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Jessica Norwood (RUNWAY) and Rodney Sampson (OHUB) - Entrepreneurship and Racial Justice
Season 16 · Episode 6

Jessica Norwood (RUNWAY) and Rodney Sampson (OHUB) - Entrepreneurship and Racial Justice

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL) · STVP

November 4, 202049m 16s

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Show Notes

Jessica Norwood is the founder of RUNWAY, an organization that uses entrepreneurship to close the wealth gap in Black communities by providing pre-seed and friends-and-family capital to fund Black-owned companies. Rodney Sampson is the CEO and executive chairman of Opportunity Hub (OHUB), a multi-campus entrepreneurship center and tech hub that empowers underestimated and under-tapped communities. In this conversation moderated by Stanford associate professor Chuck Eesley, Norwood and Sampson discuss how we can address racial disparities in startup funding, and build a more equitable and inclusive entrepreneurial community.

Topics

ETLJessica NorwoodpandemicinvestmentcreativityOpportunity Hubfinancesolutionsproblem-solvingsystemic racismRUNWAYRodney SampsonlendingBlack entrepreneurfailureOHUBtechnologyfounderinnovationstartupCOVID-19povertyblack-owned businessescapitalwealth gapAtlantariskincome inequalitydiscriminationhigh-growthtech hubfinancial inequityventure capitalfunding