Founders know that incorporating practices of diversity, equity and inclusion is an integral step of building their companies. But knowing that something is important is different than putting it into practice. In our Fall LIVE@LIFT series “Building and Growing Inclusive Teams,” we want to enable founders by diving deep into three areas: Pipeline & Hiring, Onboarding & Managing, and Culture & Community. In each session, we will share tactical tips from experts that you can put into practice at your companies.

Building an inclusive team starts with pipeline--startup leaders must develop a diverse network from which they recruit and hire. And, in addition to expanding networks, those responsible for hiring must also think about the ways in which job descriptions and interview processes might contain bias and exclude certain communities or groups of people. In this first session, we will talk to Marlin Williams, Vice President Global Diversity and Inclusion at StockX and Tani Brown, Head of Community at Jopwell about how to approach this first step in building an inclusive team.