Resilience Is A Mindset: VC Arian Simone's Secrets To Securing Financing For Black Entrepreneurs

From Homeless to Hollywood, Arian Simone is a motivational Speaker, entrepreneur, and publicist. Arian founded Fearless Fund to achieve VC Capital/financing for women of color in business. Fearless Fund has helped secure funding for Bitsy's, Gabrielle Union's health brand, Pinky Cole's Slutty Vegan, The Lip Bar from Melissa Butler, and many others. Forbes Reporter, Rosemarie Miller sits down with Arian to discuss backlash, the work it took to start Fearless Fund and the statistics against Black women as entrepreneurs. 0:00 Introduction 0:53 The Fearless Fund Background 1:54 Arian's Reaction To The Court's Decision on Her Grant Program 2:55 Equality In Business 3:26 Challenges of Black Women Entrepreneurs 4:44 What's Next for Arian? 5:33 That One Yes 6:14 What Keeps Arian Motivated? 6:34 A Resilient Woman 7:35 Advice On How To Be Resilient Subscribe to FORBES: https://www.youtube.com/user/Forbes?s... Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more: https://account.forbes.com/membership... Stay Connected Forbes newsletters: https://newsletters.editorial.forbes.com Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes Forbes Video on Twitter:   / forbes   Forbes Video on Instagram:   / forbes   More From Forbes: http://forbes.com Forbes covers the intersection of entrepreneurship, wealth, technology, business and lifestyle with a focus on people and success.