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Black to Business125: The Current State & Future For Black Investors w/ Mandy BynumName: Mandy Bynum Mc Laughlin Business Name: BLCK VC Current Title: CEO Location: San Francisco, CA Educational Background: Bucknell University About Mandy: Mandy Bynum Mc Laughlin Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BLCK VC since February 2022. Prior to becoming the CEO, she took part of BLCK VC’s apprenticeship and was a Black Venture Institute Fellow. She has an expert approach to fostering racial equity and inclusion, a background in enterprise sales leadership and experience serving as angel investor and limited partner for several women- and Blac...2022-12-0851 min
Break The Chains, Find Your FlameEpisode 65: Camp Equity - Alex La Torre & Mandy Bynum McLaughlinWebsite: https://campequity.com/Instagram: @campequityMe And My White SupremacyDr. Ibram X KendiN. K. Jemisin Fantasy WriterMandy Bynum Mc Laughlin (she/her):Mandy is an entrepreneur, investor, and founder of The Race Equ(al)ity Project, a mission-driven innovation studio that builds solutions to drive approachable, transparent, and actionable accountability for equity, inclusion, and social responsibility.Mandy is a well-known thought leader and influencer within the Silicon Valley tech/startup ecosystem and partners with high-scale growth companies to design strategies for e...2022-02-2852 min
Equality MattersYour most valuable asset...Being yourself, a minority in the workplaceThis episode was so special to me because I got to speak to Blaire G Harvey and Karen Foster, two incredible women that inspire me and are a continuous reminder that being yourself is your most valuable asset!
Blaire and Karen are the founders of The Visionary Squad, a design studio that specialises in creating networking experiences that cultivate meaningful relationships, powerful connections and transformative conversations. In this episode, we talk about their show called "2020 Ain't Cancelled" which brought together a global community of boss women from different industries to learn from each other every week. I...2021-10-281h 04Equality MattersSelling Out: Activist to Academic to Corporate Consultant with Lily ZhengIn this episode, we hear from my friend and industry colleague Lily Zheng.
Lily is an adviser, thought leader, and equity consultant, She’s been featured in Forbes, CNBC, Entrepreneur & Fairy Godboss. Lily the author of The Ethical Sellout
She shares her journey, experiences, and feelings about writing her two books, about her career as an Activist turned Academic to independent consultant and entrepreneur.
Lily is honestly one of the most well rounded DEI practitioners I have met. If you are looking to hire a DEI consultant for your company or thinking about mak...2021-10-2856 minEquality MattersDiversifying corporate supply chains to break down systemic inequityIt was bitter-sweet recording this episode because it's my last conversation for season one of the Equ(al)ity Matters Podcast.
I had the pleasure of speaking with Jason Roberts, Founder and CEO of Kaleida, the UK's first online, interactive and fully inclusive B2B marketplace for Tenders (RFPs).
Jason brings a dynamic perspective that addresses multiple levels that racism operates on. He illustrates how society's perception of black people will often dictate the opportunities and interactions they face and also shows how corporations have the power to break down generations of systemic inequity simply...2021-06-161h 10Equality MattersNormalizing failure: creating space for minorities to make mistakes, fail and still succeed.DEIB isn’t a side project, initiative or program. Inequity affects us all whether we choose to ignore it. We ultimately have a lot more growth potential to tackle Inequality if we are mindful of our own individual ability to change and make change.
In this episode, we speak to KC Jorgensen, the CEO of Textio about the part they are playing in this movement. Textio is a tool that gives talent teams, instant access to the most extensive and up to date performance data in the industry, in real-time as they write.
Language is so...2021-05-191h 05Equality MattersWho's the boss? Being brown and female in leadershipIn this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Zaina Orbai, Chief People Officer at The Real Real.
The RealReal is the leader in authenticated luxury consignment sales and we talk about how they are disrupting the luxury retail industry, a space that is the epitome of exclusion by making luxury retail items more accessible.
Zaina is someone that I have known and admired for a very long time. She is a fellow brown female leader and someone I can always trust in a sea of white male leaders. We talk about how her r...2021-04-3058 minEquality MattersWhat they don't teach you at school...Social Justice!This episode features a super entertaining talk with Donnie Belcher and Lauren Burke, Founders of Camp Equity.
We talk about the sacrifices it takes to start doing the work that you are passionate about, the dynamic role cis white women can play in anti-racism work and the much-needed work that one camp is doing to embed Social Justice into children's lives as young as age 9.
Camp Equity is a virtual online program that educates 3rd through 12th graders about social justice issues at all levels. The program covers everything from disability rights, immigration rights to...2021-04-141h 11Equality MattersWhat justice looks like in 2021 and the aftermath of the Derek Chauvin trialThis last week's observation of the Derek Chauvin Trial in the Murder of George Floyd has thrown me for a loop. All the mental and emotional turmoil I was experiencing just after Goerge Floyd's murder has resurfaced and frankly I just don't have time for all that.
I'm so thankful that I've been able to rely on my community for support, validation and sanity through all this and my conversation with Kim Crowder this week was much needed. As a fellow DEI practitioner, it was great to air out my feelings and thoughts with someone who was...2021-04-081h 01Equality MattersTo all the Karens of the world...How you can help to dismantle inequity through allyship.I had the pleasure to sit down with Sydney Coleman to talk about whiteness, allyship, and her responsibility to other white people as a driver to dismantle white supremacist structures.
Sydney is a part of Product Inclusion as Google, find out more about their work here.
Find Sydney Twitter @sydneycolemanSF and Linkedin.
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Equality MattersBeing mixed is my super powerGesche Haas is the founder and CEO of Dreamers and Doers, a private collective created to amplify the entrepreneurial pursuits of extraordinary women through thought leadership, opportunities, authentic connection, and access.
Gesche talks about accidentally starting Dreamers and Doers while embarking on her own entrepreneurial journey after an eventful career in finance. What is unique about Gesche is her bi-racial background, and her experience of living in many different cultures, and the different levels appreciation or lack there of for her identity.
So many of us can relate to living in this in...2021-03-251h 01Equality MattersStand in your shoes, girl.In this episode, I speak with Jessica Childress who was the very last new friend I made in person before everything got shut down in 2020. She is the managing attorney of the Childress Firm, a labor employment attorney, and author of the Juris P. Prudence book series.
We recorded this podcast on the afternoon of the inauguration at the end of a week of fear and angst, and I personally needed some hope. Jessica lives in DC and was right up in it. So hearing from her how the energy had changed after the inauguration gave me s...2021-03-1658 minEquality MattersWhen starting or doing Diversity work for your Organisation, Education is KeyIn this episode, I speak to William Huston who is the founder and Director of Institutional Services for Bay Street Capital.
William and I met over Linkedin in 2020. Since then, we’ve been sharing learnings and collaborating on ideas to increase awareness around financial literacy within corporations, HR, and access to information for employees to make informed decisions around the financial benefits offered to them.
William's journey to Bay Street Capital is not traditional, which to me, is his clear competitive advantage both as a leader and investment advisor.
William is a literal geys...2021-03-1047 minEquality MattersBreaking into tech: The struggles of landing that technical role as a minorityIn this episode, I am joined by Joshua Encarnacion, Executive Coach, Talent & Growth Specialist, Former CEO of Outco, and current Head of Talent at Career Karma.
Josh has spent his career building Technical Learning and Development Programs for the likes of Uber and Google and as such, has gained a unique insight into what it really means to “break into tech”.
We go deep into the nuances of equity within the tech industry and how the tech scene continues to seem impenetrable if you’re on the outside. We get vulnerable and talk about how we’ve h...2021-03-0854 minEquality MattersShe's an Andre 3000 in a world full of HR mumble rap.In this episode, I speak with Jabu Dayton, Principle & Founder of Jabu HR. She advises and consults with companies to help their teams be heard, developed & well taken care of.
Her career story alone is inspiring. Formerly HR Lead at Airbnb, Task Rabbit, Ship & Abstract, her experience is rich in regards to retaining team culture during rapid scaling as well as building inclusion into company culture as early practice.
We talk about the choices she’s made when standing up for people who have been discriminated against and how she was ultimately fired for doing wh...2021-02-181h 01Equality MattersDoing the work to unlearn biases and behaviours as a male DEI leaderIn this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Hanif Fazal, Co-Founder of the Center for Equity and Inclusion.
Hanif is someone I consider a friend, role model, mentor, and teacher. 90% of the facilitation content I use was influenced by and taught to me by Hanif and his co-founder, Frewine Kiros. Hanif has an amazing life story, and it’s clear that the work he does is a true calling. The way that he and his co-founder of the Center for Equity and Inclusion, Frewine, pour their entire being into their facilitations and partnerships with different org...2021-01-2858 minEquality MattersWelcome to the Equ(al)ity Matters Podcast!Welcome to the Equ(al)ity Matters Podcast where we interview everyday professionals who are doing their part to make the workplace more equitable.
2020 has shone a bright light of racial equity. The murder of George Floyd finally ended silence on the topic causing leaders and policymakers to come out and say that they care about black lives. But what does this really mean? And are they doing the work that is needed to achieve true equity?
In this podcast, we talk about the really impactful actions that are bearing results from seemingly small choices m...2021-01-0706 min
Equality MattersPuffy vests and white male leadership in techFor our inaugural recording of Equ(al)ity Matters, I speak with my dear friend and mentor Ryan O'Nell, VP of Commercial Sales at Gitlab.
Ryan shares some memorable moments in his career where it has been not only vital but also challenging to champion race equity. We also talk about how important it is to hold space for conversations about race equity.
Ryan's daily effort, willingness to admit and move through mistakes, and overall thoughtfulness around his role in Equity and Inclusion as a tall white, company-branded-puffy-vest wearing, SaaS tech leader in Silicon Valley, is...2020-11-1044 min