Podcasts about Plum Alley

Plum Alley, a narrow lane in downtown Salt Lake City, marks what used to be the heart of a vibrant Chinatown.

Avantika Daing is the Founding Partner of Plum Alley Ventures, a venture capital platform deploying over $1 Billion in Economic Transformative Value across multi strategy and capital stages investing at the intersection of frontier innovation and gender diversity. — Read the Magazine and Join the Community for Impact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠real-leaders.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apply for the The 2025 Real Leaders Impact Awards: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://real-leaders.com/impact-awards-application/⁠⁠

Tech companies and investors openly discuss the shifting role of soil in climate-proofing the world's complex food systems in this live episode taped in front of an audience at New York Climate Week. We Meet: Shely Aronov, CEO of Innerplant Avantika Daing, Managing Partner, Plum Alley and General Partner, Plum Alley Venture Fund Ana Pavlovic, Chief Commercial Officer at Eion Carbon Sara Eckhouse, Executive Director of FoodShot Global Credits: This show is produced by Jennifer Strong and Anthony Green with help from Emma Cillekens. It's mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski.

I first met Avantika Daing, a General Partner & Managing Partner at Plum Alley Investments (and Tedx Speaker!) while she was onstage at an Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator event. She was there to share a bit about Plum Alley's Investment thesis as well as unpack six pitches live from early-stage companies. Let's level set a bit so you understand Avantika's and Plum Alley's mission, which revolves around an important number that hasn't moved much in years, despite a lot of effort - 2%.  According to Pitchbook, in 2022, companies founded solely by women garnered just 2% of the total capital invested in VC-backed startups in the United States. Plum Alley only funds gender-diverse companies and works to create an ecosystem to help them not just get funded, but to grow and succeed. That's one of the reasons I wanted to bring Avantika on, to share some of her ways of thinking strategically about funding as an investor, how Plum Alley is working to create a more sustainable funding ecosystem for diverse founding teams, and how she coaches founders to be more strategic about funding, too. Watching Avantika on stage peel back the layers of the onion (one of her favorite metaphors!) on a company's story in conversation with a founder and work to understand the company's potential was fascinating - it's a tremendous act of intellectual rigor and curiosity. Her questions also reminded me that founders can make an investor's job a lot easier through more powerful and intentional storytelling. Another powerful metaphor that Avantika came back to in a number of pitches was the idea of a Basecamp. In other words, Avantika, as a funder, wants to know: Is your company building a core technology or defensible market position (a basecamp) that will provide you with multiple paths to success?  Avantika acknowledged that a “single story” about how your company will “win” or “summit the mountain” is powerful, but she was clear that she prefers companies that are creating a powerful “basecamp”...why? Because:

Date: March 7, 2022 (Season 4, Episode 7: 59 min. & 28 sec. long). Click here for the Utah Dept. of Culture and Community Engagement version of this Speak Your Piece episode. Are you interested in other episodes of Speak Your Piece? Click Here.  This episode was co-produced by Brad Westwood and Chelsey Zamir. This episode is an interview with Dr. Brandon Plewe, BYU geographer and cartographer, with SYP host Brad Westwood. It involves a discussion about Plewe's 2022 Utah Historical Quarterly article entitled “Placing Immigrants in Salt Lake City, 1900,” Utah Historical Quarterly, (Winter, 2022: Vol. 90, No. 1), which explores the research discovered from mapping out data from the 1900 US Census on the distribution of immigrants in Salt Lake City.Why use geography and cartography to tell this story?  Plewe describes that geography, particularly spatial data or mapping of locations, offer researchers entirely different ways of seeing and thinking about history.  In this case, Plewe and his BYU students mapped the exact addresses of those picked up in 1900 Census data. In mapping these addresses, they discovered a pattern of immigration across downtown SLC. In order to discover the larger picture that this data would tell, they examined the distribution of immigrants, the different countries they emigrated from, and where exactly in SLC they settled. This geographical data renders an otherwise undetected picture that shows Mormons were seen through a racial lens. This research fits into that which was pioneered by Dr. Paul Reeve – Mormons, at this time, were seen as different from other Americans. The Mormon Church was successful in bringing many immigrants from Great Britain, Western Europe and Scandinavia, and assimilating them into Utah's existing dominant culture. Less effective were their attempts to assimilate immigrants from Italy, Spain, Ireland, Poland, etc., into Utah society. The latter group of immigrants were considered “less white,” and Mormons were viewed by many Americans as “less American.” Obsessed with their national image, the members of the Mormon Church aspired to be seen as equally American and concurrently predominantly white. Unknowingly or at times knowingly, SLC society segregated certain “less white” groups to specific areas, so as to differentiate themselves from these communities.  Plewe concludes in this discussion that religion, race, economics, and the way each population of immigrants had different influences on SLC. English, German, and Scandinavian immigrants primarily migrated for religious purposes and were actively assimilated into the culture and, therefore, spatially distributed. Whereas, non-English speaking and Irish immigrants emigrated not for religious purposes, but for economic and labor reasons and for cheaper housing.Bio: Dr. Brandon S. Plewe, an associate professor of geography at BYU (Provo), has been teaching there since 1997. Plewe is a committed trail preservationist and his research focuses on mapmaking and map uses related to Mormonism and the American West. To experience Plewe's most recent mapping ideas go to #30DayMapChallenge on his Twitter feed. Do you have a question? Write askahistorian@utah.gov

Lorraine Marchand is Executive Managing Director of Merative (formerly IBM Watson Health) and has three decades of experience in new product development. She has held leadership positions at Bristol Myers Squibb, Covance, Cognizant, and IQVIA, and has cofounded four companies. Marchand is an adjunct professor of management and serves on the Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program Advisory Board at Columbia Business School and is an adjunct professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at Yeshiva University's Katz School of Science and Health. She is also an investor-member of venture firm Plum Alley. Her new book, THE INNOVATION MINDSET: Eight Essential Steps To Transform Any Industry, was recently published by Columbia University Press.

Lorraine Marchand is the  Executive Managing Director of Merative (formerly IBM Watson Health). In this episode, they talk about how innovation thrives in environments that embraces uncertainty, being 'unsuccessful', and the ability to pivot.More about our guest:Lorraine Marchand  has three decades of experience in new product development. She has held leadership positions at Bristol Myers Squibb, Covance, Cognizant, and IQVIA, and she cofounded four companies. Marchand is an adjunct professor of management and serves on the Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program Advisory Board at Columbia Business School and an adjunct professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at Yeshiva University's Katz School of Science and Health. She is also an investor-member of venture firm Plum Alley.------------------------------------------------Episode Guide:1:23 - What is Innovation?  2:41 - Unveiling adulthood curiosity6:09 - The practice of noticing8:25 - Jeff Bezos' Amazon and incentivized failure11:22 - Problem Solving Methods and Innovation: First Principles12:52 - Method 2: reframing14:01 - Method 3: Analogy / Metapor technique16:09 - Innovation: the cultural aspect17:05 - What isn't innovation?  17:42 - Serendipity Innovation: Upjohn company's Rogaine19:05 - Disruptive Innovation / Big hunt innovations19:35 - Field of Dreams Innovation22:45 - Unlearning ways of thinking23:28 - Innovation: Shaping Careers27:31 - Advice to Innovators-------------------------OUTLAST Consulting offers professional development and strategic advisory services in the areas of innovation and diversity management.

In this episode, Julia shares her experience working in business development at WeWork before joining VC funds for the last 3+ years. She further talks about professional growth within a firm and how to tackle conversations around promotions. She concludes with her very candid recommendation to think about why you see yourself succeeding in and enjoying venture capital before diving in. 

Codie Sanchez is the Founder of Contrarian Thinking, the Co-founder of Unconventional Acquisitions, and the Owner of 26 “boring businesses.” She is also a Board Member at Entourage Effect Capital, The Arcview Group, and the Marijuana Policy Project and a Member of AEI's Enterprise Club. She invests in women-led startups through Plum Alley, WAVE, and The Vinetta Project and cannabis companies through Cresco Capital Partners.  Codie was awarded the JFK Award for Print Journalism and the Howard G. Buffett Grant. She received her MBA from Georgetown University and her PhD from Fundação Getulio Vargas. In this episode… As an entrepreneur, how do you achieve financial freedom? It can be scary taking the first step toward owning a business, but what if it doesn't have to be?  Whether you're a first-time owner or a serial entrepreneur, it is possible to stop trading your time for money. Codie Sanchez was working for a paycheck until she changed her perspective and began focusing on the cash flow of her business. When you think like an owner, everything changes. Now, she's here to share how to succeed as a business owner — and how she's empowering others through a community of like-minded entrepreneurs.  In this episode of the Quiet Light Podcast, Joe Valley sits down with Codie Sanchez, Founder of Contrarian Thinking and Co-founder of Unconventional Acquisitions, to talk about building equity and scaling your brand. Codie discusses how to view your business as a gateway to passive cash flow, the value of connecting with others to share insights and ideas, and her tips for building sellable assets and value with your brand.  

Codie Sanchez, a journalist turned entrepreneur, is the founder of Contrarian Thinking and cofounder of Unconventional Investors. In finding contrarian ways to invest, she has worked at the intersection of marketing and money throughout her career. She is an advisory board member at Entourage Effect Capital, and invests in women-led startups in Plum Alley, WAVE, and The Vinetta Project. Codie joins Jeff Gothelf to share stories about the twists, turns, and lessons she experienced along her professional journey. She discusses the challenges of content creation, sharing platforms, and how she equipped herself after leaving her first profession to be forever employable. You'll hear Codie and Jeff Gothelf talk about: Why people sometimes leave a great job. The signal that points to taking the next step. The benefits of building in public. How Codie started sharing content, and the tools she used. Owned content versus rented content, and why people should have the former. Codie's process of monetizing content. Setting boundaries after success. Resources Jeff Gothelf on LinkedIn | Twitter JeffGothelf.com Codie Sanchez on LinkedIn | Twitter CodieSanchez.com ContrarianThinking.co

The tech sector is undoubtedly one of the most exciting areas of the stock market, with some of the greatest opportunities for investing returns. But it's also very fast moving, which can make finding good, long-term investments challenging.Today we are chatting with Deborah Jackson, CEO and Founder of Plum Alley. We get Deborah's insights on the most exciting tech stocks currently and how to spot a good investment opportunity. Headquartered in NYC, Plum Alley invests in advanced technology and healthcare companies that will improve our lives and the planet. The fund specifically focuses on companies with women founders or co-founders, tapping diverse ingenuity and decision making.Keep track of Sophie and Maddy between the episodes on Instagram, or on TikTok, and come and be part of the conversation on Facebook with our You're In Good Company Discussion Group. Got a question or a topic suggestion? Email us here. *****In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of You're In Good Company acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. *****You're In Good Company is a product of Equity Mates Media. All information in this podcast is for education and entertainment purposes only. Equity Mates gives listeners access to information and educational content provided by a range of financial services professionals. It is not intended as a substitute for professional finance, legal or tax advice. The hosts of You're In Good Company are not financial professionals and are not aware of your personal financial circumstances. Equity Mates Media does not operate under an Australian financial services licence and relies on the exemption available under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) in respect of any information or advice given.Before making any financial decisions you should read the Product Disclosure Statement and, if necessary, consult a licensed financial professional. Do not take financial advice from a podcast. For more information head to the disclaimer page on the Equity Mates website where you can find ASIC resources and find a registered financial professional near you. You're In Good Company is part of the Acast Creator Network. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Codie Sanchez is a reformed journalist, turned institutional investor to cannabis investor and advisor, to now Founder at Contrarian Thinking and Cofounder of Unconventional Acquisitions. Together with her team, they help people think critically, and cashflow unconventionally while allocating to what we call "sweaty & boring" small businesses.She has worked at the intersection of marketing and money, finding contrarian ways to invest. She's always balanced her profession with non-profit service to empower women, veterans, and Latinos.She is a board member at The Arcview Group, Magma Partners Venture Fund, Texans for Veterans and a member of the free markets think tank, AEI's Enterprise Club. She also sits on the policy board of the Marijuana Policy Project. She invests in women-led startups through Plum Alley, WAVE and The Vinetta Project and cannabis companies through Cresco Capital Partners.She received her degree in PR & Journalism from ASU's Honors School, MBA from Georgetown University, and PhD from Fundacao Gestulio Vargas. She was awarded the JFK Award for Print Journalism and the Howard Buffett Grant.Know more about Codie here:Website: https://www.codiesanchez.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/codiesanchez/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/codiesanchez/Twitter: https://twitter.com/codie_sanchezMedium: https://medium.com/contrarian-thinking

Dharti Desai is an entrepreneur, advisor, board member, and investor with more than 23 years of versatile global experience - spanning direct marketing, wines, printing, packaging, lifestyle industry, and not-for-profit organizations. Leveraging her extensive experience in innovative marketing and global leadership, her broad areas of expertise include deep data-driven analytics, marketing strategy enhancement, branding, digital communications, and team building. Dharti holds a BA in Sociology from Mumbai University, India, a diplôme supérieur in French from the Alliance Française, and is enrolled in level 3 of the Wine & Spirits Education Trust (WSET) NY. She is the author of DM in India Guidebook and has been selected as jury for the Echo Awards of the DMA USA for 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. Dharti is also a Founder Ambassador of her family's non-profit trust Animedh Charitable Trust (ACT). ACT skill trains women from the underserved, impoverished and under-represented communities and places them in jobs matching their skills or trains them to be economically independent with their micro-enterprises. ACT also provides basic and higher education for underprivileged children, especially a girl child. Dharti is an investor through Plumalley.co in NY – a syndicate focused on women and gender diverse founders. She also sits on advisory boards of companies in the digital marketing and Not for Profit sectors. She is an investor through Bodhi Capital (bodhicapital.com) in early-stage companies in fashion, Fin-tech, hospitality, and health-tech. She has been invited to judge and deliver keynote addresses at Start-up Pitch Competitions/conferences and has hosted webinars on marketing. Dharti is President on the board of TiE NY (www.ny.tie.org - a global not-for-profit organization ‘for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs) and is the Co-Chair of TiE NY's Angel program. Dharti has mentored women entrepreneurs of AIRSWEEE 2.0 (All India Road Show for Women's Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship) - a project by TiE Global and funded by the US Department of State and now is the Co-Chair for TiE Women (tiewomen.org). Company Profile Link - https://www.startupsteroid.com/investors-interview

Codie Sanchez is a reformed journalist, turned institutional investor to now a Managing Director and Partner at Entourage Effect Capital, a private equity firm focused specifically on investing in the legalized cannabis industry. Since its inception in the summer of 2014, EEC has deployed $100+ million into over 65 companies out of its two dedicated funds and co-investments. Throughout her career, she has worked at the intersection of marketing and money, finding contrarian ways to invest. She’s always balanced her profession with non-profit service to empower women, veterans and Latinos. She joined Vanguard ETFs in 2008 ($870B) to build out their ETF business, quite the time, then moved to Goldman Sachs Alternatives group. Following, she became an SVP at SSGA ($580B) in institutional investing tasked with a $3 billion region, finally coming to First Trust ($63B) to build the LatAm investment business from the ground up. Codie has led global teams in all asset classes, negotiating JV's, product creation and market entry across the Americas. She is a board member at The Arcview Group, Magma Partners Venture Fund, Texans for Veterans and a member of the free markets think tank, AEI's Enterprise Club. She also sits on the policy board of the Marijuana Policy Project. She invests in women led startups through Plum Alley, WAVE and The Vinetta Project and cannabis companies through Cresco Capital Partners. She received her degree in PR & Journalism from ASU's Honors School, MBA from Georgetown University and PHD from Fundacao Gestulio Vargas. She was awarded the JFK Award for Print Journalism and the Howard Buffett Grant.

Deborah Jackson, Founder and CEO of Plum Alley investments, had a father who worked for IBM (often jokingly called I’ve Been Moved). And so, as a child, she moved every few years to another place in the US. “Moving made me resourceful and adaptable,” she says. “I realize in my 60s, it is a good skill set for navigating change.” After business school, Jackson “stumbled” into investment banking at Goldman Sachs in municipal finance. After 20 years, she retired, found her way onto five non-profit boards and even explored her bucket list. “I flunked retirement,” she laughs.  Jackson had been mentoring entrepreneurs and investing when she decided to create a business out of it. “I wanted to change the experience of how investing is done,” she tells Lesley Jane Seymour, founder of CoveyClub. “How do we get women excited about investing? How do we create joy beyond the financial transaction?” Plum Alley, a private membership that gives investors “access to influence innovation and shape the future by investing in private companies” does just that — and has already invested in 19 companies in 24 months.  “Wise women over 60 have so much to give back,” Jackson says. “Age and wisdom are really significant together.” 

#LinkedInLive w/ Andrea Turner Moffitt CoFounder Plum Alley Investments , Author & Entrepreneur - Plum Alley Investments is a private membership that gives you access to influence innovation and shape the future by investing in private companies. Our goal is simple: get capital to the most promising women entrepreneurs and provide a powerful experience and return to the women and men who invest in them. https://plumalley.co/ Video Replay at www.CharlieNYC.com     

Let's get to know Codie Sanchez in today’s fun and insightful episode as she lives on the leading edge of venture capital and entrepreneurship. She is an investor, speaker and business builder. She is a partner at Cresco Capital Partners, one of the first PE funds in the legalized cannabis space. From Great To Greater Codie is a former mutual fund manager at Goldman Sachs and a consultant to Facebook, Apple, and Amazon. She earned her MBA from Georgetown University and received her Ph.D. from FGV in Brazil. Given her credentials, she is upfront about not staying long with her previous company nor working in the marijuana industry. “After a while, everybody has to graduate from that realm and go do something in the world. I was feeling like it was time.” - Codie Sanchez She started investing in cannabis privately until she saw the actual numbers and the industry growth potential. Aside from being a Venture Capitalist, she is an active advocate in lobbying for federally funded marijuana use research. “We do a lot of stuff with Vets and see them come back from the war and have PTSD. You get them on opioids or cannabis and see the changes in their lives. Its kind of contagious at some point.” - Codie Sanchez Lobbying at Washington Codie recounts her story at Washington D.C. to Lochhead as she says that Cannabis is categorized as Schedule 1⁠—drugs that have no medicinal benefit and are highly addictive⁠.  Lochhead also shares his understanding of the issue. He says that since there is no federally funded research on the benefits, risks, problems, applications and use cases on cannabis, the country might be missing out on its potential. “So many of them don’t know about cannabis. They know what we used to think about it, like in the 70s, the 80s, but they still don’t know the fact that this is a multi-million dollar industry.” -Codie Sanchez, on meeting with legislators  40,000 Different Uses of Mary Jane Thanks to people like Codie, more established people are joining the cannabis movement. For instance, there is the UCLA Cannabis Institute, the only research organization branded by a school. They do have to get funding, though, from non-cannabis related companies. Codie further shares in this episode why she thinks the cannabis industry is a generational wealth creation event. First, its a new industry, but is an overregulated one. Second, there’s no need to create a market for it. Third, the use cases are prolific⁠—with 40,000 different ways to utilize it. Fourth, the audience's expansion of cannabis is astounding. Cannabis is definitely not a panacea or a drug that cures everything, but research can definitely back up how it can ease certain illnesses. To hear more about venture capital in the cannabis industry and more relevant information from Codie, download and listen to the episode. Bio: Codie Sanchez is a reformed journalist, turned institutional investor to now a partner at Cresco Capital Partners, one of the first PE funds in the legalized cannabis space. Throughout her career, she has worked at the intersection of marketing and money, finding contrarian ways to invest and spread the gospel. She’s always balanced her profession with non-profit service to empower women, veterans and Latinos. She joined Vanguard ETFs in 2008 ($870B) to build out their ETF business, quite the time, then moved to Goldman Sachs Alternatives group. Following, she became an SVP at SSGA ($580B) in institutional investing tasked with a $3 billion region, finally coming to First Trust ($63B) to build the LatAm investment business from the ground up. Codie has led global teams in all asset classes, negotiating JV's, product creation and market entry across the Americas. Further, she is a board member at The Arcview Group, Magma Partners Venture Fund, Texans for Veterans. She is also a member of the free markets think tank, AEI's Enterprise Club. Codie invests in women-led startups through Plum Alley,

In this episode of Success Stories, Andrea Turner Moffitt, co-founder of investment platform Plum Alley, a unique membership investing platform supporting women-led businesses, speaks with Catherine Robson about the surprising insights from her groundbreaking study on women investors entitled ‘Harness the Power of the Purse: Winning Women Investors’ and how Plum Alley is making it easier for women to up their investing game.

Deborah Jackson is a founder and entrepreneur, early-stage investor and former investment banker. In 2012 Deborah founded Plum Alley to advance women entrepreneurs and strong teams of women and men, to build better products and companies that are positioned to outperform others. Anyone interested in learning more about Plum Alley can email andrea@plumalley.co ==== - 20+ years raising capital for entities including healthcare technology; past experience includes Goldman Sachs, Shattuck Hammond Partners - Early stage investor in copmanies in consumer internet, cloud software, mobile, and medical, including one IPO - Co-Founder/Advisor, WIM Accelerator to build mobile tech - Columbia University Committee Advisor to President on entrepreneurship - Hosted hackathon w/ 18 women developers who built an anti-sex trafficking game; covered by Fast Company - Awards & Recognition: TechCrunch 40 Over 40, Forbes “Women Changing the World” (VC/Enrepreneurs), Fast Company “League of Extraordinary Women,” Bpeace Economic Impact Award - Start-up Competition Judge: Harvard Busines School New Venture Competition, Technovation, Startup Weekend - Featured Speaker: CNBC, Family Office Association, HBS, The Atlantic Conference, Columbia University, UPenn

Carine Schneider, founder of WFF Connect, is proud to be one of the “Most Influential Women in Silicon Valley,” and dubbed one of the “17 Women to Watch in 2017” by Brown Brothers Harriman. Today on the EO Wonder Podcast, Carine discusses challenges that female entrepreneurs face and her mission to change the way our culture sees women in the workplace. Tune-in to learn how Carine is revolutionizing the entrepreneur-investor connection for women, and listen as she reveals what she’s learned in business, what investors are really looking for, and how to be there when capital appears. Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:13 – Carine has a mission-driven company called WFF Connect and was previously working for the NASDAQ private market 00:24 – She worked with entrepreneurs and was an entrepreneur herself, working for non-profit and for-profit companies, and saw the challenges women faced 00:35 – Women struggled to run companies, raise money, find clients/partners; she wanted to focus on the fundraising part of the company, so that’s what she did 00:51 – As they developed their tools, investors said they were interested in investing in women-run companies but found that their companies weren’t “investor-ready” 01:04 – They added an educational component to help women prepare themselves so that they can raise capital 01:15 – Carine’s early entrepreneurial ventures 01:22 – Her first major venture was starting NASPP (National Association of Stock Plan Professionals): An organization for everyone who worked in the stock plan world in the U.S. 01:40 – She started it with a partner, and there are now about 8,000 members 02:00 – She had so much fun with the freedom, creativity, and daily variance of entrepreneurship 02:20 – She was young and had no kids; she had always seen her father in a company’s leadership role, and now she was the one making the decisions 02:45 – After she started NASPP she went back to Morgan Stanley, and she ended up being a partner at PWC, which was 93,000 people at the time 03:03 – She’s always felt the tug between entrepreneurship and working for a large, established company 03:24 – After a number of critical years with PWC she started her first company; at that time she felt ready, even though she had a family, was the main breadwinner, and knew the risk 03:58 – Her son encouraged her to go for it; her family is her biggest support 04:18 – WFF Connect is a company but also does something good, she’s not just peddling a product 04:37 – The founder of Gymboree, Joan Barnes, was on their advisory board and a big supporter; Carine loves and can relate to parts of her story in her book “Play it Forward” 05:33 – Gymboree was not started as a business; it started as a way for moms and kids to connect; Joan considers herself an “accidental entrepreneur” 06:20 – What tips would Carine give to women entrepreneurs? 06:55 – Get very comfortable with your numbers, not just your product or solution: Become a businessperson 07:42 – Get good advice; you need a good lawyer, you need to protect your idea, company, ownership stake, and accounting 08:20 – Network: 3-6 months of full-time work is needed to successfully fundraise, be prepared to do those things or working with an investor may not be for you 08:58 – Traits of women entrepreneurs that investors like 09:20 – Women are tenacious, have a humble quality, and work hard to make sure the company is taken care of 09:39 – Men make sure the office looks nice, whereas a woman will work from her bedroom to not spend money on an office or good address 09:55 – Women tend to be diligent and protect the capital they raise, and they make unemotional decisions about things 10:20 – Women entrepreneurs say things like “I can’t afford to fail” whereas men say “If this doesn’t work out, I’ve got 100 other ideas 10:48 – Women tend to not dream big enough 11:03 – Men are more confident in how big their idea can get, women give conservative estimates; Harvard has done research on this difference, and generally the audience picks the male 11:58 – Carine’s company is trying to change that unconscious bias 12:15 – Confidence is a big part of the issue 12:35 – When she ran a tech company, she’d present in front of the board and they’d rather she “make it up, and disappoint them later” than be upfront with the numbers 12:49 – People want to dream, and women tend to be practical and brutally honest 13:10 – Expectations of women: A man in a meeting said he doesn’t hire women because they have to be home at 5pm to care for kids and family (in San Francisco in 2017!) 13:36 – Women in the room were upset, speaker asked him if he had ever asked a woman to stay past 5pm, he said no and she told him he was the problem 13:58 – Women are expected to have more obligations at home, so they aren’t even asked 14:25 – This expectation is so engrained in our culture but needs to be let go 14:50 – How Carine does it with her family: She has a great husband and had a great nanny, she is now an empty-nester so has the time and energy 15:12 – Her kids saw all her failure and success and she hopes it has inspired them 15:35 – She was awarded one of the “Most Influential Women in Silicon Valley,” and Brown Brothers Harriman said she was one of the “17 Women to Watch in 2017” 16:02 – Her successes include her great family, kids doing well, being a partner at PWC, GEO, a global equity non-profit organization that she started and is now stepping down from 17:14 – Challenges and failures 17:32 – She’s learned to be more careful about picking partners, board, and advisors, it’s like a marriage: She still feels naïve at times about the intentions of others and has learned the hard way 18:25 – For WFF Connect she didn’t take on any investors; she didn’t want a board 18:45 – Be careful not to hire people too fast; be sure you are ready to take someone on financially and that you can make payroll 19:26 – Meet everyone 19:44 – How can we distinguish between the good and bad people in business? 19:45 – Ask the investor to talk to 1-2 CEO’s of companies they’ve invested in and do your research; if they say no, something is wrong 20:58 – Things that happen behind the scenes 20:10 – Some chairmen don’t allow women in the boardroom because they have to change their behavior 21:22 – Term that sheets look good at first and actually aren’t; term sheets are complicated so always have an expert look at it 22:30 – Use lawyers and accountants to understand all documents fully, especially overseas 23:04 – If you sign something, it can be used against you later 23:50 – One lawyer does not fit all; use the correct lawyer that is experienced in your specific need 24:38 – Law firms are putting together packages for entrepreneurs, look for those; you can find good people at your needed price 25:39 – Some of their sponsors have packages that do their books; look to outsource the things you aren’t good at 26:16 – Know how to cut up the pie with people you are bringing on; work with firms like Advanced HR that can help you come up with a plan that makes sense, check out wffconnect.com for resources 27:00 – Get a male and female mentor; they’ll give you advice and support in different ways 27:45 – Women Entrepreneur’s Hall of Fame will be launched in February to recognize and honor women who “did it” 28:15 – Joan would say “it wasn’t that hard,” while other women have a bunch of startups and can’t seem to get it financially; WFF Connect community is focused on capital and fundraising specifically 28:40 – Other organizations focus on other things 28:56 – Her event in LA is February 12-14 is called “Crossroads” and is held at the Marina del Rey Ritz-Carlton 29:14 – Secretary of State Madeline Albright has been confirmed 29:25 – Practical financial advice for women starting or growing their company 29:35 – Investors, peers, and potential partners will be there; a vendor hall of firms and services will also be available 31:10 – She supports women entrepreneurs globally; A service they offer to their members called “Connections” links investors with women-owned businesses so they can watch your business and possibly invest 32:35 –Carine has this mission because she’s lucky, she can, and feels she has experience to pass along; a network isn’t enough, it has to be bigger than just a single connection 33:55 – She want to see women be successful and invest in other women; with more women investors, more women would be invested in and we’d see an economy change 34:12 – Women own the majority of wealth as of last year, but aren’t investing, why? 34:25 – Women approach things differently: Portfolia is a different type of investment platform, Plum Alley is an investment membership, Golden Seeds are angels, 10 royal princesses are finding a way to invest in women-run businesses, too 35:22 – Women investors want to get into it and learn; women VCs are starting to organize themselves 36:11 – Become a member and support the organization so it can support you. Get on Connections (contact Carine through the website for a discount code) 37:05 – The capital is there; if you look and are ready, you’ll find it 3 Key Points: Recognize and appreciate your support system that encourages you to fulfill your entrepreneurial dreams. Know who you’re working with (advisors/employees/investors) and outsource to the appropriate people. Become a businessperson; know your numbers and get comfortable with all aspects of your business and you’ll find the capital you need. Resources Mentioned: Entrepreneur's Organization – The EO Network “Play it Forward” by Joan Barnes WFF Connect – website  To listen to more EO Wonder episodes as well as our other podcasts, head to EOPodcasts.com

Jennifer Gefsky interviews Susan McPherson discussing Corporate Social Responsibility. Susan is a serial connector, cause marketer, angel investor, and corporate responsibility expert. She is the founder and CEO of McPherson Strategies, a communications consultancy focusing on the intersection between brands and social good, providing storytelling, partnership creation and visibility to corporations, NGOs and social enterprises including Intel, Girl Rising, Plum Alley, IF Hummingbird Foundation, The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Blackbaud and JCPenney.

Today we have the Managing Director of the female centric crowdfunding site, Plum Alley. Plum Alley is a site specifically made for women consumers and women looking to crowdfund from other women. It further differentiates itself by offering expert help to crowdfunders which has created a funding success rate of near double kickstarter and quadruple that seen on indiegogo. Jan has also held high level positions at non-profits including the Girl Scouts, Teach For America, the Sierra Club and as the CFO of Planned Parenthood International. She then went on to found the 6 figures women network and her own client relations and brand management consultancy called Swig.      Jan is interviewed by our Tampa Bay Chapter director Joy Randels. Let’s Listen in. 

In this episode of the podcast I sit down and talk with Michael Eccleston, bartender at Bar X. Michael shares his story on how he grew up in Davis County, some of the other bars he has worked at in Salt Lake City including Plum Alley and Copper Common. We also talk about how he is chairman of the Utah Chapter of the United States Bartenders Guild and the instagram account he runs called "We Drink SLC". This is a great conversation with one of the bartenders from one of my favorite spots in downtown Salt Lake City. You can find out more about the podcast and listen to all of the previous episodes at iamsaltlake.com Follow me on twitter @iamsaltlake Please share this episode or any of your favorite episodes with your family and friends on your favorite social media sites. Thanks everyone for your support and everything. Love you all.

Dr. Felicia Clark is a plus size cover model and body acceptance coach who hosts workshops and online courses to help girls and women develop a positive body image. She is author of I Like My Body: A 52-Week Journal To Honor and Appreciate My Body. Jan Mercer Dahms is a Managing Director, Business Development for Plum Alley, a crowd funding technology company which helps raise capital for women-owned businesses. Jan offers insights on how set up a successful crowd funding venture. This show is broadcast live on W4WN Radio – The Women 4 Women Network (www.w4wn.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).

The Social Network Show welcomes Geri Stengel to the January 7, 2015 episode. Geri Stengel, President of Ventureneer and author of Forget the Glass Ceiling: Build Your Business Without One is launching a project called "The Venture Crowd" which will educate women entrepreneurs and investors about equity crowdfunding. In this show, you will learn about why women entrepreneurs are important to the economy; what is standing in the way of women reaching their goals; why women don't ask for funding as much as men do; and how this new initiative aims to help women entrepreneurs. For more information on The Venture Crowd, please visit the Plum Alley website. Geri Stengel is president of Ventureneer, a market research and content marketing company that helps corporations reach small businesses through thought leadership. As a writer (Forget the Glass Ceiling: Build Your Business Without One and Forbes contributor), teacher (Kauffman FastTrac facilitator and former adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at The New School) and presenter, Based on her research into the success factors of women entrepreneurs, she was named a  2012 and 2013 Small Business Influencer. Geri's passion to get women on the radar as leaders of mega-firms led Geri to write Forget the Glass Ceiling: Build Your Business Without One. She is now embarking on another research project aimed at helping women entrepreneurs get the funding they need through crowdfunding. Yup, Geri is walking the walk and taking the challenge herself. She loves hands-on research to solve problems, and collaboration – the keystone of both crowdfunding and entrepreneurial success.    

On this "Entrepreneurship and Women Hour," TWE Radio Guest Host, of Take the Lead Women,  interviews , CEO and founder of the popular crowdfunding site , a platform where women raise money. About The Women's Eye Radio: with host Stacey Gualandi, is a show from , an Online Magazine which features news and interviews with women who want to make the world a better place. From newsmakers, changemakers, entrepreneurs, best-selling authors, cancer survivors, adventurers, and experts on leadership, stress and health, to kids helping kids, global grandmothers improving children's lives, and women who fight for equal rights,"It's the world as we see it." The Women's Eye Radio Show broadcasts on in Phoenix, live-streams on 1480KPHX.com, and is available as on-demand talk radio on iTunes and at . Learn more about The Women's Eye at

Join us as we celebrate Texas Conference For Women Week with special guest Deborah Jackson Founder of Plum Alley.  Find out how to get funding for your business.