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, the BrainTrust Founders Studio, from entrepreneur Kendra Bracken-Ferguson. The Studio is launching with $100 million in soft capital and services from JPMorgan Chase, Salesforce, Shopify, and more, and 25 entrepreneurs are already on the platform.
For Bracken-Ferguson, the Studio is a chance to give marginalized founders resources they might otherwise not have access to. “Whenever you couple mentorship, education, capital and a community of like-minded founders who want to move their brands forward, you can change the economy,” she says. “Collectively, we can create results, and it's all supporting the overall good of the economy.”
Crucially, it also offers an opportunity to push retailers to take their diversity and inclusion initiatives beyond signing the 15% Pledge. “It's not enough for a brand to be on a shelf for one year,” . “The true success is when we can look five years later and we can see that a brand has tripled in revenue dollars and in their retail footprint.” Forbes Exclusive: These Two Founders In Recovery Raised $118 Million For Their Virtual Addiction Treatment StartupRobin McIntosh and Lisa McLaughlin met at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in 2009. They bonded over their recovery journeys, and their desire to help others with their recoveries.
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