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- The Accelerator Conundrum
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women entrepreneurs
Capital Efficient Entrepreneurship: Janet Kosloff, CEO of InCrowd (Part 1)
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. You know I don’t buy into the men saying that there’s a bias against women entrepreneurs in the industry. Janet doesn’t either. Here’s an opportunity to learn from her success in building solid revenues, and a profitable business. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning
Women ARE Raising Venture Capital: Kerry Cooper, CEO of ChooseEnergy (Part 7)
Sramana Mitra: The point is that e-commerce would do well with more female investors evaluating the deal just because there is more informed perspective on how the customer behaves in that segment, especially in fashion and lifestyle brands. Kerry Cooper: I sold men’s pants for six years. I’m very comfortable figuring out what it takes
Women ARE Raising Venture Capital: Kerry Cooper, CEO of ChooseEnergy (Part 6)
Sramana Mitra: What is your experience in this industry as a woman? Of course, retail is actually full of women and women executives. Technology is less full of women executives and CEOs. This company falls a bit more on the technology side. What is your experience navigating this world? Kerry Cooper: I’m a little bit
Women ARE Raising Venture Capital: Kerry Cooper, CEO of ChooseEnergy (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: Let’s track the story of how you got this going. What was the beginning of the business? How did you get it started? Did you raise money or did you bootstrap? Give me more color on the entrepreneurial journey. Kerry Copper: Our founder is Jerry Dyess. He built this business out of his
Bootstrapping From Oklahoma: Robin Smith, CEO of WeGoLook (Part 1)
How often do you hear of a successful entrepreneurship story out of Oklahoma? Well, meet Robin Smith. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start with the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of circumstances? Robin Smith: I was born in Oklahoma. I was raised, primarily, on
Who Said Women Entrepreneurs Don’t Raise Venture Capital?
A blog post that I wrote on the subject in October 2010 still garners readership and discussions. Meanwhile, our 1M/1M virtual incubator continues to work with women entrepreneurs actively, and I am happy to report that women ARE starting up companies, and building interesting businesses ranging from healthcare IT to e-commerce, and everything in between.
Five Mompreneurs Say You Can Do It All
I frequently facilitate discussions about female entrepreneurs, and the company vs. children question, and I would like to do so again. We’ve seen through conversations with entrepreneurial women like Sarah Sutton Fell that not only is it possible to have both, you can also be incredibly successful. To reinforce that point, I would like to
The Best Work-from-Home Opportunity: Your Own Venture
Paris-born Valerie Holstein had a difficult time finding a place where she felt she belonged from the time she first came to the U.S. to attend college in 1993. Though she settled domestically in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and married her fiancé, she continuously searched for the professional opportunity that would allow her to travel home
