"It's About Damn Time"... that CMX Virtual Connect hosts Arlan Hamilton, Founder + Managing Partner at Backstage Capital.
On July 7th, we chat with Arlan on how she built a venture capital firm, broke into the boys' club of Silicon Valley, and wrote a book about the entire journey. David Spinks will moderate this exciting talk that you won't want to miss!
Join us on the first Tuesday of the month for another CMX Connect in San Francisco. CMX Connect events are about harnessing the incredible power of community. This program fulfills the need for community professionals to come together in-person and learn, grow, and, well… Connect!
Backstage Capital
Founder + Managing Partner
Arlan Hamilton built a venture capital fund from the ground up, while homeless. She is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a fund that is dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. Started from scratch in 2015, Backstage has now raised more than $10 million and invested in more than…
Arlan Hamilton built a venture capital fund from the ground up, while homeless. She is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a fund that is dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. 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. In 2018 Arlan co-founded Backstage Studio which launched four accelerator programs for underestimated founders in Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and London. Arlan was featured on the cover of Fast Company magazine in October 2018 as the first Black woman non-celebrity to do so, and her new book "It's About Damn Time" comes out on Penguin Random House's business imprint Currency on May 5, 2020.
CMX
Co-Founder
David is the Founder of CMX (cmxhub.com), the world's largest and most passionate network for community professionals. Thousands of community professionals come to CMX for support and education in community strategy. The community industry's largest event, CMX Summit, brings together thousands of attendees each year, and 50+ local CMX Connect chapters gather regularly around the world.
In 2019, CMX was acquired by Bevy (Bevy.com) where David serves as the VP of Community. Bevy is a leading provider of community software, powering live community events and experiences for companies like Slack, Twitch, Salesforce, Atlassian, and Duolingo.
David is a 3x startup founder, an experienced community leader, and has personally advised and trained hundreds of organizations in community strategy over the past decade.
CMX
Senior Event Manager
Ann-Marie Pawlicki Dinkel is the Senior Event Manager at CMX. She manages planning CMX Summit and CMX HQ events for the community industry. She is passionate about planning an incredibly engaging attendee experience with a touch of magic. Ann-Marie recently moved to Seattle, and enjoys eating cupcakes and taking walks - note the no use of an oxford comma.
