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In this episode, Linda begins by speaking about the kinds of assumptions made about her because of her Italian-Canadian immigrant background - and then expands that consideration to show how making such assumptions can actually be harmful. Case in point? The Christie-Pitts riot on August 16, 1933. There have been two graphic novels written about this riot: one simply titled Christie Pitts and the other titled The Good Fight.A second case in point is the Japanese-Canadian internment camps during the Second World War. She considers four works of literature in Canada that address this subject:Joy Kogawa's ObasanFrances Itani's RequiemKerri Sakamoto's One Hundred Million HeartsMark Sakamoto's Forgiveness: A Gift from my GrandparentsThen, for the Takeaway, she invites scholar, Jennifer Andrews, who addresses narratives of exceptionality and demonstrates what function they serve (and whose) and why they persist. Using her book, Canada Through American Eyes (published by Palgrave in 2023), Jennifer chats with Linda about how narratives of exceptionality are rehearsed in both the United States and Canada - and why we need to challenge them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carlos Martínez (@eselnek) es un rapero mexicano y el fundador del colectivo de artistas urbanos llamada @LatinosMakingNoize en Toronto, Canadá. Nacido en CDMX, empezó su carrera de rapero en 2009 en Aguascalientes, donde vivió los últimos 14 años antes de migrar a Canadá en 2021. Conversamos acerca de sus inicios en el rap en Aguascalientes, la inspiración detrás de la creación de Latinos Making Noize en Toronto, las reuniones para latinos en el parque Christie Pitts, lo que piensa su familia de su elección de carrera, la vibra de la comunidad de rap y freestylers, y finalmente, le sacamos algunos consejos para quienes quieren adentrarse en este mundo del rap y freestyle. Sigamos la conversación en Instagram @stephandyer y @eselnek! The Stephan Dyer Podcast es producido por Vanessa Restrepo y editado por Carlos Bolivar. #TheStephanDyerPodcast

This week we chat with Christie Pitts! In this episode, Christie and Erica talk about the maternal health crisis that's facing the United States and is significantly worse among POC. Christie has taken this passion and kickstarted an ops role at the startup Mahmee and co-founded VCs for Repro to build a coalition of VCs who are united to support access to abortion. She's a wealth of knowledge on the topic and was open about her journey into the tech world.Christie Pitts is VP of Operations at Mahmee, a maternal healthcare company on a mission to make the US the best place in the world to give birth. She co-founded the VCs for Repro initiative, focused on the intersection of the economy and reproductive justice, and hosts the Moms at Work liveshow to build community, raise awareness, and advocate for better experiences for working moms.She is also an experienced early-stage investor formerly at Backstage Capital having invested in more than 200 companies led by underrepresented (women, people of color, and LGBTQ) founders. Christie led company sourcing, diligence, portfolio management, and investor relations for the firm. Additionally, Christie led the launch of the first global accelerator for underrepresented founders. Backstage Capital's Accelerator operated in London, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Detroit. Christie is a high-achieving mom, and hosts the live show Moms at Work, where she speaks on a weekly basis with people who are achieving amazing things while raising amazing humans. Christie is motivated by representation, and is dedicated to amplifying unheard stories in her work.Follow Us!Christie Pitts: @imchristiepittsMahmee: @joinmahmee, website hereVCs for Repro: @VCsforrepro, website hereErica Wenger: @erica_wengerDear Twentysomething: @deartwentysomething

Ukraine's energy company warns of even more power-cuts after Russia sent a new volley of missiles, hitting the country's already damaged electicity and water systems - so how possible is it do to business at all there? We're joined by Alex Dayrabekov who runs a tech company in Bucha - 40 minutes from Kyiv. It's been a rollercoaster day for oil prices, with big drops in the benchmark rates after an earlier rise. And part of the reason seems to be the new $60 per barrel price cap on Russian seaborne crude oil which took effect on Monday, supported by the EU, the G7 and Australia. Dr Adnan Vatansever, reader at King's College London's Russia Institute, explains all. April Joyner, from Business Insider, joins World Business Report from New York to talk about the latest with crypto, as Standard Chartered Bank says it could plunge by 70% in 2023 - taking the value to $5,000. Christie Pitts, investor at Backstage Capital in Oakland, California, talks about research co-authored by Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook which says black founders of US startups raise just one-third as much venture capital over the first five years as other comparable businesses.

Brittany Davis and Christie Pitts, general partners at Backstage Capital, join the show with Scott Kitun. Brittany and Christie talk about the present day investing landscape and why the future of VC will trend towards inclusiveness (or lose). The group shares their thoughts and experiences with the top VC firms, why so many are resistant to change and where the next generation of founders and investors is primed to shape who and what gets funded differently from their predecessors. We also talk about Backstage's new Flex Fund II, which KingsCrowd (Technori's parent company) will provide data and ratings on promising online deals that have underrepresented founders. You can learn more here.

Jelani talks with Christie Pitts, general partner at Backstage Capital.Christie is an incredible VC, investing specifically in companies led by underrepresented founders. That's women, people of color, and LGBTQ folks. She's also a mother of two. And Jelani and Christie get into the societal expectations of mothers who work. They talk about the fact that no matter how much mothers juggle, they can never quite hit that imaginary bar that society puts on them.Christie also helps Jelani investigate his own shortcomings managing the household with my wife. She also shares some tips on how to begin dismantling the evidence of sexism and patriarchy that we see around us everyday. They explore how Christie navigates the male-dominated industry that is VC, and how she hopes her kids grow up to believe they can belong anywhere.Christie is actually an investor in the company that makes this podcast, A Kids Co. So that kind of makes Christie Jelani's boss. Honestly, after this interview, we couldn't think of a better boss to have. All right, Christy Pitts. Let's get into it.Learn more about Backstage Capital at ​​backstagecapital.com. Contact us by emailing us at listen@akidsco.com.Explore our collection of over 80 books made to empower, by visiting akidsco.com. 

We're back with fan favourite guest Lauren Armstrong to tackle some recent hot topics and answer some listener submitted questions. In this episode we discuss Huntsville, "Conspiracy Theory Cottage", Christie Pitts teenagers, witnessing an improv intervention, Houndstooth, NPC's, The Big Carrot, the pomegranate store at Dundas and Dovercourt, Ezra Miller, J.K. Rowling, King St bros, meeting Feist, Sam Buck, liking Nickelback, Ariel Pink, "Slackliner EDM", Cirque De Soleil, Love Island, which reality TV show we'd be good at, Gallery Girls, Hunter Biden, Chet Hanks and much more! Lauren Armstrong Josh McIntyre Austin Hutchings ---- Cold Pod https://www.patreon.com/coldpod

Feed drop time! We're on a break from the show as we prepare for v5 of SquadCast and work on revamping the SquadCast podcast. So, we're bringing you carefully curated feed drops from some of our favorite SquadCasters.This week, meet Espree Devora, an advisor to SquadCast.fm. In this episode, Espree interviews Arlan Hamilton. From Espree's website: Today we get to know Arlan Hamilton, Founder & Managing Partner at Backstage Capital; Believing in Underrepresented Founders. To support the Women in Tech podcast go to https://www.patreon.com/womenintechTo be featured on the podcast go to http://womenintechshow.com/featureHost, Espree Devorahttps://twitter.com/espreedevorahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/espreeGuest,Arlan Hamilton of Backstage Capitalhttps://twitter.com/ArlanWasHereListener Spotlight,Jam Pilarcahttps://www.instagram.com/jampilarca/Resources Mentioned:Backstage Capital, https://backstagecapital.com/It's About Damn Time, https://www.itsaboutdamntime.com/Airbnb, https://www.airbnb.com/Warby Parker, https://warbyparker.com/Your Daily Lesbian Moment Blog, https://yourdailylesbianmoment.blogspot.com/Your First Million Podcast, https://yfmpodcast.com/Your First Million Interview with Amy Griffin, https://yfmpodcast.com/2-amy-griffin/The Bootsrapped VC Podcast, https://backstagecapital.com/podcast/Zoom, https://zoom.us/Notion, https://www.notion.so/Slack, https://slack.com/Bryan Landers, https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanlanders/Community, https://www.community.com/Text Arlan, 832-210-1276Arlan on Twitter, https://twitter.com/ArlanWasHereArlan on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/arlanwashereMahmee, https://www.mahmee.com/Melissa Hanna, https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissachanna/Christie Pitts, https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiepitts/Also in this episode:A pre-roll from Genevieve Hassan for her podcastGet in touch with us on social mediaCreditsWritten and produced by Arielle NissenblattMixed and designed by Vince Moreno Jr.Artwork and logos by Alex WhedbeeHosted by Zach Moreno and Rock Felder

Less than 10% of all venture capital deals go to women, people of color, and LGBT founders.While other VCs see this as a pipeline problem, Backstage Capital - an investment firm focused on investing in companies led by underrepresented founders - sees it as the most significant opportunity in investment. Data shows again and again that diverse teams perform better and diverse investors make better investment decisions. Morgan Stanley estimates more than $4 trillion in unrealized venture capital due to the lack of diversity in investment decisions.Backstage Capital has invested in more than 180 companies led by underrepresented founders since 2015 and successfully maxed out their million-dollar campaign on Republic in a record time of nine hours!Today we welcome Christie Pitts and Brittany Davis from Backstage Capital, to discuss the value of investing in underrepresented founders and leveraging your community as an investor and founder. Key points discussed - Investing in underrepresented founders (00:00)- Why Backstage Capital's Republic campaign was a success (02:47)- The reason Backstage Capital chose Republic (08:35)- How has Backstage Capital leveraged its community of investors? (14:10)- How to deal with negative feedback (27:33)- What advice would you give to first-time investors? (33:25)- How to approach evaluating deals (36:21)- What does the future of Backstage Capital look like? (39:18) Additional resourcesLearn more about Backstage Capital and their work here:https://backstagecapital.com/To keep in the loop for the latest developments in crowdfund investing, make sure to follow this podcast and listen in every week. Leave a rating and a review and let's bring profit back to the people together.Ready to start investing in your future? Then head over to www.republic.co and find a startup you're passionate about.Legal Disclaimer: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has qualified the offering statement that we have filed with the SEC. The information in that offering statement is more complete than the information we are providing now, and could differ in important ways. You must read the documents filed with the SEC before investing. The offering is being made only by means of its offering statement. This document shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. An indication of interest involves no obligation or commitment of any kind. Any person interested in investing in any offering of Props Tokens should review our disclosures and the publicly filed offering statement and the final offering circular that is part of that offering statement at http://offeringcircular.propsproject.com. YouNow is not registered, licensed or supervised as a broker dealer or investment adviser by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) or any other financial regulatory authority or licensed to provide any financial advice or services.

#SheConquersCapital​ #ZaneVentureFund​  Welcome to She Conquers Capital powered by Zane Venture Fund.   If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe on YouTube, Apple, or Spotify for weekly interviews with the women (and allies) impacting the flow of capital.    SPONSORS:   Much gratitude to Lowenstein Sandler LLP for sponsoring the show! Learn more at https://www.lowenstein.com/.   TODAY'S GUEST:   WEBSITE: https://backstagecapital.com/ LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiepitts/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/imchristiepitts   CONTACT:   WEBSITE: https://sheconquerscapital.com/ TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/thestefaniediaz LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thestefaniediaz/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thestefaniediaz/

It costs a lot of money to get a business started & running, and finding & seeking investment as an entrepreneur is already very time-consuming and difficult for young entrepreneurs. In this episode, we will be getting to the scariest part of the entrepreneurship journey, and talk the realities of those funding barriers and opportunities with a special emphasis on venture capital. Our guests talking all things VC, funding, and uplifting minority entrepreneurs are Jasmine Neal, co-founder of Tune, and Christie Pitts, general partner of Backstage Capital. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Is it time to raise money for your startup? Investors write checks when the idea they hear is compelling, when they are persuaded that the team of founders can realize its vision, and that the opportunity described is real and sufficiently large. Our guest Christie Pitts… a General Partner of Backstage Capital, an early-stage investor at Backstage Capital and co-founder of Backstage Studio… walks you through the decision process for raising money for your startup and the steps you need to take to create a successful raise experience.Christie joined Backstage Capital in August 2017, and went on to assist in sourcing and investing in startups led by underrepresented (women, people of color, and LGBTQ) founders, helping to bring the firm’s total investment portfolio to more than 150 companies.Previously, Christie had a multifaceted career at Verizon, where she led operations and marketing teams, supporting more than 5M wireless customers with annual revenues in excess of $4B. From there, she identified a passion for working with early-stage companies, which led her to work on the Verizon Ventures team.Christie shares:00:00​ - Meet Christie!15:20​ Backstage Capital investment criteria and Backstage Crowd - a new initiative for non-accredited investors23:00​ Build a founder support group 28:30​ Christie's Value Prop insights and advice33:20​ 95% of new businesses are bootstrapped!34:00​ 1% of new businesses get funded by outside sources36:38​ Christie's advice on how to protect your ownership 42:35​ What you need to do first when you know you're ready to raise money53:30​ Steps you need to take when your company is ready to raise money55:16​ Christie's "Stitch that on a Pillow" advice!!58:30​ Join the Backstage Community!Please follow Christie via:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiep...​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/imchristiepitts​ Learn more about Backstage Capital and subscribe to their newsletter here:https://backstagecapital.com​Grab the Investor Questions / Questions for Investors here:https://bit.ly/AndeInvestorQA​Watch my fun, formula driven LTV/CAC Ratio video here:http://bit.ly/LTVCACRatio​Thank you carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your business will do better - cheers!Ande Lyonshttp://andelyons.com​#whentoraisemoney​ #videochannelforstartups

On this episode of the Somewhat Frank Podcast, Frank Gruber (@FrankGruber) and John Guidos (@JohnGuidos) discuss their thoughts on Bitcoin, Super Bowl weekend, and the Clubhouse App (connect with them on the Clubhouse App - @FrankGruber and @JohnGuidos).  Frank and John also celebrate the following people from their networks: —Jessica Ewing on her $40M raise for Literati https://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2021/01/27/an-exclusive-look-at-book-club-service-literatis-new-chapter-a-40-million-series-b/?sh=534b25416499 —Erica Minnihan and Reign Ventures and the group of funds here that were invested in by Bank of America https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210126005694/en/ —Mike Jones and Peter Pham on raising a $270M SPAC https://dot.la/science-inc-spac-2650147068.html?fbclid=IwAR1v0OvWHlwPTkknwzwGrONfv5nee6UL8aZuWQB19K306-z6d3TvlsKT0lE https://medium.com/scienceinc/introducing-science-strategic-acquisition-corp-alpha-5fc0e80c3a6a —Josh Williams is back Gowalla after 12 years and just raised funding from Spark Capital, GV, and others https://twitter.com/gowalla/status/1354836611347832836  —Sara Lawhead on the launch of the latest Jetboil stash - https://gearjunkie.com/jetboil-stash-backpacking-stove-review  —Jesse Draper on raising a $21M fund Jesse Draper of Halogen Ventures Closes $21 Million Fund to Invest in the Next Generation of Billion Dollar Businesses Run by Women | Business Wire —Arlan Hamilton and Christie Pitts at BackStage Capital hit their fundraising goal of over a $1M on Republic in 9 hours! https://twitter.com/frankgruber/status/1357437559991922692?s=21 —Sarah Cone’s venture capital firm, Social Impact Capital, exists to solve all the world's most difficult problems through the medium of venture capital and recently launched www.joincolumn.com. Frank and John also talk about the following upcoming events:  — SXSW!!! - we’re going to IT THIS YEAR FROM HOME AGAIN - haha --- to be doing some fun events during the week learn more by going to: est.us/sxsw21. The event will be March 16th - 20th (more info coming soon). Watch our fun promo video on our youtube channel: https://soty.link/ESTYouTube — NASA iTech Ignite the Night Tampa event Do you like SPACE and NASA?  We’re working with them on the NASA iTech Ignite the Night Tampa event on March 9th. Ten tech startups will fast-pitch their innovations to an audience and panel of judges - online. This high energy event connects brands and organizations to the movers and shakers of our space industry. RSVP to the NASA iTech Ignite the Night Tampa event at: https://est.us/NASAiTechTampa21. LEARN MORE HERE: https://www.established.us/nit We also want to take a moment to invite all of our listeners to get involved with our program by visiting: established.us/programs. This is the best way to get notified of the various startup opportunities that we come across while working with various partner organizations and in a number of ecosystems across the country.   The guys talk about these new books/articles:  When Two Realities Collide  —https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/30/business/robinhood-wall-street-gamestop.html#click=https://t.co/drsWCxpKMH Early to bed, early to seize the day —The Best Time To Go To Bed Is 8:45 Clubhouse is now valued at $1B, do you use it? —https://twitter.com/FrankGruber/status/1353821952515964929  NAVY has some wild UFO Patents —U.S. Navy Has Patents on Tech It Says Will ‘Engineer the Fabric of Reality’ https://www.vice.com/en/article/4adpv9/us-navy-has-patents-on-tech-it-says-will-engineer-the-fabric-of-reality Tesla Buys Tons of Bitcoin https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/08/tesla-buys-1-5b-in-bitcoin-may-accept-the-cryptocurrency-as-payment-in-the-future/ The guys are also watching the following shows/movies: —WandaVision on Disney+ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9140560/  As always, thank you for listening and feel free to reach out and let us know what you think at: somewhatfrank@est.us. Get updates like this in your inbox before they hit the web by subscribing to the newsletter here: https://frankgruber.me/newsletter/

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On this episode of the Startup of the Year podcast, we included a recap of our Startup of the Year online pitch event that we hosted, where we featured Black Founders.   We had an amazing group of companies presenting their pitches. The startups included: CPRWrap, Freeman Capital, SoLo Funds, Thermaband, and Youth Enrichments    Additionally, the event was presided over by an incredible group of judges that included Shila Nieves Burney the Founding and Managing Partner at Zane Venture Fund; Edward Jean-Louis a Partner at Tale Venture Partners; Aubrie Pagano a General Partner at Corigin Ventures; and Christie Pitts a General Partner at Backstage Capital.   Congratulations to Freeman Capital for winning the Pitch Competition! They are now one of the Top 100 Semifinalists at the 8th Annual Startup of the Year Summit.  Youth Enrichments also had the honor of taking home the People's Choice Award.    During the episode, we also hear commentary from some of our Established Team members. Rich Maloy from Established Ventures pitches in with the “VC Minute” to provides some advice for planning the amount of capital that a company should set out to raise. We also hear from our VP of Programs, Lori Thiel, with her favorite part about the upcoming Startup of the Year Summit being virtual this year.    Please join us for our upcoming 8th Annual Startup of the Year Summit which will be held online on November 16-18. The Summit is a curated experience for emerging founders, seasoned entrepreneurs, corporate innovation leads, accelerators, and investors to build relationships that fuel success. Summit is also the culmination of the 2020 Startup of the Year competition, and attendees can expect some of the following: The winner can take home up to $20K in potential investment from Established Ventures. There will also be curated connections for the Top 100 with investors and corporate leads. We also plan to have keynote speakers, such as Tim Draper, Mary Grove, and more. And attendees will have the opportunity to network with expert judges and mentors, such as, Phil Nadel, Lesa Mitchell, Erica Minnihan, and more. All programming across the three days will be complimentary for registered attendees. We're building a flexible schedule so that you can best fit programming into your day while not having to miss out on anything - meaning both our featured speakers and helping with homework. Attendees can also participate during 'Ask Me Anything' Sessions with industry experts. Fireside chats from Mike Evans, the co-founder of GrubHub; Rohit Bhargava, the Founder and Chief Trend Curator at the Non-Obvious Company; Meredith Fineman, the Founder of FinePoint and Author Brag Better; and many more. You can lean more about the Summit and register for the event at https://summit.startupofyear.com/   This year’s Summit will also highlight the special .US Veteran Startup of the Year category and there will be a $10K non-dilutive cash prize given to a startup founded by a US Veteran - spouse or dependent. Please get your free .US domain today by going to the following link: soty.link/dotusplus.    Thank you for listening, and as always, please check out the Established website and subscribe to the newsletter at www.est.us   Checkout Startup of the Year at www.startupofyear.com/   Subscribe to the Startup of the Year Daily Deal Flow: www.startupofyear.com/daily-dealflow   Subscribe to the Startup of the Year podcast: http://startupoftheyear.libsyn.com/   Subscribe to the Established YouTube Channel: https://soty.link/ESTYouTube   *** Startup of the Year helps diverse, emerging startups, founding teams, and entrepreneurs push their company to the next level. We are a competition, a global community, and a resource.     Startup of the Year is also a year-long program that searches the country for a geographically diverse set of startups from all backgrounds and pulls them together to compete for the title of Startup of the Year.    The program includes a number of in-person and virtual events, including our annual South By Southwest startup pitch event and competition. All of which culminate at our annual Startup of the Year Summit, where the Startup of the Year winner is announced, along with an opportunity at a potential investment.   Established is a consultancy focused on helping organizations with innovation, startup, and communication strategies. It is the power behind Startup of the Year.  Created by the talent responsible for building the Tech.Co brand (acquired by an international publishing company), we are leveraging decades of experience to help our collaborators best further (or create) their brand & accomplish their most important goals.  Connect with us on Twitter - @EstablishedUs and Facebook - facebook.com/established.us/.

Brace your hearts and buckle up for a conversation with Kathy Ramsey, a human who shares honestly about the complexity of both physical and emotional trauma recovery. Kathy was run over by a truck 2.5 years ago which broke her back, pelvis, all her ribs, her left leg and shoulder and had a stroke due to massive internal blood loss. By the time she arrived at the hospital via ambulance, they were unable to get a blood pressure reading as she had so little blood left in her body. Kathy Ramsey has lived many lives: reporter, refugee lawyer, mother, trauma survivor. As a journalist, she covered intrepid subjects such as the Yukon Quest, a 1,000 mile dog-sled race from Dawson City, Yukon to Fairbanks, Alaska. She then decided to go to law school at McGill University during which time she became involved in a volunteer coalition that helped get 100s of Palestinians in Montreal legal immigration status. A few years after law school, she moved to Toronto for love, opened her own immigration and refugee law practice, had 2 children, and was thrilled to get a position at the Refugee Law Office of Legal Aid Ontario. And then on August 31, 2017, after a long day at work, she was riding her bike to meet her husband and children at Christie Pitts pool when she was run over by a dump truck in downtown Toronto. She spent nearly 5 months in hospital, and has spent the last 2 years navigating the peaks and valleys of recovery, finding community in a group of fellow women trauma survivors who have helped her to feel not so alone in the crushing isolation of trauma recovery.While in law school, she lived and worked in Bourj el Barajneh and Shatila Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, and interned at the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. She's been involved in migrant justice work in Canada, with Solidarity Across Borders and the Immigration Legal Committee.Thank you Kathy. I'm so glad you're here.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=21191833&fan_landing=true)

Hi everyone, welcome to what is likely the final episode of 0G, A History of Forgotten Phones! We are wrapping up our limited-run podcast with a special bonus episode on tablets. Yes, there were plenty of weird and wonderful tablets from produced in the years before (and even after) the iPad! For this episode we take a look back at Intel's Web Tablet, Microsoft's Windows XP Tablet PC Edition and Windows Smart Display, the Nokia 770, the Pepper Pad 3, the ill-fated Crunchpad/Joojoo, the original Samsung Galaxy Tab, the HP Touchpad, the BlackBerry PlayBook, and the Motorola Xoom. 0G is hosted by two people who were there: Christie Pitts (now at Backstage Capital), who started her career selling phones at a Verizon store, and Peter Rojas (now at Betaworks Ventures), founder of Gizmodo, Engadget, and gdgt. Want to contact us? Christie is @imchristiepitts and Peter is @peterrojas on Twitter. We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show.

Welcome to Episode 7 of 0G, A History of Forgotten Phones! 0G is a limited-run podcast where we look back at how weird and wonderful smartphones were back in the days before iOS and Android took over and your only option became a rectangular slab running one or the other. 0G is hosted by two people who were there: Christie Pitts (now at Backstage Capital), who started her career selling phones at a Verizon store, and Peter Rojas (now at Betaworks Ventures), founder of Gizmodo, Engadget, and gdgt. In Episode 7 we take a look at the phones of 2009, including the Palm Pre, the BlackBerry Storm 2, the Microsoft Kin 1 & 2, the Motorola Droid, and the HTC HD2. Want to contact us? Christie is @imchristiepitts and Peter is @peterrojas on Twitter. We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show.

Welcome to Episode 3 of 0G, A History of Forgotten Phones! 0G is a limited-run podcast where we look back at how weird and wonderful smartphones were back in the days before iOS and Android took over and your only option became a rectangular slab running one or the other. 0G is hosted by two people who were there: Christie Pitts (now at Backstage Capital), who started her career selling phones at a Verizon store, and Peter Rojas (now at Betaworks Ventures), founder of Gizmodo, Engadget, and gdgt. In Episode 6 we take a look at the phones of 2008, including the Nokia E71, Nokia N97, Palm Treo Pro, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 (and the desktop charger!), the Samsung Omnia, and the Blackberry Storm. Want to contact us? Christie is @imchristiepitts and Peter is @peterrojas on Twitter. We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show.

Welcome to Episode 3 of 0G, A History of Forgotten Phones! 0G is a limited-run podcast where we look back at how weird and wonderful smartphones were back in the days before iOS and Android took over and your only option became a rectangular slab running one or the other. 0G is hosted by two people who were there: Christie Pitts (now at Backstage Capital), who started her career selling phones at a Verizon store, and Peter Rojas (now at Betaworks Ventures), founder of Gizmodo, Engadget, and gdgt. In Episode 5 we take a look at the phones of 2007, including the LG Prada, LG Dare, LG Voyager, Blackberry 8830, the Helio Kickflip and Ocean, and the Samsung Juke. And discuss how the mobile phone industry had no idea what was about to hit them with the announcement of the iPhone this year. Want to contact us? Christie is @imchristiepitts and Peter is@peterrojas on Twitter. We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show.

Welcome to Episode 4 of 0G, A History of Forgotten Phones! On this episode, we have a special guest, Jason Gordon, who worked at Handspring, Microsoft, Motorola and HTC and was on the front lines as smartphones went from barely usable to indispensable. We chat with Jason about what goes into phone development and launches, including the history of devices at Handspring, Windows Mobile, Mobius, the Motorola Q, the Motorola MPX, the HTC G1, the HTC Diamond, the HTC Incredible and the HTC Thunderbolt. 0G is hosted by two people who were there: Christie Pitts (now at Backstage Capital), who started her career selling phones at a Verizon, and Peter Rojas (now at Betaworks Ventures), founder of Gizmodo, Engadget, and gdgt. Want to contact us? Christie is @imchristiepitts, Peter is @peterrojas, and Jason is @jasongordonhk on Twitter. We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show.

Peter Rojas loves gadgets and made a career around sharing the stories behind the devices, including vintage mobile phones. Christie Pitts worked on the front lines of consumer device sales at Verizon. Today, they're both VCs investing in startups – Peter at Betaworks, and Christie at Backstage Capital. But, while they look toward the future of technology, they can't refrain from reminiscing about the weird and wonderful evolution of phones that many have left behind in the past. Join us in this fun preview of Christie and Peter's new podcast, "0G: A History of Forgotten Phones". Listen to 0G: https://anchor.fm/0g Full show notes: https://backstagecapital.com/podcast/0g/‎ Credits: Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton Co-Host: Christie Pitts Co-Host + Editor: Bryan Landers Theme by: Janine Additional Music by: Jeff Kaale

Welcome to Episode 3 of 0G, A History of Forgotten Phones! 0G is a limited-run podcast where we look back at how weird and wonderful smartphones were back in the days before iOS and Android took over and your only option became a rectangular slab running one or the other. 0G is hosted by two people who were there: Christie Pitts (now at Backstage Capital), who started her career selling phones at a Verizon store, and Peter Rojas (now at Betaworks Ventures), founder of Gizmodo, Engadget, and gdgt. In Episode 3 we take a look at the phones of 2006, including the Treo 700w, LG Chocolate, Sony Ericsson W810i Walkman phone, Nokia N93, and the BlackBerry Pearl 8100. Want to contact us? Christie is @imchristiepitts and Peter is @peterrojas on Twitter. We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show.

Welcome to the Episode 2 of 0G, A History of Forgotten Phones! 0G is a limited-run podcast where we look back at how weird and wonderful smartphones were back in the days before iOS and Android took over and your only option became a rectangular slab running one or the other. 0G is hosted by two people who were there: Christie Pitts (now at Backstage Capital), who started her career selling phones at a Verizon store, and Peter Rojas (now at Betaworks Ventures), founder of Gizmodo, Engadget, and gdgt. In Episode 2 we take a look at the phones of 2005, including the Treo 650, LG VX9800, Nokia 770 Internet Communicator, Moto ROKR, Blackberry 7100 and 8700, and the HTC Universal. Content warning: there is an anecdote involving Ja Rule in this episode.  Want to contact us? Christie is @imchristiepitts and Peter is @peterrojas on Twitter. We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show.

Welcome to the very first episode of 0G, A History of Forgotten Phones! 0G is a limited-run podcast where we look back at how weird and wonderful smartphones were back in the days before iOS and Android took over and your only option became a rectangular slab running one or the other. 0G is hosted by two people who were there: Christie Pitts (now at Backstage Capital), who started her career selling phones at a Verizon store, and Peter Rojas (now at Betaworks Ventures), founder of Gizmodo, Engadget, and gdgt. Each episode we'll take a look back at a bunch of phones that were emblematic of that era. For Episode 1 we're going all the way back to 2002 through 2004 to discuss the Treo 600, Danger Hiptop / T-Mobile Sidekick, Motorola RAZR, Nokia N-Gage (and of course sidetalking!), Audiovox 6600 and 6700 (aka the HTC Apache), and HTC Canary. Note that this episode was recorded in September 2018, so some references we make to iPhones that were still unannounced at that time might be a little confusing. Want to contact us? Christie is @imchristiepitts and Peter is @peterrojas on Twitter. We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show.

Today's episode of Product Hunt Radio is the largest gathering yet, featuring Arlan, Christie, Bryan, and Amiah from the Backstage Capital team. Arlan Hamilton isn't your typical VC. She went from being homeless not long ago to founding and scaling Backstage Capital, a fund dedicated to investing in underrepresented (or underestimated, as she coined) founders. Since 2015, they have invested millions of dollars into over 80 companies. Prior to starting the fund, she worked in the music industry, where she was a tour manager and founder and publisher of INTERLUDE, an internationally distributed indie magazine. Christie Pitts is the co-founder of Backstage Studio, their recently announced venture studio. Prior to teaming up with Arlan and team, she worked with Verizon Ventures portfolio and following emerging technology trends. Bryan Landers is Backstage's recently promoted COO and producer of two of Backstage's podcasts. Previously he worked as a designer and product manager at Zapier and as a consultant. Amiah Sheppard is an operations associate and analyst working on the deal flow team at Backstage. She has a particular focus on beauty and wellness startups. In this episode we talk about: Arlan's mission to find underrepresented and underestimated founders and the importance, even as adults, of being able to look up to role models who look like you. Arlan hopes to be a role model to a new generation of people of color that want to build companies. The crew, as they call the team at Backstage, walk through some of their requests for products, including waterproof headgear, online book clubs, and a way to bring the shared experience of live music online. Aspiring founders, take note! Also mullets make another appearance (see last week's episode for more chatter about mullet). Except this time it's not about a mullet strategy or mullet businesses, it's about the actual, for-real hockey hair. We also talk about some of their favorite products, like an app that lets you experience live music in virtual reality, a service that lets you search live audio, and a way to add pictures, maps or quotes to your favorite podcasts. We’ll be back next week so be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Breaker, Overcast, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. Also, big thanks to our sponsors, Airtable, GE Ventures, Intercom and Stripe for their support.

Nowadays, race and gender discrimination is still prevailing in most countries. Such bias displays in different circumstances, funding per se. Less than 10% of all venture capital deals go to women, people of color, and LGBT founders. This is what fueled and launched Backstage Capital, a company who invests in startup founders who identify as a … The post Ep. 23 – Backstage Capital Partner and Chief of Staff Christie Pitts appeared first on COO Alliance.

In this bonus episode, Arlan speaks with Ross Baird of Village Capital, author of the latest featured Cover book, 'The Innovation Blind Spot, Why We Back the Wrong Ideas―and What to Do About It'. Also, we're treated to an interview from the road with Crew member Chacho and Headliner Harold Hughes, Founder + CEO of Bandwagon. Full show notes: http://backstagecapital.com/podcast/bonus-cover-vilcap/ Credits: Host + Executive Producer: Arlan Hamilton Co-host: Christie Pitts, Chacho Valadez Editor + Producer: Bryan Landers Theme song by: Janine Additional Music by: DeKobe

Christie Pitts shares how she worked her way up at Verizon from store manager to venture development manager. Christie also offers advice for those looking to get started in venture capital.

Welcome to the Capital Gains podcast with Jonathan Twombly. Today's guest is Christie Pitts, a venture development manager at Verizon Ventures. Christie talks about corporate venture capital and how it differs from traditional venture capital. In particular, she explains, corporations seek to invest in early-stage companies were the deal not only makes sense from a financial perspective but the target company is a strategic fit with the corporation's overall business interests. Listen to the Capital Gains podcast each week at Capitalism.com.

Starting a mixing obsession that began after a visit to clubland at the slightly cheeky age of 17, Seb stalked his fave DJs for tips and honed his skills as a trainee jock at the obligatory round of friend's parties and weddings. Adopting the moniker of 'Kinky' he turned professional at 24 , holding down several residencies including Connections Nightclub, The Court, Trade, Heaven, The Red Lion, Sneek and Pink and as well as spinning main room sets at the annual #XES and Pride WA Parties. From 2000 - working now as DJ Seb Sharp - he secured regular spots at Perth’s busiest venues and played alongside some of the world's finest, including Deepswing, Dr. Motte,Groove Terminator, Freemasons, DJ Kate Monroe, Paul Johnson, Wayne G, (Love) Tattoo (Stephen Allkins) and Bushwacka! as well as duo sets with partner-in-crime DJ Scout opening for Tiga, Ajax, Freeform Five and Meat Katie. Holding down day jobs at 78 Records, Planet, Dada Records and Central Station Records, Seb also co-hosted a weekly house and electro mixshow called ‘Da Funk' with clubland stalwarts Christie Pitts and Reuben Cameron on Groove 101.7FM, mixing up a storm for the listeners every Saturday night. Still a ‘regularly irregular’ guest at #Perth’s gay venues, Seb most recently dusted off the vinyl for DECADANCE 1985-1995 and the 41st Birthday celebrations at Connections Nightclub with #DJ Scout.

Starting a mixing obsession that began after a visit to clubland at the slightly cheeky age of 17, Seb stalked his fave DJs for tips and honed his skills as a trainee jock at the obligatory round of friend's parties and weddings. Adopting the moniker of 'Kinky' he turned professional at 24 , holding down several residencies including Connections Nightclub, The Court, Trade, Heaven, The Red Lion, Sneek and Pink and as well as spinning main room sets at the annual #XES and Pride WA Parties. From 2000 - working now as DJ Seb Sharp - he secured regular spots at Perth’s busiest venues and played alongside some of the world's finest, including Deepswing, Dr. Motte,Groove Terminator, Freemasons, DJ Kate Monroe, Paul Johnson, Wayne G, (Love) Tattoo (Stephen Allkins) and Bushwacka! as well as duo sets with partner-in-crime DJ Scout opening for Tiga, Ajax, Freeform Five and Meat Katie. Holding down day jobs at 78 Records, Planet, Dada Records and Central Station Records, Seb also co-hosted a weekly house and electro mixshow called ‘Da Funk' with clubland stalwarts Christie Pitts and Reuben Cameron on Groove 101.7FM, mixing up a storm for the listeners every Saturday night. Still a ‘regularly irregular’ guest at #Perth’s gay venues, Seb most recently dusted off the vinyl for DECADANCE 1985-1995 and the 41st Birthday celebrations at Connections Nightclub with #DJ Scout.

Have you ever considered having your company talk to a corporate venture capital firm? Have you ever wondered what a VC firm is looking for in a company? If so, this is the episode for you! We're joined this week by the incredible Christie Pitts of Verizon Ventures. We discuss all things VC-related, from working alongside a corporate VC, how to pitch an investor, what to do (and not to do) when pitching to an investor, how to stand out from everyone else, and what to expect from working alongside a VC for the long-haul. As well, we discuss with Christie her personal backstory to joining the Verizon Ventures team, her love and passion for all things Oakland, a little bit of Game of Thrones, the need for more diversity in entrepreneurship/tech, and of course, hockey. Episode 13 of #thePawdcast brings a lot of knowledge, fun and impact to the table. Sit back, relax and enjoy the show! Verizon Ventures Website: www.verizonventures.com Verizon Ventures Twitter: www.twitter.com/VerizonVentures Verizon Ventures LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/verizon-ventures Verizon Ventures AngelList: www.angel.co/verizon-ventures Verizon Ventures Medium: www.medium.com/@VerizonVentures Verizon Ventures Portfolio: www.verizonventures.com/portfolio Four Questions to Answer Before Meeting with a Corporate VC: www.verizonventures.com/blog/2016/04/four-questions-to-answer-before-meeting-with-a-corporate-vc Listen on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pawdcast/id1071470844?mt=2 Listen on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/pawdcast/episode-013-christie-pitts-verizon-ventures Watch on Blab: https://blab.im/chop-dawg-thepawdcast-with-christie-pitts-verizon-ventures Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JZ4x6-R_CP0 About #thePawdcast — Discussing all things entrepreneurship, startups, creativity, businesses, innovations, self-awareness and everything in-between. Hosted by Joshua Davidson, Eddie Contento, and Daniel DiGangi. Brought to you by ChopDawg.com.