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 Kesha Cash of the Impact America Fund and Diishan Imira, founder of Mayvenn, on what brought them together, the hurdles they faced and their relationships with the communities that sustain them.
Welcome back for Season 6 of Access & Opportunity!
In the wake of continued violence against black lives, we are revisiting conversations with black entrepreneurs and investors whose stories advance our understanding of how these injustices are lived and overcome.
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.
Carla Harris checks in with Freada Kapor Klein, Founding Partner at Kapor Capital, on how she continues to seek impact in the time of COVID-19.
Carla Harris checks in with Jewel Burks Solomon, head of Google for Startups in the U.S. in this time of COVID-19.
Carla Harris checks in with James Rhee, investor and CEO of clothing retailer Ashley Stewart, on how he’s managing in the time of Covid-19.
Henrique Dubugras, the founder of Pagar.me and Brex speaks with Carla Harris about his entrepreneurial journey.
Jewel Burks Solomon, founder of Partpic, on the challenges of selling her company to Amazon and what others can learn from her experience.
Bob Johnson, founder of BET, on the company’s sale to Viacom for almost $4B and the key skills of entrepreneurship.
Juanita Lott, founder of Bridgestream Inc., talks with Carla Harris about the company’s sale to Oracle and her unconventional path to tech entrepreneurship.
Dug Song of Duo Security talks with Carla Harris about the company’s sale to Cisco and his evolution as an entrepreneur.
Lisa Price, founder of the beauty brand Carol's Daughter, talks with Carla Harris about her journey from running a home business to selling her company to the world's largest beauty brand, and the controversial reactions that move provoked.
In the upcoming season of Access & Opportunity we’ll be speaking with entrepreneurs who successfully scaled and sold their companies.
Freada Kapor Klein, a founder of Kapor Capital, talks with Carla Harris about her firm’s successes in closing the gap that exists in today's venture funding landscape and in creating opportunities for underserved communities.
