Raabia Budhwani

@Samirkaji Yes! Need more diverse, younger team members or those who are generalists with varied life experiences and perspectives before coming into investing.

Long time LPs use pattern recognition to pick managers. The problem is much of the pattern recognition is antiquated and often biased against underrepresented and also not aligned with the new era of VC. It's why inst. need to have younger and more diverse allocators on team.

"A CEO's job is not just to have a shareholder return, it's to have a stakeholder return." - @salesforce Marc @Benioff at the @WSJ Future of Everything. YES! This is why we're building a platform to help companies source talent that will help them optimize stakeholder return.

If you are skipping over the resumes of college dropouts, first gens, and ultimately just anybody with a non-traditional background then you are crushing your companies potential because that group of individuals works harder than anyone else I’ve ever worked with.

"My parents told me to just keep my head down and work hard"- me and every AAPI immigrant who was treated poorly growing up. Amen @darrenwalker! This is is why @taaforg's work is so important to help us coalesce, claim our voice, and build bridges in our democracy. #TAAF #AAPI

"Power comes from representation" @PreetBharara at the 🔥 launch of @taaforg. As a GA Gwinnett voter, I know the power of our community on the margins...Thank you for your leadership to galvanize the AAPI community @SonalRShah @SenDuckworth @ErikaMoritsugu. #AAPI #APAHM2021 #TAAF

"Like childbirth, there’s no one right way to build a business. We need more guides — doulas — to help us along the path that feels right for each of us." Must-read manifesto from our friends at @Zebras_Unite: "Labor & Delivery: Birthing the New Economy" @sexandstartups/labor-delivery-birthing-the-new-economy-d98b49b4b40d" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@sexandstartup…

@brauer_zach @BuiltatBooth Your sold-out sessions were brilliant, Zach! You're welcome back at any time!

I just received a fantastic thank you gift from @RaabiaB and @BuiltatBooth after guest lecturing a few weeks ago — a wonderful gift to commemorate a really fun experience. I don’t do it for the swag, but I don’t mind it either :).

Fitting end of #MIT's AI & the Work of the Future Congress today, @davidautor: "Creating the work of the future is the challenge of the present" Thanks for the insights and policy considerations to create more equitable work in the future @workofthefuture workofthefuture.mit.edu/wp-content/upl…

Imagine AI with EQ that could help you assess emotion on Zoom. Brilliant ideas from @Affectiva CEO Rana @kaliouby at the @Stanford Digital Economy Lab AI + Future of Work Conference

#rfbreakthrough @marylgray's warning: "It's inevitable that we will reproduce biases in AI systems - it's not a risk. We must actively work to surface the biases we just deployed." Eye-opening discussion to develop AI that benefits all @RockefellerFdn #bellagioAI @SonalRShah

YES! @TheDanaBuzz of @heronfoundation: capital allocators must #stumbleforward! There is no perfect #impactinvesting strategy. Co-create with communities, be #servantleaders, and deploy your capital already! Thanks for great insights @SonalRShah @BeeckCenter #beeckideas

If we want to end the chaos and division—and keep alive the possibility of progress on the issues we hold dear—we’ve got to vote for @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris like our lives depend on it. Register today by texting VOTE to 30330. pscp.tv/w/cgnnAzF3QktB…

I say to everyone who supported other candidates in the primary and to those who may have voted for Donald Trump in the last election: The future of our democracy is at stake. The future of our economy is at stake. The future of our planet is at stake. #DemConvention

@atShruti - what a great story of sourcing a deal as an intern at Lightspeed and investing in the same founder as a fund manager a decade later! Great discussion facilitated by @shaherose at #fplusf @senecavc

@mattsigelman at #JFFHorizons: "we need to democratize labor market data so that people can understand where opportunity lives, identify their skills gaps, and build the skills they need." always brilliant @Burning_Glass! @jfftweets #Wkdev #futureofwork

Powerful parable by @jimsedu @bluemeridianp on the path necessary for systems change: "2 men stand by a river when babies start flowing down the river. One starts pulling babies out of the water. The other runs upstream to see where the babies are coming from." #JFFHorizons

Want to see what it's like to try and vote in Ward 4 today? This is the line at Emery Rec right now. Unacceptable @MayorBowser unacceptable.

@roybahat on #impinv "Impact is a way of doing business not an industry. You can have an insurance company that's noble and an education company that is exploitative." Yes! great questions @bahiyahyas on the @VCInclude X @BloombergBeta #futureofwork discussion

Erik Moore @basevc on @VCInclude x @BloombergBeta's #futureofwork discussion happening now: think about what won't change post-COVID in addition to what will. Culture at work will matter even more.