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This episode is the first in a special 3-part podcast mini-series about maternity technology, fresh on the heels of Mother’s Day. ???? In Part 1, Greer Engonga from the Backstage Crew is ed by Headliner Tammy Sun, the Co-founder + CEO of Carrot, a startup that partners with companies to expand fertility coverage for the millions of employees who need it regardless of age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or marital status. Full show notes: http://backstagecapital.com/podcast/maternity-tech-carrot/ Credits: Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton Series Host: Greer Engonga Editor + Producer: Bryan Landers Theme by: Janine Additional Music by: Birocratic

Arlan and Backstage are the subject of Season 7 of Gimlet Media’s podcast StartUp. Fair warning: there will be spoilers for the episode discussed, so go listen to the episode before listening to the reaction! We’ll be recording our reactions to each StartUp episode as they’re released so you can get our take on what really happened and how we felt about it. In this reaction to StartUp Season 7 Episode 3, Arlan debunks rumors of exhorbitant spending habits, shares the only people she’ll answer to when it comes to money, debates whether it’s riskier to go big and fail or stay small and fail, and much much more. Also, Christie debuts her latest catch phrase, “totes magoats!” OMG. Enjoy! Full show notes: http://backstagecapital.com/podcast/startup-reaction-3/ Credits: Co-host + Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton Co-host: Christie Pitts Co-host + Producer/Editor: Bryan Landers Theme by: Janine Additional Music by: Torrie Vogt, Big Al Beatz

Arlan and Backstage are the subject of Season 7 of Gimlet Media's podcast StartUp. Fair warning: there will be spoilers for the episode discussed, so go listen to the episode before listening to the reaction! We'll be recording our reactions to each StartUp episode as they're released so you can get our take on what really happened and how we felt about it. In this reaction to StartUp Season 7 Episode 2, we go deep-er into VCs squandering privilege, the myth of meritocracy, the psychological toll of being underestimated, and so much more. We also keep it silly, going as far as to suggest Gimlet Producer Amy Standen creates a reaction to our reaction episodes. ???? Full show notes: http://backstagecapital.com/podcast/startup-reaction-2/ Credits: Co-host + Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton Co-host: Christie Pitts Co-host + Producer/Editor: Bryan Landers Theme by: Janine Additional Music by: Big Al Beatz

Arlan and Backstage are the subject of Season 7 of Gimlet Media's podcast StartUp. Fair warning: there will be spoilers for the episode discussed, so go listen to the episode before listening to the reaction! We'll be recording our reactions to each StartUp episode as they're released so you can get our take on what really happened and how we felt about it. Full show notes: http://backstagecapital.com/podcast/startup-reaction-1/

Hear the story behind the exciting new music technology startup Sunhouse. Siblings Tlacael, Tenoch, and Tonantzin Esparza are the 3 LA-based, Latinx co-founders of Sunhouse. We dive into everything from the Aztec origins of their names, to the influence of thier creative, activist, entrepreneurial parents, to running a successful Kickstarter and later raising money from Backstage Capital, to their ambitious vision to influence culture by creating musical tools to bridge the gap between instrumentalists and electronic music. Recorded at SXSW 2018 in Austin, Texas. Full show notes: http://backstagecapital.com/podcast/sunhouse/ Credits: Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton Host + Producer/Editor: Bryan Landers Show Notes Research: Amiah Sheppard Theme by: Janine Additional Music by: Lakey Inspired

Arlan shares her thoughts and feelings as we approach the April 27 release of Season 7 of StartUp, a Gimlet Media podcast featuring the story of Backstage. Full show notes: http://backstagecapital.com/podcast/arlanwashere-gimlet-self-care/ Credits: Host + Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton Producer + Editor: Bryan Landers Music by: Janine

Listen in to hear Co-founders Stephanie Cummings + Seany Denson of Please Assist Me, a Nashville-based startup offering apartment residents the most delightful personal assistant service, share their entrepreneurial journey. Hear about their early influences, building a system, taking inspiration from non-profit experience, and finding traction and a path to scalable growth. Learn more about the Nashville startup scene and how founders need to be able to learn and adapt to deliver excellence and joy to your customers. Full show notes: http://backstagecapital.com/podcast/please-assist-me/ Credits: Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton Host + Producer: Bryan Landers Theme by: Janine Additional Music by: DeKobe

Arlan interviews an amazing founder who took her enterprise SaaS business from bootstrapped to a $1.15B IPO, and personal financial freedom. Therese Tucker is the remarkable CEO of BlackLine, an 800-person company that offers a continuous ing platform to customers around the world including Coca-Cola, Phillips, and eBay. She's also the mother of 2 and sports some wicked pink hair. A former top-level CTO, she risked everything to keep her company alive, and lived to tell the tale you'll hear in this episode. Full show notes: http://backstagecapital.com/podcast/therese-tucker/ Credits: Host + Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton Producer + Editor: Bryan Landers Theme by: Janine Additional Music by: Ryan Little

Hear the story behind Backstage Capital Headliner Novoron Bioscience, a San Diego-based biotech company developing novel therapeutic approaches to address disorders of the central nervous system. Bryan and Chacho speak with Novoron's Founder + CEO, Travis Stiles, about his exciting path, from being inspired to take up research after watching medicine fail a friend with an incurable disease, to the early (and lucky!) discovery of a novel approach to nerve regeneration, and finally to learning to become an entrepreneur out of necessity in order to keep his project alive. Full show notes: http://backstagecapital.com/podcast/novoron/ Credits: Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton Co-host + Producer: Bryan Landers Co-host: Chacho Valadez Theme by: Janine Additional Music by: Ryan Little

Here's a conversation Arlan recorded at SXSW with Jamarlin Martin, the founder and CEO of Nubai Ventures, which invests in leading entrepreneurs of color, and the founder of Moguldom Media Group, a portfolio of digital brands he grew from $6 dollars to $60 million dollars in revenue. In 2017, he sold 3 brands to Nasdaq-listed Urban One. Full show notes: http://backstagecapital.com/podcast/soundcheck-jamarlin/ Credits: Host + Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton Producer: Bryan Landers Theme by: Janine Additional Music by: DeKobe

Arlan shares her latest thoughts after visiting the US and UK on a recent mini-tour sharing the mission and work of Backstage. Also, listen in to hear our plans for SXSW 2018 and where you can find us. Stay tuned for our live SXSW podcast episode coming soon. Full show notes: http://backstagecapital.com/podcast/touring-vc/ Credits: Host + Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton Co-Host + Producer: Bryan Landers Credits Read by: Amiah Sheppard Theme by: Janine Additional Music by: BigAlBeatz, Kovacs

In January, 2018, Arlan made an appearance at the ‘Live Your Legacy’ event hosted by VaynerMedia at Hero City at Draper University in San Mateo, CA. Arlan and VC Monique Woodard spoke with Sequoia Blodgett (blah-git) for the event. After her talk, Arlan and some Backstage Crew met Gary Vaynerchuk and some of his crew. Listen in as GaryVee shares advice about staying true to yourself as you learn to manage growing attention as an influencer, and Arlan asks how GaryVee thinks about privilege and amplifying messages to his audience. Full show notes: http://backstagecapital.com/podcast/bvctv-garyvee/ Credits: Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton Producer: Bryan Landers Recorded by: Dianne Cherrez Theme by: Janine Additional Music by: DeKobe

What happens behind the scenes in the merger of two fast-growing startups? Margot Schmorak, the Co-founder + CEO of Hostfully, shares the story about ing forces with another early-stage startup to give vacation rental companies a better way to manage and scale their business. Learn how Margot successfully managed the merging company cultures, CRMs, customer efforts, and investors. Full show notes: http://backstagecapital.com/podcast/hostfully-merger/ Credits: Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton Host + Producer: Bryan Landers Theme by: Janine Additional Music by: Birocratic

Arlan answers your questions! Listen up as Arlan shares her thinking on raising funding outside of Silicon Valley, ideas for angel investors in smaller startup hubs, and how timing and focus are the main reasons for Backstage Capital's current geographic investment constraints. Get in touch if you'd like to invite Arlan and Backstage to an event in your country or local region to explore working together in the future. Full show notes: http://backstagecapital.com/podcast/qa-portland-africa/ Credits: Host + Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton Producer: Bryan Landers Theme by: Janine Additional Music by: vbnd

Arlan speaks with actor, comedian, and writer Orlando Jones at the Bay Area home of Heather Hiles, Deputy Director, Solutions for Postsecondary Success at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Backstage Capital LP. Listen in as they discuss adapting to the evolving world of technology as a storyteller, Orlando’s involvement in Emmy Award-winning VR experiences and building online communities, and the impact content and representation in the entertainment industry has on us all. Full show notes: http://backstagecapital.com/podcast/sound-check-orlando/ Credits: Host + Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton Producer: Bryan Landers Show Notes Research: Amiah Sheppard Theme by: Janine Additional Music by: Joakim Karud

Arlan unpacks a recent tweet about dedicating her efforts in 2019 to doing vs talking when it comes to Diversity & Inclusion.

Bryan chats with 5 Backstage Capital Headliners about their experience attending this year’s CES conference in Las Vegas. Dawn Dickson, Founder + CEO of PopCom Sabine Seymour, Founder + CEO of SUPA Lisa Fetterman, Founder + CEO of Nomiku Aneela Idnani Kumar, Co-founder + Designer at HabitAware Kelly D. Shapiro, Outside General Counsel for Thesis Couture Full show notes: http://backstagecapital.com/podcast/ces-2018-recap/ Credits: Host + Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton Producer + Editor: Bryan Landers Show Notes Research: Amiah Sheppard Music by: Janine Additional Music by: Biocratic

Arlan steals a fun moment with author, journalist, and TV host, Touré, after recording an interview for his podcast. Listen in on their conversation to hear about how Touré broke into journalism as an intern at Rolling Stone, his surreal experience playing basketball with Prince, and the culturally significant stories shared in the 5 books he’s written. There’s even a little bit about VC, too. Don’t miss this episode! Full show notes: http://backstagecapital.com/podcast/toure/ Credits: Host + Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton Producer: Bryan Landers Music by: Janine Additional Music by: LumenBeats

In this bonus episode, Arlan and the Backstage Capital Crew wish you a happy and prosperous new year in 2018. Wish we could say we got it one take, but the outtakes really are some of the best parts of life, aren't they? Thanks to every one of you who listens to our podcasts, watches our videos, champions our mission with us on Twitter, and knows that underrepresented startup founders are really underestimated founders. The future is diversity. Always bet on the future. We'll see you there. Happy New Year! ???? Full show notes: http://backstagecapital.com/podcast/bonus-new-year-2018/ Credits: Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton Editor + Producer: Bryan Landers Music by: The Attic Bat

This episode is the fourth in a special 4-part podcast mini-series about the transformative technology, blockchain, and how it can be used by innovative startups. In Part 4, Christie is ed by Allison Clift-Jennings, the Co-founder + CEO of Filament, an industrial IoT (Internet of Things) technology startup. Learn more about industrial IoT, asset tracking, bitcoin transactions (opcode receipts, crypto vs traditional currency transactions), and smart contracts. Listen in on this fascinating conversation as Allison shares the story of how Filament began using blockchain technology and how that strategy evolved. Explore a vision for the future that includes a marketplace of devices transacting with each other for use cases like carbon credit trading, and machine-to-machine payments with no human action required. Full show notes: http://backstagecapital.com/podcast/blockchain-for-startups-4/ Credits: Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton Series Host + Producer: Christie Pitts Editor + Producer: Bryan Landers Music by: Janine Additional Music by: Breakmaster Cylinder, Podington Bear