Arlan Hamilton | It's About Damn Time

There is a feeling many people in midlife carry that does not have a name, a clear cause, or anyone to blame. It shows up when you have been the dependable one long enough that dependable starts to feel like a cage. Or when you have handled everything capably and walked away feel ...  Show more

Gotta love a good midlife reinvention story, and today we’ve got a great one!Sari Botton built her career editing some of the most celebrated voices in American literary nonfiction. Then, in her mid-50s, she watched doors close in her face, turned down for jobs she was overqualif ...  Show more

Help us think of a name:) Reach out on LinkedIn or Instagram — Bridgid Coulter Cheadle is a serial entrepreneur and philanthropist who developed Blackbird House. To schedule a tour, visit https://www.blackbird.house Arlan Hamilton is the founder and managing partner of Backstage ...  Show more

"Today we're sharing an episode from another TED podcast: ZigZag, hosted by Manoush Zomorodi. In 2018, Backstage Capital's Arlan Hamilton was on the cover of Fast Company magazine. The headline was irresistible: homeless, gay, Black woman becomes hot-shot Silicon Valley investor. ...  Show more

This week’s change maker Arlan Hamilton is a venture capitalist investor. She’s the founder and managing partner of Backstage Capital, which invests in underestimated founders, including women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ folx. She talks with Nicole about hating the “Homeless to ...  Show more

Alex Dunsdon is a Partner at Saatchi Invest and founder of Potential VC building a generation of impact VCs. Their mission is to find, foster and fund crazy, unusual, and innovative startups helping the world. Alex was also a seed cheque investor into Citymapper, Farewill and Ome ...  Show more