Morgan DeBaun: Blavity CEO and Founder

Second Life

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4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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There’s no question that Morgan DeBaun is an absolute force in the business world. Frustrated by the lack of media geared toward Black millennials, DeBaun, who was just 24 years old at the time, left her job at Intuit and set out to build a media company where she would be part of the target demographic. Alongside her co-founders, DeBaun has grown Blavity into a full-on media and tech empire, and today, her portfolio of brands reaches 250 million readers each month. In building Blavity, DeBaun raised $12 million from top venture capital firms, making her a part of the only 2% of women who receive venture funding in Silicon Valley. DeBaun also runs AfroTech, a networking conference and talent-acquisition solution that hosted 25k attendees last year. When DeBaun isn’t working on her own business, she’s consulting for massive global companies such as Pepsi and American Airlines.

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0:59.0	Hi everyone, I'm Hillary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of Who Up Where.
1:05.4	And this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers.
1:12.3	We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process
1:15.8	of setting aside their doubts or fears and what happens when they embark on their second life.
1:21.9	Today, I'm joined by the founder and CEO of Blavety Morgan DeBon.
1:27.8	While working it into it right out of college, Morgan quickly realized that she wanted to build something herself.
1:35.0	As she grew frustrated with the media landscape, she and her co-founders set out to create Blavety,
1:42.0	a tech and media company by Am 4, Black Millennials.
1:46.8	Along the way, Morgan raised $12 million from top DC firms, making her part of the only 2% of women
1:54.6	who received venture funding in Silicon Valley, and less than 1% of Black founders.
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