, Founder and CEO of Blavity, a voice for Black millennials in the media and marketing landscape, about staying true to your vision as you grow and evolve.
Media entrepreneur Sanjay Sharma talks to Carla Harris about how serving fringe audiences can ultimately redefine pop culture.
Welcome back for Season 7 of Access & Opportunity! We're staying focused on the challenges faced by women and multicultural-led businesses in accessing capital, and the overlooked opportunities they represent for investors. This season we’re speaking to influencers in the sports, media and entertainment fields who've committed to reframing the narrative for women and people of color. Stay tuned for Episode 1, launching December 2nd!
Guests Soraya Darabi of Trail Mix Ventures and Sarah Sheehan of Bravely on the power to change the VC landscape.
We turn the tables to ask Carla Harris and Alice Vilma about the work they do at Morgan Stanley to address funding equity.
Carla speaks with VC Miriam Rivera and entrepreneur Ritu Narayan about the benefits of consistent decision-making, and how diversity is the natural outcome.
Carla speaks with VC Mallun Yen, founder of Operator Collective and Kieran Snyder, co-founder of Textio, an augmented writing platform and one of Operator's portfolio companies, on the value of the outlier, on structuring venture more like the enterprise and on how diverse portfolio companies grow from a network of diverse investors.
Carla speaks with Natalia Oberti Noguera of Pipeline Angels and Melissa Hanna of Mahmee, a maternal health startup, on what brought them together, the unique challenges of social entrepreneurship and the approach Pipeline uses not only to find opportunities among a truly diverse set of founders, but to bring a more inclusive set investors to the table.
Carla speaks with Jesse Draper of Halogen Ventures and Esther Crawford of Squad, one of Halogen's portfolio companies, on what brought them together, the challenges and necessities of pivoting a business, and the power of values alignment.
