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== Arlan == === An unconventional path === [[File:A5a4c8476c479ea372d9e7465e5176229020771f.png]] Arlan Hamilton is a remarkable entrepreneur who built a venture capital fund from the ground up, while homeless. She 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. Started in 2015, Backstage has invested $12M+ into 160+ startups led by underestimated founders and has been featured in Fast Company, Forbes, Fortune, CNN Money, Inc., Entrepreneur, and Quartz. In October 2018, Arlan was [https://www.fastcompany.com/90227793/backstage-capitals-arlan-hamilton-brings-diversity-to-venture-capital featured on the cover of Fast Company magazine], making her the first Black woman who is not an entertainer or athlete to grace the cover. Her first book, [https://www.itsaboutdamntime.com/ It's About Damn Time], was published by Penguin Random house in May 2020. Arlan also hosts [https://anchor.fm/yfm Your First Million], a podcast featuring notable people who have reached their first million dollars, downloads, or customers. [[File:Itsabouttimebook.png]]Arlan entered the venture investing world from an unconventional path. Before launching Backstage Capital, she authored the groundbreaking blog "Your Daily Lesbian Moment", which she grew to a monthly readership of 50,000 fans worldwide. She has written for AOL, SuicideGirls, and Curve Magazine, and founded and published the internationally distributed indie magazine Interlude. Arlan is also a live music production professional, having served as a tour manager to numerous international artists including will.i.am, Toni Braxton, and Jason Derulo. Most recently, she worked with Atlantic Records recording artist Janine. In 2018, Arlan co-founded, along with Investment Partner Christie Pitts, Backstage Studio, a new venture studio designed to build products, services, and initiatives that serve the mission of eliminating underrepresentation in tech by empowering founders and their teams to succeed. In April 2018, Arlan and Backstage Studio were the subject of Season 7 of the popular Gimlet Media podcast, [https://gimletmedia.com/shows/startup/o2homb StartUp]. In October 2018, Backstage Studio announced four accelerator programs, in Los Angeles, Detroit, Philadelphia, and London, UK. In June 2020, Backstage announced its Crowd initiative, providing access to the best underrepresented deal flow to accredited and non-accredited investors. Arlan was recently named on Fortune magazine's 40 under 40 list, as well as Vanity Fair magazine's The 2018 New Establishment List.
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