Summit Agenda
2025
Summit Day 1
Tuesday, March 25
3:00 pm
Log in and Welcome Remarks
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3:15 pm - 3:30 om ET
Rocky Road to Success
Speaker:
Hear the good, the bad, and the unexpected of one entrepreneur's journey to the present day. This personal account will help you understand the rocky road that women of color entrepreneurs often travel on their way to success.
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm ET
Insights from Women of Color Entrepreneurs
Speakers:
This panel will explore the unique challenges Women of Color face to launch, grow, and scale a business. We will discuss unconscious bias, relationship capital, fundraising, and being "seen" within the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
4:30 pm - 4:40 pm ET
Data Matters
Speaker:
Knowledge is power, and measurement matters. Using findings from Edelman'sTrust Barometer Special Report: Business and Racial Justice, Edelman will inform allies, investors, and policymakers about the report's findings and what it means for the workplace and the future of business.
4:40 pm - 5:30 pm ET
Be an Ally: Listen, Learn & Make a Difference
Speakers:
Explore the responsibility that allies bear for equity and inclusion. This moderated conversation will provide a safe space to explore the role that allies must play in taking action to change the status quo.
6:25 pm - 6:30 pm ET
Closing Remarks
Speakers:
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5:40 pm - 6:25 pm ET
Collision Time - Virtual Mixer
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Summit Day 3
Thursday, March 27
3:00 pm - 3:15 ET
Log in and Welcome Remarks
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3:15 pm - 3:25 pm ET
Data Matters
Speakers:
Knowledge is power...gain data-driven insights into the challenges and barriers related to capital access.
3:25 pm - 3:40 pm ET
IFEL Innovations
Speaker:
Jill and Stephanie discuss the organization's vision for accelerating entrepreneur funding.
3:40 pm - 4:30 pm ET
Taking Action
Speaker:
Capital scarcity continues to be a significant barrier for women of color entrepreneurs. Learn how these panelists are making a difference despite the systemic complexities of the capital access problem. #Bethechange.
4:40 pm - 4:55 pm ET
Interactive: Solution Crowdsourcing Session
We have shared insights into the layers of the problem and introduced great work that is being done by committed change agents. Now it's your turn to share solutions that can help unlock more capital for entrepreneurs to create a more inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem. Working together, we can make a difference. #BetheChange
4:55 pm - 5:55 pm ET
Changing Systems: A Focus on Solutions
Speakers:
We'll end the Summit with a discussion about innovative solutions that, if implemented at scale, would change the access to capital landscape as we know it.
5:55 pm - 6:00 pm ET
Closing Remarks
Speakers:
Thank you!
Summit Day 1
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Summit Day 2
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Summit Day 3
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Item Title
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Summit Day 2
Wednesday, March 26
3:00 pm - 3:15 ET
Log in and Welcome Remarks
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3:15 pm - 4:15 pm ET
Insights and Perspectives: Why Investor Inclusion Matters
Speakers: Barbara Clarke- The Impact Seat Foundation, Iyasokoya "Coach Iya" Karade - Athletic Arts Academy NJ LLC, Carnellia Ajasin - Futuryst Inc.
It can be tough going when you don't have friends and family capital. These entrepreneurs' stories will reveal the predatory nature of capital that targets capital-poor communities, and we'll discuss why investor inclusion is essential to expanding more equitable capital options.
The panel will begin with a short presentation by Melanie Schwartz, Senior Associate at the Center for Financial Markets at the Milken Institute, who will share critical data points.
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm ET
Fireside Chat: The Myth of Meritocracy
Speaker:
Join us for an honest conversation about why who you know is a much stronger determinant of success as an entrepreneur than what you know. We'll also discuss why it's critical for the people in the know to be the drivers of change.
4:25 pm - 4:40 pm ET
Featured Presentation: the Pth to Free-Flowing Capital
Speaker:
Just writing the damn check may not be as easy as it seems. This panel will uncover the hidden friction that keeps capital from flowing freely to historically excluded populations.
5:40 pm - 5:45 pm ET
Closing Remarks
Add Text Her
5:45 pm - 6:25 pm ET
Virtual Mixer - Collision Time
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