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Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Innovation in Compliance: LeadHERship with Linda Fisk

Innovation comes in many areas and compliance professionals need to not only be ready for it but embrace it. Join Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance as he visits with top innovative minds, thinkers and creators in the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership: Empowering Female Entrepreneurs - A Conversation with Linda Fisk

12 O’Clock High, an award-winning podcast on business leadership, brings together stories from history, the arts, sports and movies, research, and current events to consider leadership lessons. Tom takes a solo turn to visit...more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

Recommendations for DEI Programs in the Wake of Recent Federal Court Decision Findings on Diversity Initiatives

On June 3rd, 2024, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision, American Alliance for Equal Rights v. Fearless Fund Management Fund, LLC, et al, that impacts considerations for how diversity, equity and inclusion...more

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11th Circuit Finds Race and Gender-Based Grant Program Likely Unlawful

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On June 3, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting a venture capital fund from awarding grants based on race and gender. In reversal of the district court, the...more

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Court Blocks VC Firm from Issuing Grants to Black Women-Owned Businesses

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Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (the Court) held in Am. All. for Equal Rts. v. Fearless Fund Mgmt., LLC (Fearless Fund) that the Fearless Strivers Grant Contest (the Contest), a startup...more

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Eleventh Circuit Decision Generates Further Concern in Diversity Initiatives

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On Monday, June 3, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that a contest providing venture-capital funding to only Black women was substantially likely to violate section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of...more

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Eleventh Circuit Temporarily Blocks Fearless Fund Grant Program For Black Women-Owned Businesses

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On June 3, 2024, the Eleventh Circuit authorized a preliminary injunction in American Alliance for Equal Rights v. Fearless Fund Management, LLC et al., ruling that a grant contest that awards funding and mentorship...more

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DEI Under Scrutiny, Part X: Eleventh Circuit Blocks Venture Capital Fund’s Grant Contest for Black Women-Owned Businesses

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit blocked a contest by a venture capital fund that provided grants and other benefits to black women-owned businesses, finding the contest is likely to unlawfully discriminate...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Silicon Alley: 15 Must-Know Facts about NY's Tech Community

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As we countdown to NY Tech Week in just 15 days, here are 15 facts about the city's dynamic tech ecosystem....more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Crowdfunding Report Shows Increasing Reliance on Regulation CF Deals & Disparities in Participation by Women & Minorities

Introduced under Title III of the JOBS Act, Regulation Crowdfunding (“Regulation CF”) was promulgated to allow startups and emerging companies to raise capital from a wider pool of investors through equity crowdfunding...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Project W: Q&A with the Founders of WMarketplace

Kate Isler and Susan Gates met through a short-lived startup experience and discovered their shared passion for empowering women. They always knew they would build something together and that opportunity came during the...more

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California Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Bill Requiring Venture Capitalists to Report on the Diversity of the Businesses They Invest...

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California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has signed a bill that mandates venture capitalists to report the diversity of the founding members of businesses they invest in, making the first state to require venture capital firms to...more

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NJEDA Establishes Diversity Finance Advisory Board

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On September 21st, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) announced its plans to increase the capital available to minority-owned and women-owned startup companies through the formation of its Diversity Finance...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Project W: Cage the Rage – Going from Anger to Action

To choose to become a startup founder, they say you have to be a little bit crazy. As a former founder myself and an advocate for entrepreneurs, I like to think it's a good kind of crazy. To go out on a limb and start a...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Project W: Q&A with Jennifer Steiner

Jennifer Steiner has spent her entire career in the healthcare services sector: at Fortune 100 companies, private equity backed companies, and now at her own private equity backed startup. Jennifer shares her experience...more

Gould + Ratner LLP

Ten Talks - Focus on Women Entrepreneurs - "Extra" Conversation with Dr. Ashlie Burkart

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In this longer EXTRA interview, Gould & Ratner's Ammara Khan talks with Dr. Ashlie Burkart, Chief Scientific Officer at Germin8 Ventures, about her experience in medicine and what motivated her to move into venture capital,...more

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In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - October 2021 #5

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Some interesting links we found across the web this week: VCs Must Do a Better Job of Supporting Black Women Founders - Black women only receive 0.27% of all venture dollars in the US and 0.24% in the UK, and even...more

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In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - February 2021 #4

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Some interesting links we found across the web this week: Yes, 2021 Is Shaping Up as a Wild Year for Supergiant Rounds. We Break Down Where the Money Is Going - Just when we thought things might slow down in the...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Female Owned Fashion Businesses: From Your Garage To A Thriving Business, How To Start Building Your Dream

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Hashtags for women entrepreneurs and female owned business are becoming more prominent. Tag lines such as “Mom-preneur” #girlpreneur #womenceo, #girlboss #solopreneur #entreprenuerher abound in social media posts in the...more

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In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - October 2020 #3

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Some interesting links we found across the web this week: How Startups Can Build Resilience into their Business Models - Operating in a global pandemic has forced all business, large and small, to reconsider whether...more

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In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - October 2020 #2

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Some interesting links we found across the web this week: From The Editor’s Desk: To Grow a More Diverse Startup Ecosystem, Start At The Seed Stage - Crunchbase’s first Diversity Spotlight Report underscores the extent...more

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In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - November 2019 #3

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Some interesting links we found across the web this week: How to Bounce Back From Startup Failure - Startup failure is taxing on founders. This AlleyWatch article discusses how to harness the anxiety that results from...more

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In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - October 2019 #2

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Some interesting links we found across the web this week: The Few Startups with Female Founders Raise More Venture Cash - After angel investments and seed round funding, studies from the Kauffman Fellows Research Center...more

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Highlights From the Currently Stalled Small Business Administration Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2019

Last month, Senator Marco Rubio, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, released the Chairman’s mark to the Small Business Administration (SBA) Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2019...more

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In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - May 2019 #2

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Some interesting links we found across the web this week: The Anti-Silicon Valley Formula: How Companies Succeed Despite Not Following the Silicon Valley Playbook - We hear a lot about the traditional Silicon Valley...more

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