How Do You Fix Tech's Diversity Problem? (Guest: Kobie Fuller, General Partner - Upfront Ventures)
This is Your Life in Silicon Valley
English - July 09, 2020 16:32 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 171 ratingsSociety & Culture Technology san francisco silicon valley culture oakland technology startups uber lyft venture capital robots Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Kobie Fuller is a General Partner at Upfront Ventures in Los Angeles. He also started Valence Community - a Los Angeles-based online professional network for Black talent. Kobie might have the *actual* answers as to how to fix tech's long standing diversity problem.
Kobie talks about his journey into Venture Capital and his perspectives and feelings on San Francisco. We get into a good discussion about LA vs. San Francisco as a tech hub, and whether Los Angeles is long-term viable as a tech community (and the differences between LA and San Francisco startups).
We talk to Kobie about his perspective - as one of the few black GPs in venture capital - on how to fix tech's long standing diversity problem. Beyond just talking about it, Kobie built Valence Community, which is creating a pipeline of Black talent and founders for tech companies to hire and fund.
You don't want to miss today's episode of This is Your Life in Silicon Valley - everyone in business who cares at all about increasing diversity at their companies will want to listen.