Marlon Nichols is a co-founder and managing partner at Cross Culture Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm with a focus on cultural investing. Before founding Cross Culture Ventures, Marlon was an investment director at Intel Capital. Prior to his time in venture capital, Marlon led successful careers in software and strategy consulting in the technology, private equity, media and entertainment sectors. Some of Marlon’s investments include Gimlet Media, LISNR, Mayvenn, and more.

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Rod Robinson is the founder and CEO of ConnXus, a supplier diversity software company that connects diverse suppliers to Fortune 2000 companies. He spent nearly 20 years as chief procurement officer at a major telecom, and as a management consultant with firms like Accenture and AT Kearney.
 
Rod holds a bachelors from West Virginia University, and got his MBA at Wharton.
 
In 2012, Rod was recognized as a finalist for Ernst & Youngs Entrepreneur of the Year award.

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Erin Horne McKinney is Managing Partner for Inclusion at Jumpstart, an accelerator and venture capital firm in Ohio, and she's Co-Founder at Black Female Founders. She previously served as Senior Advisor on Innovation and Entrepreneurship to the mayoral administration in DC, and she’s a startup mentor at 1776, WeWork, and Accelerate DC.

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On the 10 episode podcast series, technology entrepreneur Will Lucas interviews prominent and up-and-coming technology personalities to discuss startups, ideas, and the pipeline into technology.

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