Ways to give back
For #GivingTuesday, we’re highlighting five nonprofits that support Supermakers like you with education, networking, and training programs committed to supporting women; LGBTQ+; and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color entrepreneurs and startup businesses.
Closing the wage gap
To match what the average white cis-male makes, Latina workers have to put in nearly eleven extra months of labor. On Latina Equal Pay Day, we're advocating for 5 Latina-led businesses you can support this holiday season.
Key insights for emerging and aspiring VCs
Senior Associate Gabby Cazeau on putting her engineering background to use at Harlem Capital, a diversity-oriented fund whose team is comprised of over 90% people of color.
Facing duality as a community
The Queer Design Club is cultivating ownership of design narratives within gentrified corporate structures.
Social capital for emerging entrepreneurs
PitchBlack, Backstage Capital, Peaches Monroe, and the community activity supporting growth and equitable funding for Black-owned startups.
Mutual Rewards for Employee and Employer
Being transparent with colleagues around earnings and wages is an important and necessary step individuals can take to help to decrease the wage gap.
Outfitting a Rapidly Growing Female Sport Industry
“It unleashed a whole slew of emotions along the emotional spectrum that I never knew I could feel all at once. I felt like a new sense of womanhood was unleashed, like a fuller sense of self.”
Applying Corporate Strategy to an Indie Personal Care Brand
"You have so much power; what they’re going to have to pay for and do the most in order to try and replicate, you already have the insider information."
Fundraising Essentials from the Founder of Black Girl Ventures
Addressing a lack of access to wealth or financial resources, an inability to tap into influential networks, and difficulty hiring.
Resilience in the face of adversity
Most of today’s popular examples of success suggest that achievement is a linear path from scarcity to abundance. What if we embrace the struggle?
Equity for POC founders
"I can’t help but wonder who is shaping the future of this burgeoning industry—especially as the war on drugs still targets so many people who share my lived experience as a queer, Black woman."
"You have to absolutely be one hundred percent obsessed"
The Fluide co-founder opens up about what it's like to leave the startup world to build an LGBTQ-centered cosmetic company.