11/16/2023 0 Comments Arlan hamilton![]() ![]() I personally identify as all three.' Arlan Hamilton, Managing Partner. 'We invest in the very best founders who identify as women, People of Color, or LGBTQ. You can learn more about Backstage Capital (including the 2020 tour) HERE and follow Arlan on Instagram. Backstage Capital has invested in 200 companies led by underrepresented founders. Backstage Capital founder Arlan Hamilton sits down with Cameron to discuss investing in the underestimated, creating your own lane, and her new podcast. Why money, like alcohol, only makes you more of what you already are. Why, when it comes to inequality of society, it is time to stop live the “drunken lie.” Started from scratch in 2015, Backstage has now raised more than 12 million and invested in more than 150. Learning to understand her value and getting “financial sobriety.” Arlan Hamilton is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a venture capital firm dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. ![]() A disastrous attempt to replace booze with marijuana to manage anxiety. Alcohol as a way to de-sensitize herself to over-stimulation. Its About Damn Time is 'an empowering guide to finding your voice, working your way into any room you want to be in, and achieving your own. Hamilton took a winding route to her first 500 investment check. How she justified and normalized excessive drinking. Its About Damn Time: How to Turn Being Underestimated into Your Greatest Advantage is a 2020 American book written by Arlan Hamilton with Rachel L. Arlan Hamilton is the founder of Backstage Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in underrepresented entrepreneurs. Being a high-functioning habitual drinker. Her drinking history took many turns before she found the book that changed EVERYTHING (clue: it’s not Sober Curious!)-while realizing her own worth has been integral to her staying sober. Arlan Hamilton is the founder and managing partner of Backstage Capital, a venture capital firm dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by. This week’s guest is Arlan Hamilton, an entrepreneur and founder of Backstage Capital – a venture capital fund that invests exclusively in high-potential, and what Arlan calls “underestimated” founders, meaning people of color, women, and/or who identify as LGBTQ.Īrlan shares her back story as a high-functioning alcoholic, including how she even managed to secure the first investor for her fund while sleeping rough on the floor of San Francisco airport and drinking every day. ![]() Find the episode and subscribe on Spotify, Stitcher, and iTunes or listen up below. ![]()
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