It is important to be prepared well – in all ways!!
Female founder of the feminine brand LOLA, Alexandra Friedman, describes how to prepare for fundraising in a male dominated world.
Arena Ventures and Women Founders
CEO Paige Craig of Arena Ventures @paigecraig wrote a great article below on Woman Founders; what they face in the industry, why he believes it is the way it is, and gives great advice for changing it. #ifshecanican. It is encouraging and inspiring!
“Half Our Start-ups Are Founded By Women And I Am Surprised and Delighted.” As it should be.
Female Founders at Arena
Female Founders (Above) Clockwise from top-left: Leura Fine, CEO of Laurel & Wolf; Leiti Hsu, Susan Ho, Amy Guo, Co-Founders of Journy; Akta Adani, CEO of India Boulevard; Danielle Morrill, CEO of Mattermark; Margaret Laney, CMO of Mytable
Female Founders (Above) Clockwise from top-left: Payal Kadakia, CEO of Classpass; Niniane Wang, CEO of Evertoon; Kanjun Qiu, CEO of a stealth AI startup; Christina Saas, COO of Andela; Amanda Micallef, COO of Arsenic
So if most of us are out there aiming to invest in great people; and if we can also agree that founder potential is evenly distributed among the broad populations of women and men, then why are most gender investing ratios so fundamentally skewed?
Here’s my opinion: Most investors don’t have a real framework or techniques for investing in so called “amazing founders”
Customer Success by CEO’s Aaron Levie and Nick Mehta
Two rock star CEOs @levie and @nrmehta on Customer Success – so you think you have time?? Not so much! If you aren’t thinking, moving, and operating this way… you better think again! Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta and Box CEO Aaron Levie carpool through Palo Alto discussing Customer Success, startups, and tips for planning an epic tech conference. OH and they sing…like I do in the shower!