The Antiracist Business Book: An Equity Centered Approach to Work, Wealth, and Leadership

by Trudi Lebron, Arlan Hamliton (Foreword by)

Overview

The Antiracist Business Book is the first of its kind, as DEI business coach Trudi Lebrón offers business owners real-life lessons on how to build, reshape, and re-envision their work to support and repair the wealth of all people.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781955905169
Publisher:	Row House Publishing
Publication date:	04/19/2022
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Trudi Lebrón (IG @trudilebron) is the CEO of ScriptFlip! LLC and creator of the Institute for Equity Centered Coaching. By the time Trudi was 16, she had two children and had dropped out of high school—all the odds were against her. Today, Trudi runs a million-dollar coaching and consulting firm, helping entrepreneurs and coaches build antiracist businesses and become equity-centered coaches and leaders through ScriptFlip! certification programs, consulting packages, and executive coaching. Trudi holds a BA in Theatre, a Master of Science in Psychology, and is currently ABD in a PhD program in Social Psychology.

Arlan Hamilton built a venture capital fund from the ground up, while homeless. She is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a fund that is dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. Started from scratch in 2015, Backstage has now raised more than $15 million and invested in more than 170 startup companies led by underestimated founders. In 2018 Arlan co-founded Backstage Studio which launched four accelerator programs for underestimated founders in Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and London.

Table of Contents

Foreword Arlan Hamilton xi

Introduction xv

Part 1 Antiracist Business in a Capitalist System

Chapter 1 White People Shit 5

Chapter 2 Is Business Racist? 17

Chapter 3 It's Not Business If It's Not Personal 32

Chapter 4 From Toxic Capitalism to Just Commerce 48

Part 2 Building Your Antiracist Business

Chapter 5 Start with Your Values 67

Chapter 6 Antiracist Business Models 88

Chapter 7 Create Intentional Space 106

Chapter 8 Make Friends with Money 130

Part 3 Liberatory Leadership

Chapter 9 Building an Antiracist Team 151

Chapter 10 Liberatory Leadership 168

Chapter 11 Making an Impact 184

Chapter 12 My Love Letter to Coaches 200

Conclusion 206

Acknowledgments 211

Notes 213

Index 219

About the Author 229