Arlan Hamilton spent her entire life in and out of homelessness, working low-wage jobs, being overlooked and underestimated. In 2015 she started an investment fund called Backstage Capital. Today it’s worth over million with investors like Mark Cuban, Marc Andreessen and Stewart Butterfield.
There are three numbers to watch for in this story: ,000, Arlan’s first outside investment, million, the total value of her fund and 2, the percent of companies that receive investment from Backstage Capital. Here’s how Arlan Hamilton went from homeless to running her million venture capital fund.
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