TechCXO takes a multi-faceted view of diversity. As part of the larger technology community, we understand that there is much work to do to help correct the imbalance of representation, particularly in entrepreneurship, venture capital and tech companies in general. One of TechCXO’s most pointed areas of focus is to support startups that are female and minority-founded. Much of our assistance comes in the form of helping startups with critical operational and strategic issues, such as access to equity, cash conservation, IPOs, revenue acquisition and retention, successful exits and acquisitions, and securing less expensive resources and platforms in order to scale. One of the ways we best encourage diversity among our clientele is to aggressively invest in them with discounted upfront rates, friendly payment terms and deferred payment/warranty arrangements. In this way, we become a true partner to our clients. We also aggressively pursue minority-founded businesses to provide them with both our expertise and the strength of our extended network. TechCXO people believe wholeheartedly that diverse organizations outperform their non-diverse counterparts. Research we embrace points to the fact that the gender composition of management teams matters. Of the top firms in Standard & Poor’s Composite 1500 list, on average, “female representation in top management leads to an increase of $42 million in firm value.” We believe equally important benefits — financial or otherwise — come from filling an organization with ethnic and socio-economic diversity from the full spectrum of life.