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In this episode, Arlan is joined by Carol Barash, the Founder and CEO of Story2, a platform that has taught more than 250,000 students how to write admission essays, start to finish, in their own voice. In this conversation, Carol talks about growing up Jewish, becoming polytheistic, how storytelling relates to religion, welcoming different ideas and thoughts, and more.
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Arlan Hamilton built a venture capital fund from the ground up, while homeless. She is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a fund that is dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT.
Started from scratch in 2015, Backstage has now raised more than $20 million and invested in 200 startup companies led by underestimated founders. In 2018 Arlan became the first non-celebrity Black woman to grace the cover of Fast Company magazine, following Serena, Beyoncé, and Oprah.