Ep 98: How Venture Capitalist Ebony Pope Is Paving The Way For Startups To Get Funding

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🗓️ 9 July 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Today in the guest chair, we have a certified boss. If you don’t already know this woman, this is a name you need to jot down and follow. Her name is Ebony Pope and she is the Director of US Ventures at Village Capital. She oversees Village Capital’s work in finding and supporting US start-ups in the five sectors that receive investment from Vilcap Investments.

Ebony graduated with her MBA from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business in 2015, focusing on strategy and entrepreneurship. While at Ross, she traveled to Tanzania, where she developed and taught a business curriculum for agriculture technology entrepreneurs as an Enterprise Consultant for Land O’Lakes. Additionally, she was Education Circle Director for the Ross’s Social Venture Fund.

Prior to Ross, Ebony worked at New Urban Learning, a charter education management company focused on preparing Detroit students to successfully graduate from four-year colleges and universities. She is also a former Googler and holds a B.B.A in Finance from Howard University.

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0:00.0	I think it's coming from Detroit just seeing not that many resources being
0:07.4	poured into that community but at the same time myself being able to be
0:11.5	afforded like different opportunities I've always
0:13.8	wanted to leverage resources for like underserved communities and like take as
0:18.6	much money for rich people and give it back to people that look like to me.
0:21.8	You're listening to Side Hustle Pro,
0:26.0	the podcast that teaches you to build and grow your Side Hustle,
0:29.0	from Passion Project to Profitable Business.
0:32.0	And I'm your host
0:33.1	Nakela Matthew Zakou Comay.
0:35.0	So let's get started.
0:36.4	Okay guys welcome back to another awesome episode.
0:42.4	Today in the guest chair we have a certified boss. If you
0:47.2	don't already know this woman this is a name you need to jot down and follow. Her name is Ebony Pope and she is the director of
0:56.2	U.S. ventures at Village Capital. She oversees Village Capital's work in
1:01.2	finding and supporting U.S US startups in the five sectors that receive
1:06.1	investment from Ville Cap Investments.
1:09.2	Ebony graduated with her MBA from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business in 2015, Go Blue, focusing on strategy and entrepreneurship.
1:20.0	While at Ross, she traveled to Tanzania where she developed and taught a business curriculum for agricultural technology entrepreneurs as an enterprise consultant for Lando Lakes.
1:31.6	Additionally, she was the Education Circle Director for the Ross Social
1:36.0	Venture Fund. Prior to Ross, Ebony worked at New Urban Learning, a charter education management
1:42.3	company focused on preparing Detroit students to
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