WORKWEEK

Less than 10% of all venture capital deals go to Women, Black, LatinX, and LGBTQ+ founders. To address systemic barriers, Square recently announced it has partnered with Social Change Fund United and entrepreneurs Dwyane Wade, Rosario Dawson, and Ayesha Curry to launch Forward, an accelerator program offering funding, mentorship, and coaching for Black and Latino…

On Tuesday, I wrote a holistic analysis of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse (ICYMI, read that story here).  The critical takeaway: The industry needs diverse perspectives to solve a problem effectively and tackle it from all angles.  What seems like a simple solution is frequently twisted by doom-and-gloom narratives that aren’t based on anything factual but…

The Federal Reserve’s Sunday announcement that all depositors will have access to their funds following the chaos caused by Silicon Valley Bank was met with collective relief. Great, everyone’s getting their money back, but what has the SVB fallout cost us? Much of the conversation around SVB concerns the problems with taking shortcuts among business…

The United Nations issued a stark warning on Monday, revealing that gender equity is still 300 years away. To bridge this wide gap, the UN has called for greater gender inclusion in innovation and technology.  This is of particular importance, especially when it comes to financial equity. As Sallie Krawcheck, the Founder and CEO of…

Embedded finance allows female entrepreneurs without backgrounds in Wall Street or Silicon Valley to break into fintech, creating a new wave of founders who may have previously felt excluded from finance and technology.  Fintech has the potential to provide access to financial services to a broader range of people than ever before, yet sadly, the…