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Class E Podcast

The Class–E Podcast hosts conversations with leaders in innovation and entrepreneurship and sheds light on all the amazing accomplishments of students, faculty, and alumni in the Furman University Family.

We strive to help innovative thinkers share their stories, their expertise, and experience in hopes of creating an innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Our mission is to educate and inspire our listeners to engage in innovative thinking, connect with Furman Innovation and Entrepreneurship and launch their own ventures.

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Race, Class, Gender and Entrepreneurship

Mar 24, 2021

In this episode of the Class E Podcast, we address how intersectional identities such as race, class, and gender impact entrepreneurs as they begin their project and as they grow their venture. Are there systemic differences that they must overcome? We will also discuss how diversity is essential to fostering innovation and key factors to success in entrepreneurship.

Our guests are three entrepreneurs who share their own cultural, racial, and gendered identities and how those identities were an asset or a challenge to becoming entrepreneurs. Anthony Herrera is Hispanic and the Executive Director of Furman Innovation and Entrepreneurship and a Leadership Development Coach & Facilitator. Harold Hughes is Furman University’s Entrepreneur-In-Residence. He is a Jamaican American CEO & Founder of Bandwagon. He has an MBA from Clemson. Kenzie Biggins is an African American woman who founded Worxbee LLC, a virtual executive assistant solution. She has an MFA in Luxury and Fashion Management from SCAD.

Host Mary Sturgill

Producer Rachel Page