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Aug 2023
26m 40s

The VC Fund Closing Equity Gaps — and Ma...

Harvard Business Review
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Much of the business world has bought into the idea of stakeholder capitalism. But Freada Kapor Klein and Mitch Kapor say that doing some good by doing well isn’t enough when the business impact still creates negative effects and broader disparities overall. Freada, with a background in social justice and empirical research, and Mitch, an entrepreneur and in ... Show More
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