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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Freada Kapor Klein and Mitch Kapor: Closing the Equity Gap
Description: Despite economic headwinds and job cuts, companies backed by venture capital—including many in the Bay Area—drive the U.S. economy, accounting for hundreds of billions of dollars in sales and profits. However, most of this wealth winds up enriching entrenched investors and favored private interests, further widening economic inequality. Two well-known technology investors and entrepreneurs, Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein, have committed their lives to doing things differently and finding ways to close these equity gaps.As they explain in their new book, Closing the Equity Gap: Creating Wealth and Fostering Justice in Startup Inves...