{"blog_posts_section":"\u003cdiv class=\"tags-show-blog_posts_section\" data-rc=\"tags/show/blog_posts_section\"\u003e\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize24 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray2'\u003e\nBlog posts\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginLeft0_5 u-colorGray9 u-fontWeight200 u-displayInlineBlock'\u003e\n9\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginTop1_5 s-marginPullBottom2'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blog-posts-shared-posts_list\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/posts_list\"\u003e\u003cdiv class='s-grid u-textCenter'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/learn/the-business-of-diversity\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/075/75-1545145257-7212c5beca481b5b3ccbca6850e7fd5cd200d4e1.png 2x\" alt=\"Republic Report – The business  of diversity\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/075/75-1545145257-624dd8c2ecdec57dadad371d84251d119c5c62fe.png\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nLearn\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nRepublic Report – The business  of diversity\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n    Good ideas are universal.\u0026amp;nbsp;Opportunity isn’t.  We set out to build Republic because we knew that good ideas are universal, but access to capital isn’t. It’s common knowledge that women and underrepresented founders of color1 are often overlooked by ...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights//from-super-bowl-winner-to-venture-capitalist-republicon-speaker-ryan-mundy\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/097/97-1545141806-59c3aa2dcfc5460f20d76f870b98cf5192319fc7.jpg 2x\" alt=\"From Super Bowl winner to venture capitalist: RepubliCon speaker Ryan Mundy shares his story 🏈\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/097/97-1545141806-584900dcf4ddb6e21d258992f30e7acef4c029b9.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nFrom Super Bowl winner to venture capitalist: RepubliCon speaker Ryan Mundy shares his story 🏈\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n Former NFL safety Ryan Mundy has achieved some impressive feats. He won the 2009 Super Bowl as a rookie while playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and he went on to play in the league for seven more seasons. As retirement loomed on the horizon, he began pl...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/launch-a-company-that-solve-problems-you-have-thecut-founder-story\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/065/65-1545148208-3a845a0f9d95a104748835d95aa7e1f17dd47611.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Obi Omile, theCut\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/065/65-1545148208-03b906fcfd848962d7cc7d8e75ca59882d0430d7.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nObi Omile, theCut\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n What’s your mission? \n I’ve heard countless stories about the transformative power of a good haircut, and we’d like people to experience that feeling as often as possible. We see theCut as a place where both barbers and clients come for all their men’s gro...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/founder-series-my-story-is-one-of-resilience\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/029/29-1545272969-6e08e1e71d7f56fbe11d892b5b3975daba7bc2e5.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Fatima Dicko, Jetpack\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/029/29-1545272969-35e07d76ef5f7db6fda01df10bce59e8ab388a0c.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nFatima Dicko, Jetpack\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n Fatima Dicko, founder of Jetpack, shares her journey from Mali to Stanford. Jetpack is the first on-demand service built specifically for university students. \n\n \n  \n  \n What inspired Jetpack? \n Jetpack was spun out of mybestbox, a health and wellness subs...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/republic/following-influential-investors-on-republic\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/186/186-1583428077-bce77738c745b0090a5f5183121ae298e1c7520e.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Following influential investors on Republic\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/186/186-1583428077-c2aa87aa987aa79ce3a6d9e2ee3e0afc3c5dab96.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nRepublic\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nFollowing influential investors on Republic\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\nYou can now follow influential angel investors and VCs on Republic, starting with Chamillionaire\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/markets/black-founders-on-republic\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/370/370-1610988297-d9c3d43c2e0003704ca2024f27c4f7d5460569bd.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Celebrating Black founders on Republic\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/370/370-1610988297-c669ec24019cb5cd70adf69678c6b82c1b1a6588.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nMarkets\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nCelebrating Black founders on Republic\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\nSupport Black founders who are shaping our future\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/markets/investing-in-trucking\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/468/468-1626204257-fe6d6b7b8fc8afa871693d58fd51d70dcc2f1561.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Investing in trucking \" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/468/468-1626204257-1eaddc96ecfe9fc6f0e77436133834c22d3656ce.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nMarkets\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nInvesting in trucking \n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\nPodcasting with Pierre Laguerre, Co-Founder and CEO of Fleeting\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/marcel-benson-benson-watch-company\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/481/481-1629231777-fb98c97bba6286a51616d88aa65e48fa03ac5689.png 2x\" alt=\"Marcel Benson, Benson Watch Company\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/481/481-1629231777-ffad655a5681dd9c47ec577a8aee9d21a10810ca.png\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nMarcel Benson, Benson Watch Company\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n    What’s the inspiration behind Benson Watch Company?  I have always been passionate about watches. I got my first one at age 7, and since then I’ve collected about 100 of them. It took me a long time to understand why I was drawn to them—I had to live a ...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='s-marginBottom2 u-textLeft s-grid-colSm12'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"c-link c-link--unstyled u-displayBlock blog-posts-shared-post_card\" href=\"/insights/founders/khalid-david-tracflo\" data-rc=\"blog/posts/shared/post_card\"\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003cfigure class='u-borderRadius3 blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo-wrapper'\u003e\n\u003cimg srcset=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium_retina/000/000/488/488-1629756120-b752bf0ff73fde16268f01d56d7d2ad53be0fe8c.png 2x\" alt=\"Khalid David, TracFlo\" class=\"blog-posts-shared-post_card__cover-photo\" src=\"https://uploads.republic.com/p/blog/posts/cover_photos/medium/000/000/488/488-1629756120-e7c9fd5f05aba7cc7131ce8f1b8c8b3fb9106a00.png\" /\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003ch4 class='c-condensedTitle s-fontSize14 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__category'\u003e\nFounders\n\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 class='s-fontSize30 u-lineHeight1 u-fontWeight900 u-colorBlack blog-posts-shared-post_card__title'\u003e\nKhalid David, TracFlo\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class='s-paddingRight1 s-fontSize14 u-fontWeight400 u-colorGray6 blog-posts-shared-post_card__excerpt'\u003e\n What’s the inspiration behind TracFlo?  At Turner Construction in New York, I worked on a team that built internal software to fill gaps in existing construction software solutions. We were pioneers in developing and using software to solve construction-sp...\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/article\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e"}