''It's About Damn Time: How to Turn Being Underestimated into Your Greatest Advantage'' is a 2020 American book written by

Arlan Hamilton Arlan Hamilton is an investor and the founder and managing partner of Backstage Capital. In May 2020, Hamilton released her first book from Penguin Random House entitled '' It's About Damn Time: How to Turn Being Underestimated into Your Greatest ...

with Rachel L. Nelson. ''It's About Damn Time'' is "an empowering guide to finding your voice, working your way into any room you want to be in, and achieving your own dreams".

Overview

is an

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and the founder and managing partner of Backstage Capital. In 2015, Hamilton founded Backstage Capital, a fund that invests in underestimated founders: women,

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, and members of the

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community. To date, Backstage Capital has invested in more than 180 startups. The book's title refers to Hamilton's 2018 launch of a $36 million fund earmarked for companies founded by Black women. "They like to call it a diversity fund," Hamilton said, announcing the fund at the

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. "I call it the about damn time fund."

Release

''It's About Damn Time'' was first published in the United States by

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and

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formats on May 5, 2020. An

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release narrated by Hamilton herself was released simultaneously.

Reception

''It's About Damn Time'' was named one of the 10 Best Business Books of The Year by ''

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''.

References

External links

It's About Damn Time website.

by Chinasa T. Okolo.
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