Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban explains to Elon Musk the business case for equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Your favourite Equity Shots
As we enter 2024, we want to share our three most-read Equity Shots from 2023.
Necessity vs. Opportunity
Understanding the barriers faced by necessity-entrepreneurs in the social finance ecosystem and the unique gaps they are addressing can help us level the playing field.
Midlife Collision
For every female director promoted, two female directors are leaving the workplace.
The New Power Movement
It's not enough to merely focus on moving forward; we must also stand our ground to limit the setbacks.
Policy & Fearless Fund
The right policy can help to unlock capital to underfunded leaders and communities.
There is no neutrality when it comes to equity
Actions that are not intentionally designed to enable more equitable systems actually exacerbate unequal access to capital and further enable harmful structures and behaviours.
Bias and mental health in the workplace
As pushback against equity work grows, the energy spent having to convince and defend lived experiences is taking a toll on mental health.
Sludge vs. Nudge
Seemingly small barriers can push our systems to fail those already marginalized. Better quality data helps unpack this context, but we need to be intentional about how we respond once we know more.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are not Decolonization
Ahead of the Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we reflect on the work needed to decolonize our systems.
The curb cut effect
The curb cut effect refers to the ways that adaptive designs end up rippling out to be useful beyond the communities they were designed to accommodate. We see this potential within the financial system.
Why behavioural interventions won’t singlehandedly solve inequality
Do individuals remain poor through bad choices?
How to Measure Power
Here, we continue to explore how power can impact capital flow decision-making.
If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu
What gets measured, gets managed. We pile up data for compliance and impact reports, and as systems get rolling, existing metrics become easier and cheaper to collect.
Can we shift dollars before the clock strikes twelve?
There are five years, three-hundred-and-thirty-seven days left to make the transition to renewable energy sources to keep within climate warming thresholds of 1.5 degrees celsius
The daughter effect
Waiting until a majority of senior VC partners have raised more daughters to address gender disparity in the VC world is one way forward, but is this the most efficient or effective strategy?