In this episode of the Give First podcast, Brad Feld talks with Elizabeth Gore, co-founder and president of Hello Alice, about what it takes to build and scale a platform serving over 1.5M small business owners.
Elizabeth shares how Hello Alice became a critical lifeline during COVID, launching grant programs, pivoting product builds, and creating community hubs for entrepreneurs in crisis. She reflects on the tension of running a venture-backed social enterprise, the lessons from winning a landmark federal lawsuit, and how AI and open banking could transform access to capital for underrepresented founders.
This conversation shines a light on the entrepreneurs who keep our communities running, and the technology helping them thrive.
Follow Elizabeth Gore here 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethgoreusa/
Check out Hello Alice 👉 https://helloalice.com/
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