Do Women Entrepreneurs Build Unicorns?

There is a myth in the startup eco-system that women entrepreneurs do not build billion dollar companies.

This is a MYTH.

Watch this inspiring 1 minute 33 second video of how Therese Tucker did build one:

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March 22 – Sramana Mitra to Moderate Panel, “Women Building Businesses from the Ground Up”

Whether you’re an entrepreneur or just curious about the experience of women in the business world, please join Sramana at Kepler’s as this panel of insightful and successful women will discuss building their businesses from the ground up. Learn more here.

Wednesday, March 22, 2017
7:30pm 8:30pm

Kepler’s
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA, 94025 United States

BUY TICKETS HERE

328th Roundtable Recording On November 3, 2016: With OneSpace CEO Stephanie Leffler

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here:

Bootstrap First to Exit, Bootstrap Again, Then Raise VC Money ALL from St. Louis: Stephanie Leffler, CEO of OneSpace (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. 

Stephanie bootstrapped her first company to $20 million in revenue from St. Louis. Her second, also from St. Louis, is venture-funded and crossed $10 million in revenue last year. Awesome entrepreneur, inspiring woman!

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 background?

Stephanie Leffler: I am from Northern Virginia in Fairfax. I was actually born and raised there. Ultimately, I went to school at Washington and Lee University. I found my way to St. Louis as part of my entrepreneurial journey. I’ve lived here ever since. >>>

Startup Idea to Help Women Return to the Workforce

As I am thinking through the solutions needed to help older engineers reconfigure their careers [Ref. A Startup Idea To Help Older, Laid-off Engineers], I am also thinking about a related issue: older women trying to get back into the workforce.

I know too many talented women who are now in their forties and fifties, and some even in their sixties, looking to start working again. Their travails are gut wrenching. The ten-, twenty-year gaps in their resumes stare back at them like menacing, identity-destroying demons.
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Women Entrepreneurs – The Myth, The Minefield, The Movement

On March 31st, I gave a talk at Hacker Dojo in Mountain View for the Women Who Code group.  In it, I addressed many of the myths about being a female entrepreneur that are currently circulating in the industry. For example:

• There’s a bias against women in Silicon Valley
• You CAN and SHOULD try to DO IT ALL
• VC rejection equals sexism
• VCs hit on women

And many others.

Here’s a recording of the session. I do believe those of you who are navigating these issues would find this useful.

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299th Roundtable Recording On March 24, 2016: With DFJ Venture’s Heidi Roizen

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here:

March 31: Sramana Mitra Speaking To “Women Who Code Silicon Valley”

On March 31^st, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. PDT, Sramana Mitra will be giving an interactive talk entitled, “Women Entrepreneurs: The Myth, The Minefield, The Movement,” for Women Who Code Silicon Valley at Hacker Dojo in Mountain View, California. She will discuss why talented women should not quit, how her fellow engineers and others can become entrepreneurs, take risks and not lose their sense-of-self. Beforehand, please check out some of Sramana’s writings on the topic here.

REGISTER HERE

Location:
Hacker Dojo, Large Event Room
599 Fairchild Drive
Mountain Vew, CA 94043
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