Morgan DeBaun

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Jul 11, 2020
Assertion Supported
Morgan DeBaun quit Intuit to build Blavity after the Ferguson protests
“You know, I quit my job, and I worked on Blavity full-time. We had already launched a version of it over the summer, but I really, at that point, you know, quit my job in, in the fall right after Mike Brown happened.”
Morgan DeBaun Jul 11, 2020 ▶ 7:41 How I Built Resilience: Live with Morgan DeBaun
Jul 11, 2020 neutral
Disclosure
Morgan DeBaun raised over $11 million in venture funding for Blavity
“I've raised, you know, over eleven million dollars, have fantastic investors that support the mission, but it is a for profit entity.”
Morgan DeBaun Jul 11, 2020 ▶ 9:35 How I Built Resilience: Live with Morgan DeBaun
Jul 11, 2020 negative
Insight
Morgan DeBaun: Brands avoid running ads alongside social justice coverage
“You know, people are very sensitive about running ads or campaigns against black death or murder or social justice, because that's not always ad safe or ad friendly.”
Morgan DeBaun Jul 11, 2020 ▶ 9:19 How I Built Resilience: Live with Morgan DeBaun
Jul 11, 2020 positive
Disclosure
Morgan DeBaun: Blavity raised venture capital as an audience platform
“I think that sometimes people may look at Blavity and say, well, it's a media company that's raised venture funding, and it's really more of a company that raised venture funding because we have a huge audience, and we're building products, brands, experiences…”
Morgan DeBaun Jul 11, 2020 ▶ 13:19 How I Built Resilience: Live with Morgan DeBaun
Jul 11, 2020
Disclosure
Morgan DeBaun: Blavity diversified revenue to avoid relying on venture capital
“Blavity, we've always had a diversified business because I did not want to be dependent on venture funding, so we've prioritized revenue at our core in terms of operating because it was important that We had multiple industries and multiple revenue streams.”
Morgan DeBaun Jul 11, 2020 ▶ 21:02 How I Built Resilience: Live with Morgan DeBaun
Jul 11, 2020 bullish
What-if
Morgan DeBaun: Blavity's 1 million users would raise $5M today, not $500K
“It took me a lot of no's to get 500,000 dollars for Blavity. And I had a million users at the time. If I went out today with that, I would raise five million because there's more venture funds focused on minorities and women of color.”
Morgan DeBaun Jul 11, 2020 ▶ 19:45 How I Built Resilience: Live with Morgan DeBaun
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