Dawn Dickson is a serial entrepreneur who has been featured on the Forbes Next 1000 list, and was the first woman to raise over $1 million in crowdfunding. She is the very embodiment of perseverance. Watch several videos of Dawn in action, including a "first-look" clip from season 2 of "Spiraling Up".

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Sean Bovell is no stranger to the challenges of starting an e-commerce business. From being unable to find vendors willing to sell to a new business, to being sold illegitimate products that ultimately led to a shutdown of his first business, Bovell faced several hurdles in following his own path in the e-commerce world. Raising money as a Black college dropout was also a major hindrance in the VC community. Learn how he grew a business that is projected to generate over $30 million in gross merchandise.

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Mandy went to Harvard Law School and believed that her path was to become a partner crushing deals. During her 12 years as an attorney, she experienced many microaggressions and saw how she was treated in comparison to many of her peers. She came up with the idea to pair diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts with data and technology to drive real change for the world her children would someday inherit.

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Spiraling Up Exec Producer Ron Dawson moderates this panel with Mandy Price (CEO Kanarys) and Antoine Grant (Latitude) about their challenges and triumphs in the startup grind.

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AI is huge and here to stay, and it can be utilized in various areas to help businesses grow. There's one little problem. The underlying tech was developed with cisgender white men in mind. That can cause problems for an organization's DEI efforts. Jennifer Williams started Diversd as a way to combat those issues with technology-based solutions.

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