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Laura Weidman Powers

Operating Partner, Base10 Partners. On 2 shows, 2 appearances. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Laura Weidman Powers co-founded and served as CEO of Code2040, a nonprofit expanding tech pathways for Black and Latino talent. She later served as a senior advisor to the U.S. Chief Technology Officer during the Obama administration and became an Operating Partner at Base10 Partners.

What they said5 Shows2

Everything Laura Weidman Powers said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

a16z Assertion Supported

Powers: Average tech salary exceeds combined Black and Latino household incomes

“That wealth gap, that income divide and how the salary of an average tech worker is more than the median household income of a black family and a Latino family combined.”

Laura Weidman Powers Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:46 a16z Podcast | If Coding is the New Literacy, How Can More People Code?

a16z Assertion Not checkable as stated

Powers: Only 6% of Silicon Valley startups have an HR function

“I'm gonna bungle the statistics, but I read that the percent of Silicon Valley tech startups that actually have an HR function At a point when, you know, most organizations elsewhere in the country do is like six percent.”

Laura Weidman Powers Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 25:09 a16z Podcast | If Coding is the New Literacy, How Can More People Code?

a16z Assertion Supported

Powers: Post-Ferguson study showed white social networks are over 90% white

“Our social networks statistically speaking, are pretty homogenous. There was a really amazing study published after Ferguson showing that white people's social networks are 90 plus percent white.”

Laura Weidman Powers Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 31:12 a16z Podcast | If Coding is the New Literacy, How Can More People Code?

SAASTR Disclosure

Powers: Base10 donates half of growth fund returns to HBCU scholarships

“As part of the Advancement Initiative, which is our growth stage fund, where we invest in top tech companies and then we, as a firm, donate half of our returns to create scholarships at historically black colleges and universities”

Laura Weidman Powers Sep 14, 2022 ▶ 5:03 Live from Saastr Annual: Lunch with Notion, Motive, & Incredible Health

a16z Assertion Supported

Powers: Nearly 20% of US computer science graduates are Black or Latino

“Nearly 20% of computer science grads each year that are black or Latino around the country”

Laura Weidman Powers Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 31:41 a16z Podcast | If Coding is the New Literacy, How Can More People Code?

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Laura's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
a16zLEDGER	Operating Partner, Base10 Partners	1	4	100% 3/3	full record on the a16z Podcast →
SAASTRLEDGER	Operating Partner, Base10 Partners	1	1	—	full record on the Official SaaStr Podcast →