In 2018, a group of female Venture Capitalists banded together to found all raise with the goal to change the face of those investing in Tech Startups and the people who build them. It is the industry thats changing the world faster than any other, yet it is also one of the most dominated by men. Joining me today on bloomberg , aileen lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures, kirsten green Founding Partner of forerunner ventures, and maha ibrahim, general partner at ataan ventures, all partners all raise. Emily in april of 2018, you all were on the cover of forbes magazine. This is space normally reserved for men, normally reserved for male billionaires, and this is the first time, as i understand it, that a group of women was on the cover. When you saw this, how did it make you feel . We were all in awe. This was the culmination of months of work, and frankly, at this point, in decades in the background conversations, and wondering whether or not our industry was finally going to be as diverse
here are some of the key conversations you might have missed. oklahoma is calling out republicans who are openly criticizing the bipartisan bill on the border without even reading it. not only the leaders, fellow republicans, but you have people on all of the networks that you would expect, all of the pro trump networks, lying through their teeth. you ve got these clowns that bounce around and do whatever trump tells them to do. this is the worst deal ever. this will ruin america. haven t even read the bill. again, republicans in the states, toughest security brought bill ever. when you have people like the senator who has been right wing as long as you can track him, saying that this is the toughest bill we can get, and then everyone flips because donald trump says, no, i want an issue. mind you, and issue to run against joe biden. forget about the issue. forget about what it s causing the country, i need this for political reasons, it shows you why this is confirmatio
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