Breaking Financial Barriers

She gave herself 6 months to turn her hobby into a business. 10 years later, she’s building a snack empire. This week on SUPERWOMEN, I hung out with Rachel Mansfield, content creator, cookbook author, investor, and co-founder of the clean kids snack brand cadootz!. After getting ...  Show more

Creativity isn’t just for designers. It’s a core business skill. This week on SUPERWOMEN, I sat down with Natalie Nixon, PhD, renowned creativity strategist, President of Figure 8 Thinking, and author of The Creativity Leap. We discuss why creativity is at the heart of successful ...  Show more

Nasir Qadree is the Founder and Managing Partner of Zeal Capital Partners, a Washington, DC-based inclusive investment vehicle focused on partnering with exceptional management teams with diverse backgrounds and skillsets narrowing America’s Wealth and Skills gap. He entered t ...

On today’s show we are talking about deal structure. Some of the financing vehicles that are increasingly common in real estate had their roots on Wall Street. Others had their roots in the tech environment of Silicon Valley. 

When investors want to participate in a sta ...

Sometimes, in order to secure the capital you need to start your business, you have to look beyond typical crowdfunding and kickstarter campaigns. Robin Axon, Managing Partner at Mantella Venture Partners and an early stage investor in QuickPlay Media, Ritual, and Shoppe AI, s ...

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. For this week’s deep dive, the Equity team brought on Gumroad CEO Sahil Lavingia and Hustle Fund General Partner Elizabeth Yin to talk about equity cr ...  Show more