Human Capital Readings
Advancing a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive ecosystem;
We’ve created this list of readings and educational materials that support your human capital goals. Click the links below to access the full materials:
Highlights
The readings and educational resources listed here revolve around one of Venture Forward’s four areas of focus: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) – Advancing a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive VC ecosystem. In curating these materials, we prioritize resources that provide actionable guidance and strategies, rigorous data and analysis, or durable information, as opposed to opinion pieces or commentary on contemporaneous events.
This is not an exhaustive list of readings, commentary, or educational resources available on this topic, but rather, one focused on providing meaningful, long-term value.
If you have a suggestion for reading material or educational resources that meets our criteria, please reach out to Rhianon Anderson at rhianon@ventureforward.org.
Gender and Venture Capital Decision-Making: The Effects of Technical Background and Social Capital on Entrepreneurial Evaluations
/in Academic, Study Human Capital Reading /by ASCreativeThis study from the Harvard Kennedy School explores the interaction of having a technical background with gender biases in performance evaluations of male and female entrepreneurs and their proposed ventures through an experimental design.
Giving Notice: Why the Best and Brightest are Leaving the Workplace and How You Can Help them Stay
/in Book Human Capital Reading /by ASCreativeIn today’s workplace, blatant discrimination has mostly been relegated to the dustbin of America’s past. However, in this book Freada Kapor Klein shows how even well-intentioned people can harbor unconscious biases that perpetuate stereotypes. Each year more than two million professionals and managers leave their jobs, pushed out from the pressure of small comments, whispered […]