Skip to page content

Anti-Pattern

Anti-Pattern: Who Becomes an Innovator in America? 

In a previous post, we asked what the qualities of a successful entrepreneur typically are, whether those qualities can be learned, and whether environmental forces play a large role in entrepreneurial success. One piece of research that post discussed is an economics report titled “Who Becomes an Innovator in America?”, led by Harvard University professor […]

Read the post 

VC: Lack of Diversity in Founders

Race “In 2015, there were 12 black women who had raised more than $1 million in funding, according to Digitalundivided’s new ProjectDiane report. In 2017, there were 34.” “Latinx women are over 18% of the population of women in the US, but they lead less than 2% of women-led startups.” “We found that 79.2% of […]

Read the post 

VC: Lack of Diversity in GPs

Race “One study by HBS found Black investors made up less than 1% of the industry in 2016 (0.32%).  Other sources estimate the percent of Black investors has only increased by 1% in the past two years.“ “81 percent of VC firms don’t have a single black investor. Roughly 50 percent of black investors in […]

Read the post