"I’m surrounded by Ivy League-educated asset allocators, on the one hand, and on the other, diverse fund managers investing in world-changing innovations.
Demand is not meeting supply."
From @bahiyahyas on @ImpactAlpha.
https://t.co/ABU2gHIJoK
A white, male top-tier fund manager just covered ~75% of my capital calls as an LP in a certain fund (I had put the first ~25% in myself), & I will still get any returns on it as if I put the full amount in. No matter the performance of the fund, this was such a classy move. 👊🏾
Since 2007-08 funding for @StatewideBen has dropped more than 50%, from $28M to $14.5M per year. Please restore funding in the #PABudget now & make #BenFranklin4PA a priority today. https://t.co/PzpfPp6MYj
The Philadelphia Global Identity Project is building an identity for Philadelphia to help attract and retain more businesses, talent, and investment—and we need your voice to make it happen. Fill out this survey ➡️ https://t.co/d1YNHhL8Wn
My dad died when I was 18, my mom scrubbed toilets + drove drove schoolbuses, I bartended to help her, and still won a Congressional primary at 28.
I’ll take my family over a fat bank account any day, and my experience makes me a better legislator.
I am the people I work for.
On the Club of Rome's 50th birthday, I celebrate the brilliance of Donella Meadows. She has been a huge inspiration to me and many, many others. I only wish I could have met her. Here's her timeless advice on paradigm change. #CoR50
"Do we measure our economic progress by the Dow Jones Industrial Average, or by the health of small businesses across the country?" - Victor Hwang #RightToCompete
It's time to reclaim "the commons"—the resources that we the people could be governing collectively but are too often privatized and commodified—as one of the "elements of the democratic economy. Start with this fact sheet: https://t.co/pSEdWFDXFN
BlackLivesMatter & MeToo & Occupy have generated more honest public discourse on how racism & sexism & capitalism impact every facet of American life. So when ppl say "we've never been more divided" I cant help but wonder if it's just that *their* myth of America has been upended
“We need to raise folks up,” says @PhillyMayor.
We’re thrilled to bring #NorthStar2018 to Philadelphia! The conference is filled with opportunities to elevate the Black and Latinx community in the tech industry.
"Immigrants are not a threat; they are America’s fountain of youth, talent, economic growth and global competitiveness." @ImpactAlpha https://t.co/dwWYmciEKM
Issue: Less than 1% of Black women founders are backed by VCs | Solution: @bgirlventures Pitch Competition. Join us on July 19th! and you can help fund Black women founders for less than the cost of one dinner! https://t.co/XZ0AXcfoUh #BGVPhilly