What we lose when we cut D and E from DEI

To combat the bigger backlash against ‘woke capitalism,’ including the broader ESG agenda, one ‘solution’ has been to use different words. Here’s why that won’t work.

I am not a woke capitalist. I don’t believe that being good for good’s sake has an awful lot of value when speaking with investors, and that’s also true when talking about the lack of diversity in venture capital.