How to be an ally in a diverse community
Listen and go slowly Diversity of perspectives, life experiences, and training can help propel organizations to greater success. But what about aspects of diversity where
Why a VC marriage is not like a unicorn
Such partnerships can work for investors as well as the couple Married couples obviously love each other, but ask them if they want to work
Howard Wolf interviews Miriam Rivera
Announcer: Sirius XM presents Stanford Pathfinders… Howard: Stanford has 225,000 alumni living all over the globe in 151 countries. They are some of the most
Questioning the Conventional Wisdom of the Reserve Fund
Doubling down on your winners doesn’t always make sense When AppDynamics was acquired by Cisco just before its planned initial public offering, reports credited early
Picking Winners is a Myth
When Lightspeed Venture Partners became the first outside investor in Snap, putting in $485,000 and then investing in subsequent rounds, it produced a return of $2 billion and instantly
Ulu Ventures Connects Diversity to Profitability
VC firms may vow to support diversity, but the numbers don’t bear that out. Only about 9% of venture capital flowed into companies that women
Say Bye to Bias
When Miriam Rivera and Clint Korver initially founded Ulu Ventures in 2009, their mission was simple: Draw on their previous careers to help founders launch
Changing the Venture Capital Diversity Equation
Miriam Rivera’s desk at Ulu Ventures is located up a narrow, winding staircase, in a quaint Victorian house on a side street in Palo Alto.
Defy Expectations
A Conversation with Ulu’s Miriam Rivera and Kauffman Fellows CEO Jeff Harbach as part of the podcast “The Arena” Listen to the podcast here Jeff:
Early Days at Google Taught me the Power/Value of Diversity in Tech
Developing a diverse workplace where all races, backgrounds, and genders feel supported seems a nearly impossible goal for many tech companies in 2018, and several,
