Follow the Profit with David Grasso

Episode 35: Mac the VC

Mac Conwell left his 6 figure job at a government contractor to form his first start-up in 2009. After founding a range of companies Mac moved into the world of Venture Capital funding minority owned businesses for the State of Maryland, where he noticed the gap that exists in the ‘pre-seed’ funding, often provided by friends and family that exists in minority communities. This led him to form Rare Breed VC, which provides early state funding for minority owned startups. Mac and David talk about this crucial gap that exists, and the impact that it has on small businesses in marginalised communities, as well as how he’s leveraged Twitter to grow his fund and become an influencer in the VC space. Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Follow the Profit is a podcast hosted by David Grasso, focusing on how money is ultimately driving the trends that are transforming our society. As a former local reporter working as a commentator for Fox Business, The Young Turks, The Hill, and other outlets, David has spent career around people making big changes in Entrepreneurship, Media, Politics, Finance, and many other fields. Now he wants to take these changemakers out of the newsroom and have real conversations that go beyond the soundbites to understand the big stories from the people shaping them.