![]() ![]() ![]() Trends: Right now you can get your first two weeks for just $1! Go to /GOODLIFE to start your $1 two-week trial.You can find Arlan Hamilton at: Website | Instagram Hamilton, then 34, hadn’t attended college and had been working in the music industry. Her book, It’s About Damn Time, takes you behind the scenes of the many moments along her journey. Arlan Hamilton was homeless and sleeping on the floor of the San Francisco Airport in 2015, when an investor wrote the first check that set her on the way to becoming a venture capitalist. Arlan was featured on the cover of Fast Company magazine in October 2018 as the first Black woman non-celebrity to do so. In 2018 Arlan co-founded Backstage Studio which launched four accelerator programs for underestimated founders in Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and London. Started from scratch in 2015, Backstage has now raised more than $10 million and invested in more than 130 startup companies led by underestimated founders. This is the second episode in a six-part series on Arlan Hamilton and her company, Backstage Capital. Plus, meet one venture capitalist who really gets Arlan’s goat. Once broke, homeless and sleeping on the floor of San Francisco’s airport, Hamilton became the first, black queer. We also find out how Arlan first got into venture capitalafter months of sleeping on the floor at San Francisco International Airport. ![]() In May 2020, Hamilton released her first book from Penguin Random House entitled It's About Damn Time: How to Turn Being Underestimated into Your Greatest Advantage, which is based on her personal journey into entrepreneurship and venture capital. Venture capitalist Arlan Hamilton knows a thing or two about defying the odds. With a focus on funding diverse founders, Arlan Hamilton has become one of the highest-profile investors in Silicon Valley. Hamilton is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a venture capital fund dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are People of Color, women, and/or LGBT. Arlan Hamilton is an investor and the founder and managing partner of Backstage Capital. Along the way, she also published a magazine and wrote the popular Your Daily Lesbian Moment blog, that drew a large, devoted community, before pivoting into the world of venture capital where, with no connections, degree or experience, she built a fund from the ground up, while homeless. Arlan Hamilton is the founder and managing partner of Backstage Capital, a venture capital firm dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by. As a kid, Arlan Hamilton loved music and eventually found her way into the world of live concerts, working as a tour manager. ![]()
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