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On this episode of the Startup of the Year Podcast, our host, entrepreneur, and investor, Frank Gruber (https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankgruber), is joined by Allyson Kapin.   Allyson Kapin, the Founder of Women Who Tech, Co-Founder of Rad Campaign, and a General Partner and Co-Founder at W Fund, leads grassroots movements to bolster diversity in the tech and startup sectors; she is an active investor in tech startups, especially women-led and BIPOC startups.   Her work draws global attention to significant gender bias in tech and venture capital by shaking up the culture and economy, making it exceedingly difficult for women to launch and scale startups. Her fund W Fund and nonprofit Women Who Tech provides capital and advises startups building the most innovative tech companies, ultimately closing the funding gap for good.    We invite you all to join our Startup of the Year community today to access the support, expert advice, and resources you need to elevate your startup by going to: www.est.us/join   Thank you for listening, and as always, please check out the Established website and subscribe to the newsletter at: www.est.us   Subscribe to the Startup of the Year podcast: https://podcast.startupofyear.com/   Subscribe to the Established YouTube Channel: https://soty.link/ESTYouTube …… Startup of the Year helps diverse, emerging startups, founding teams, and entrepreneurs push their companies to the next level. We are a competition, a global community, and a resource. Startup of the Year is also a year-long program that searches the country for a geographically diverse set of startups from all backgrounds and pulls them together to compete for the title of Startup of the Year. Check out Startup of the Year at: www.startupofyear.com   The program includes in-person and virtual events, including our annual SXSW startup pitch and competition. All of this culminates at our Startup of the Year Summit, where the Startup of the Year winner is announced and has an opportunity at a potential investment.   Established is a consultancy focused on helping organizations with innovation, startup, and communication strategies. It is the power behind Startup of the Year. Created by the talent responsible for building the Tech.Co brand (acquired by an international publishing company), we are leveraging decades of experience to help our collaborators best further (or create) their brand & accomplish their most important goals. Check out Established at: www.established.us Connect with us on X - @EstablishedUs and Facebook - facebook.com/established.us

JumpStart Designers will be holding the first ever in-person “Fund the Jump” FundraiserTHE TOP digital artist will be raising money to get computers to kids in underserved communities! Listen to find out how artists are changing the world. 

This episode is all about empathy: what it is, how we can improve it, and the advantages it brings to everyone it touches. To discuss this topic, podcast host, Jessica Liao, is joined by Kate Brodock, CEO of Switch and General Partner of W Fund; Judith Martinez, Founder of InHerShoes Inc. and Social Impact Practitioner; and Corey Ponder, Creative, Curation, and Programs, Meta Content and Community Partnerships.   Judith kicks off the discussion by outlining various types of empathy. She also describes how different stakeholders can be exposed to different types of empathy in the workplace.      Kate notes that not every employee is going to become empathetic.  However, exposing stakeholders to empathy can encourage empathetic processes that then trigger increased empathetic responses throughout the organization.   Corey frames it another way. He suggests that by delivering consistently, and showing up for what users need, organizations can then build up trust with stakeholders.    After you listen, connect with podcast host Jessica Liao and guests Kate Brodock, Judith Martinez, and Corey Ponder on LinkedIn. Visit Switch and InHerShoes  to see two organizations hard at work dealing with topics such as gender and race inequality.   Keep up with the latest from the Meta's Business Engineering Team by following us on Medium

In der Rubrik “Investments & Exits” sprechen wir heute mit Tina Dreimann, Co-Founder von better ventures. Tina hat die Finanzierungsrunde von Reverion, Kardinal und Simplifyber analysiert: Das New Yorker Startup Simplifyber konnte sich 3,5 Millionen US-Dollar Startkapital sichern, um die Herstellung von Kleidung durch nachhaltige, fortschrittliche Fertigung neu zu erfinden. Das von der Modedesignerin Maria Intscher-Owrang geführte Unternehmen entwickelt das erste vollständig geformte Obermaterial für Kleidungsstücke und Schuhe, das direkt aus einer Flüssigkeit auf Zellulosebasis hergestellt wird. Die Seed-Runde wird von At One Ventures geleitet. Außerdem beteiligten sich Techstars, Heritage Group Ventures, The Helm, W Fund, Jetstream Ventures, Plug & Play Ventures, REFASHIOND Ventures, CapitalX Ventures und Keeler Investments Group. Das französische Startup Kardinal konnte in seiner Finanzierungsrunde insgesamt 10 Millionen Euro einsammeln und will mit dem Kapital unter anderem nach Deutschland expandieren. Als Investoren konnte das Logistikunternehmen unter anderem den Risikokapitalfonds BGV gewinnen, daneben investierten Cap Horn Invest, Plug und Play Ventures sowie Serena. Das Startup hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, die Touren von Logistikunternehmen zu optimieren. Dafür nutzt es eine eigens entwickelte Software, die dem Unternehmen zufolge Kosten senken und Umweltschäden minimieren soll. Jonathan Bouaziz, Hugo Farizon und Cédric Hervet gründeten Kardinal und konnten bereits 2019 eine erste Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von zwei Millionen Euro einsammeln. Das Münchner Cleantech Reverion, ein Spin-off der TU München, hat erfolgreich seine Seed-Runde abgeschlossen. Hauptgeldgeber ist der Berliner Climatetech-Investor Extantia. Weitere Investoren sind Landwärme, Doral Tech Ventures, Possible Ventures sowie mehrere Business Angels. Reverion hat eine Technologie entwickelt, die bei der Stromerzeugung aus Biogas eine Effizienz von 80 Prozent erreichen soll – das entspricht einer Verdopplung gegenüber gängigen Methoden. Hierfür setzt das Startup auf Brennstoffzellen in einem neuartigen Systemaufbau, der es ermöglicht, sie auch reversibel zu nutzen. Dies bedeutet, dass Reverion-Anlagen bei Bedarf die Stromproduktion in eine Stromnutzung umkehren und so überschüssigen Strom aus Wind und Sonne für einen Elektrolyseprozess nutzen können. Dabei soll wahlweise entweder grüner Wasserstoff oder erneuerbares Erdgassubstitut erzeugt werden. Letzteres kann dann in das bestehende Erdgasnetz eingespeist werden.

"We need to communicate the magnitude of the issue to communicate the magnitude of what we need to do."In this episode, Kate Brodock, General Partner of W Fund and CEO of Switch, is blunt when she tells us what she really thinks: We have a problem.VC funding for women-led teams is going down — not up. In this moment, with so much energy around DEI and bringing more representation to the workplace, how is this possible?In this illuminating conversation, Kate Brodock and Kate Purmal get down to business, exploring the root of our capital allocation problem, and, more importantly, what women can do about it:The quality and caliber of women and underrepresented founders - the pipeline - is not the issue.  The issue is systemic, and it's the VC system itself that needs to change to solve the problem.This is precisely what Kate is doing - and she implores other women to become investors to make funding for this underutilized founder talent pool a reality. Take the FREE Impostor Behaviors Assessment now ➞Order your copy of Kate Purmal, Lee Epting, and Joshua Isaac Smith's new book, COMPOSURE: The Art of Executive Presence!Download the FREE companion workbook to COMPOSURE!And, of course, subscribe to our newsletter and follow us on Linkedin to make sure you're getting the latest updates!

Lisa Friedlander is an attorney, entrepreneur, and angel investor. After practicing corporate and telecommunications law for 15+ years in both large and small firms, as well as serving in a VP General Counsel role for a satellite telecom company. She co-founded Activity Rocket in 2013, an aggregated marketplace for kids activities and summer camps. It was acquired in 2017 by Thrively, a west coast edtech company. Lisa is also a founding member and serves on the Board of Directors for Citrine Angels. Lisa joined Shulman Rogers to help launch and grow the NEXT Platform that supports the legal needs of startups and emerging businesses. Lisa is a mentor and speaker for a variety of entrepreneurship and investment groups and sits on the advisory board for several startups.Stephanie Marshall is the founder & CEO of M3 Advisors, a boutique innovation consultancy focused on the intersectionality of market trends and tech disruption. From leading an innovation team at a Fortune 15 corporation through the challenging process of developing and marketing patented products to refining early-stage offerings at startups, Stephanie is an industry-recognized leader in successfully bringing innovative services to market. A passionate advocate of female entrepreneurship and innovation, Stephanie is co-founder and board president of Citrine Angels, a DC-based angel group of women investing in women. She also supports closing the funding gap via Portfolia, W Fund, Backstage, Gaingels, and others.What you will learn from this episode: Why and how to join Citrine Angels is you are a female accredited investor. How Citrine Angels is making betting on women achievable for accredited women to become investors How female angels are closing the funding gap for women (VCs need to catch up!) Men's Role in Gender Lens Investing and Improving Access to Capital for Female Founders Why Storytelling Is Important When Fundraising What is required to build investor trust: authenticity, knowing your business market and understanding your numbers, honesty, etc. Things CA investors consider when evaluating a pitch: is an idea/business scalable? Is it disruptive in a value-added or unique way? What big personal or socio-economic problem is it solving for the market? The importance of giving grace or constructive feedback to promising founders when they miss the mark when pitching. The 3 Risks Citrine Angels look for when evaluating a pitch beyond a good story Capital Risk: is the founder getting funding and how hard has it been to fundraise. Does the business require a ton of capital for execution and to be successful? Is there a chance the business could run out of money before the founder can raise again? Product Risk: Product-market fit - is there a real problem that the business is solving, what is the addressable market for the problem? Is this the solution to that problem? Execution Risk: How strong is the team and do they have what it takes to execute for success? Do the team members have the right background? Once the 3 boxes are checked investors feel confident to move on to due diligence and perhaps ultimately write a check. Join us for the next episode!

Lisa Friedlander is an attorney, entrepreneur, and angel investor. After practicing corporate and telecommunications law for 15+ years in both large and small firms, as well as serving in a VP General Counsel role for a satellite telecom company. She co-founded Activity Rocket in 2013, an aggregated marketplace for kids activities and summer camps. It was acquired in 2017 by Thrively, a west coast edtech company. Lisa is also a founding member and serves on the Board of Directors for Citrine Angels. Lisa joined Shulman Rogers to help launch and grow the NEXT Platform that supports the legal needs of startups and emerging businesses. Lisa is a mentor and speaker for a variety of entrepreneurship and investment groups and sits on the advisory board for several startups.Stephanie Marshall is the founder & CEO of M3 Advisors, a boutique innovation consultancy focused on the intersectionality of market trends and tech disruption. From leading an innovation team at a Fortune 15 corporation through the challenging process of developing and marketing patented products to refining early-stage offerings at startups, Stephanie is an industry-recognized leader in successfully bringing innovative services to market. A passionate advocate of female entrepreneurship and innovation, Stephanie is co-founder and board president of Citrine Angels, a DC-based angel group of women investing in women. She also supports closing the funding gap via Portfolia, W Fund, Backstage, Gaingels, and others.What you will learn from this episode: Why and how to join Citrine Angels is you are a female accredited investor. How Citrine Angels is making betting on women achievable for accredited women to become investors How female angels are closing the funding gap for women (VCs need to catch up!) Men's Role in Gender Lens Investing and Improving Access to Capital for Female Founders Why Storytelling Is Important When Fundraising What is required to build investor trust: authenticity, knowing your business market and understanding your numbers, honesty, etc. Things CA investors consider when evaluating a pitch: is an idea/business scalable? Is it disruptive in a value-added or unique way? What big personal or socio-economic problem is it solving for the market? The importance of giving grace or constructive feedback to promising founders when they miss the mark when pitching. The 3 Risks Citrine Angels look for when evaluating a pitch beyond a good story Capital Risk: is the founder getting funding and how hard has it been to fundraise. Does the business require a ton of capital for execution and to be successful? Is there a chance the business could run out of money before the founder can raise again? Product Risk: Product-market fit - is there a real problem that the business is solving, what is the addressable market for the problem? Is this the solution to that problem? Execution Risk: How strong is the team and do they have what it takes to execute for success? Do the team members have the right background? Once the 3 boxes are checked investors feel confident to move on to due diligence and perhaps ultimately write a check. Join us for the next episode!

Lisa Friedlander is an attorney, entrepreneur, and angel investor. After practicing corporate and telecommunications law for 15+ years in both large and small firms, as well as serving in a VP General Counsel role for a satellite telecom company. She co-founded Activity Rocket in 2013, an aggregated marketplace for kids activities and summer camps. It was acquired in 2017 by Thrively, a west coast edtech company. Lisa is also a founding member and serves on the Board of Directors for Citrine Angels. Lisa joined Shulman Rogers to help launch and grow the NEXT Platform that supports the legal needs of startups and emerging businesses. Lisa is a mentor and speaker for a variety of entrepreneurship and investment groups and sits on the advisory board for several startups.Stephanie Marshall is the founder & CEO of M3 Advisors, a boutique innovation consultancy focused on the intersectionality of market trends and tech disruption. From leading an innovation team at a Fortune 15 corporation through the challenging process of developing and marketing patented products to refining early-stage offerings at startups, Stephanie is an industry-recognized leader in successfully bringing innovative services to market. A passionate advocate of female entrepreneurship and innovation, Stephanie is co-founder and board president of Citrine Angels, a DC-based angel group of women investing in women. She also supports closing the funding gap via Portfolia, W Fund, Backstage, Gaingels, and others.What you will learn from this episode: Why and how to join Citrine Angels is you are a female accredited investor. How Citrine Angels is making betting on women achievable for accredited women to become investors How female angels are closing the funding gap for women (VCs need to catch up!) Men's Role in Gender Lens Investing and Improving Access to Capital for Female Founders Why Storytelling Is Important When Fundraising What is required to build investor trust: authenticity, knowing your business market and understanding your numbers, honesty, etc. Things CA investors consider when evaluating a pitch: is an idea/business scalable? Is it disruptive in a value-added or unique way? What big personal or socio-economic problem is it solving for the market? The importance of giving grace or constructive feedback to promising founders when they miss the mark when pitching. The 3 Risks Citrine Angels look for when evaluating a pitch beyond a good story Capital Risk: is the founder getting funding and how hard has it been to fundraise. Does the business require a ton of capital for execution and to be successful? Is there a chance the business could run out of money before the founder can raise again? Product Risk: Product-market fit - is there a real problem that the business is solving, what is the addressable market for the problem? Is this the solution to that problem? Execution Risk: How strong is the team and do they have what it takes to execute for success? Do the team members have the right background? Once the 3 boxes are checked investors feel confident to move on to due diligence and perhaps ultimately write a check. Join us for the next episode!

Lisa Friedlander is an attorney, entrepreneur, and angel investor. After practicing corporate and telecommunications law for 15+ years in both large and small firms, as well as serving in a VP General Counsel role for a satellite telecom company. She co-founded Activity Rocket in 2013, an aggregated marketplace for kids activities and summer camps. It was acquired in 2017 by Thrively, a west coast edtech company. Lisa is also a founding member and serves on the Board of Directors for Citrine Angels. Lisa joined Shulman Rogers to help launch and grow the NEXT Platform that supports the legal needs of startups and emerging businesses. Lisa is a mentor and speaker for a variety of entrepreneurship and investment groups and sits on the advisory board for several startups.Stephanie Marshall is the founder & CEO of M3 Advisors, a boutique innovation consultancy focused on the intersectionality of market trends and tech disruption. From leading an innovation team at a Fortune 15 corporation through the challenging process of developing and marketing patented products to refining early-stage offerings at startups, Stephanie is an industry-recognized leader in successfully bringing innovative services to market. A passionate advocate of female entrepreneurship and innovation, Stephanie is co-founder and board president of Citrine Angels, a DC-based angel group of women investing in women. She also supports closing the funding gap via Portfolia, W Fund, Backstage, Gaingels, and others.What you will learn from this episode: Why and how to join Citrine Angels is you are a female accredited investor. How Citrine Angels is making betting on women achievable for accredited women to become investors How female angels are closing the funding gap for women (VCs need to catch up!) Men's Role in Gender Lens Investing and Improving Access to Capital for Female Founders Why Storytelling Is Important When Fundraising What is required to build investor trust: authenticity, knowing your business market and understanding your numbers, honesty, etc. Things CA investors consider when evaluating a pitch: is an idea/business scalable? Is it disruptive in a value-added or unique way? What big personal or socio-economic problem is it solving for the market? The importance of giving grace or constructive feedback to promising founders when they miss the mark when pitching. The 3 Risks Citrine Angels look for when evaluating a pitch beyond a good story Capital Risk: is the founder getting funding and how hard has it been to fundraise. Does the business require a ton of capital for execution and to be successful? Is there a chance the business could run out of money before the founder can raise again? Product Risk: Product-market fit - is there a real problem that the business is solving, what is the addressable market for the problem? Is this the solution to that problem? Execution Risk: How strong is the team and do they have what it takes to execute for success? Do the team members have the right background? Once the 3 boxes are checked investors feel confident to move on to due diligence and perhaps ultimately write a check. Join us for the next episode!

Lisa Friedlander is an attorney, entrepreneur, and angel investor. After practicing corporate and telecommunications law for 15+ years in both large and small firms, as well as serving in a VP General Counsel role for a satellite telecom company. She co-founded Activity Rocket in 2013, an aggregated marketplace for kids activities and summer camps. It was acquired in 2017 by Thrively, a west coast edtech company. Lisa is also a founding member and serves on the Board of Directors for Citrine Angels. Lisa joined Shulman Rogers to help launch and grow the NEXT Platform that supports the legal needs of startups and emerging businesses. Lisa is a mentor and speaker for a variety of entrepreneurship and investment groups and sits on the advisory board for several startups.Stephanie Marshall is the founder & CEO of M3 Advisors, a boutique innovation consultancy focused on the intersectionality of market trends and tech disruption. From leading an innovation team at a Fortune 15 corporation through the challenging process of developing and marketing patented products to refining early-stage offerings at startups, Stephanie is an industry-recognized leader in successfully bringing innovative services to market. A passionate advocate of female entrepreneurship and innovation, Stephanie is co-founder and board president of Citrine Angels, a DC-based angel group of women investing in women. She also supports closing the funding gap via Portfolia, W Fund, Backstage, Gaingels, and others.What you will learn from this episode: Why and how to join Citrine Angels is you are a female accredited investor. How Citrine Angels is making betting on women achievable for accredited women to become investors How female angels are closing the funding gap for women (VCs need to catch up!) Men's Role in Gender Lens Investing and Improving Access to Capital for Female Founders Why Storytelling Is Important When Fundraising What is required to build investor trust: authenticity, knowing your business market and understanding your numbers, honesty, etc. Things CA investors consider when evaluating a pitch: is an idea/business scalable? Is it disruptive in a value-added or unique way? What big personal or socio-economic problem is it solving for the market? The importance of giving grace or constructive feedback to promising founders when they miss the mark when pitching. The 3 Risks Citrine Angels look for when evaluating a pitch beyond a good story Capital Risk: is the founder getting funding and how hard has it been to fundraise. Does the business require a ton of capital for execution and to be successful? Is there a chance the business could run out of money before the founder can raise again? Product Risk: Product-market fit - is there a real problem that the business is solving, what is the addressable market for the problem? Is this the solution to that problem? Execution Risk: How strong is the team and do they have what it takes to execute for success? Do the team members have the right background? Once the 3 boxes are checked investors feel confident to move on to due diligence and perhaps ultimately write a check. Join us for the next episode!

Lisa Friedlander is an attorney, entrepreneur, and angel investor. After practicing corporate and telecommunications law for 15+ years in both large and small firms, as well as serving in a VP General Counsel role for a satellite telecom company. She co-founded Activity Rocket in 2013, an aggregated marketplace for kids activities and summer camps. It was acquired in 2017 by Thrively, a west coast edtech company. Lisa is also a founding member and serves on the Board of Directors for Citrine Angels. Lisa joined Shulman Rogers to help launch and grow the NEXT Platform that supports the legal needs of startups and emerging businesses. Lisa is a mentor and speaker for a variety of entrepreneurship and investment groups and sits on the advisory board for several startups.Stephanie Marshall is the founder & CEO of M3 Advisors, a boutique innovation consultancy focused on the intersectionality of market trends and tech disruption. From leading an innovation team at a Fortune 15 corporation through the challenging process of developing and marketing patented products to refining early-stage offerings at startups, Stephanie is an industry-recognized leader in successfully bringing innovative services to market. A passionate advocate of female entrepreneurship and innovation, Stephanie is co-founder and board president of Citrine Angels, a DC-based angel group of women investing in women. She also supports closing the funding gap via Portfolia, W Fund, Backstage, Gaingels, and others.What you will learn from this episode: Why and how to join Citrine Angels is you are a female accredited investor. How Citrine Angels is making betting on women achievable for accredited women to become investors How female angels are closing the funding gap for women (VCs need to catch up!) Men's Role in Gender Lens Investing and Improving Access to Capital for Female Founders Why Storytelling Is Important When Fundraising What is required to build investor trust: authenticity, knowing your business market and understanding your numbers, honesty, etc. Things CA investors consider when evaluating a pitch: is an idea/business scalable? Is it disruptive in a value-added or unique way? What big personal or socio-economic problem is it solving for the market? The importance of giving grace or constructive feedback to promising founders when they miss the mark when pitching. The 3 Risks Citrine Angels look for when evaluating a pitch beyond a good story Capital Risk: is the founder getting funding and how hard has it been to fundraise. Does the business require a ton of capital for execution and to be successful? Is there a chance the business could run out of money before the founder can raise again? Product Risk: Product-market fit - is there a real problem that the business is solving, what is the addressable market for the problem? Is this the solution to that problem? Execution Risk: How strong is the team and do they have what it takes to execute for success? Do the team members have the right background? Once the 3 boxes are checked investors feel confident to move on to due diligence and perhaps ultimately write a check. Join us for the next episode!

Lisa Friedlander is an attorney, entrepreneur, and angel investor. After practicing corporate and telecommunications law for 15+ years in both large and small firms, as well as serving in a VP General Counsel role for a satellite telecom company. She co-founded Activity Rocket in 2013, an aggregated marketplace for kids activities and summer camps. It was acquired in 2017 by Thrively, a west coast edtech company. Lisa is also a founding member and serves on the Board of Directors for Citrine Angels. Lisa joined Shulman Rogers to help launch and grow the NEXT Platform that supports the legal needs of startups and emerging businesses. Lisa is a mentor and speaker for a variety of entrepreneurship and investment groups and sits on the advisory board for several startups.Stephanie Marshall is the founder & CEO of M3 Advisors, a boutique innovation consultancy focused on the intersectionality of market trends and tech disruption. From leading an innovation team at a Fortune 15 corporation through the challenging process of developing and marketing patented products to refining early-stage offerings at startups, Stephanie is an industry-recognized leader in successfully bringing innovative services to market. A passionate advocate of female entrepreneurship and innovation, Stephanie is co-founder and board president of Citrine Angels, a DC-based angel group of women investing in women. She also supports closing the funding gap via Portfolia, W Fund, Backstage, Gaingels, and others.What you will learn from this episode: Why and how to join Citrine Angels is you are a female accredited investor. How Citrine Angels is making betting on women achievable for accredited women to become investors How female angels are closing the funding gap for women (VCs need to catch up!) Men's Role in Gender Lens Investing and Improving Access to Capital for Female Founders Why Storytelling Is Important When Fundraising What is required to build investor trust: authenticity, knowing your business market and understanding your numbers, honesty, etc. Things CA investors consider when evaluating a pitch: is an idea/business scalable? Is it disruptive in a value-added or unique way? What big personal or socio-economic problem is it solving for the market? The importance of giving grace or constructive feedback to promising founders when they miss the mark when pitching. The 3 Risks Citrine Angels look for when evaluating a pitch beyond a good story Capital Risk: is the founder getting funding and how hard has it been to fundraise. Does the business require a ton of capital for execution and to be successful? Is there a chance the business could run out of money before the founder can raise again? Product Risk: Product-market fit - is there a real problem that the business is solving, what is the addressable market for the problem? Is this the solution to that problem? Execution Risk: How strong is the team and do they have what it takes to execute for success? Do the team members have the right background? Once the 3 boxes are checked investors feel confident to move on to due diligence and perhaps ultimately write a check. Join us for the next episode!

Lisa Friedlander is an attorney, entrepreneur, and angel investor. After practicing corporate and telecommunications law for 15+ years in both large and small firms, as well as serving in a VP General Counsel role for a satellite telecom company. She co-founded Activity Rocket in 2013, an aggregated marketplace for kids activities and summer camps. It was acquired in 2017 by Thrively, a west coast edtech company. Lisa is also a founding member and serves on the Board of Directors for Citrine Angels. Lisa joined Shulman Rogers to help launch and grow the NEXT Platform that supports the legal needs of startups and emerging businesses. Lisa is a mentor and speaker for a variety of entrepreneurship and investment groups and sits on the advisory board for several startups.Stephanie Marshall is the founder & CEO of M3 Advisors, a boutique innovation consultancy focused on the intersectionality of market trends and tech disruption. From leading an innovation team at a Fortune 15 corporation through the challenging process of developing and marketing patented products to refining early-stage offerings at startups, Stephanie is an industry-recognized leader in successfully bringing innovative services to market. A passionate advocate of female entrepreneurship and innovation, Stephanie is co-founder and board president of Citrine Angels, a DC-based angel group of women investing in women. She also supports closing the funding gap via Portfolia, W Fund, Backstage, Gaingels, and others.What you will learn from this episode: Why and how to join Citrine Angels is you are a female accredited investor. How Citrine Angels is making betting on women achievable for accredited women to become investors How female angels are closing the funding gap for women (VCs need to catch up!) Men's Role in Gender Lens Investing and Improving Access to Capital for Female Founders Why Storytelling Is Important When Fundraising What is required to build investor trust: authenticity, knowing your business market and understanding your numbers, honesty, etc. Things CA investors consider when evaluating a pitch: is an idea/business scalable? Is it disruptive in a value-added or unique way? What big personal or socio-economic problem is it solving for the market? The importance of giving grace or constructive feedback to promising founders when they miss the mark when pitching. The 3 Risks Citrine Angels look for when evaluating a pitch beyond a good story Capital Risk: is the founder getting funding and how hard has it been to fundraise. Does the business require a ton of capital for execution and to be successful? Is there a chance the business could run out of money before the founder can raise again? Product Risk: Product-market fit - is there a real problem that the business is solving, what is the addressable market for the problem? Is this the solution to that problem? Execution Risk: How strong is the team and do they have what it takes to execute for success? Do the team members have the right background? Once the 3 boxes are checked investors feel confident to move on to due diligence and perhaps ultimately write a check. Join us for the next episode!

Lisa Friedlander is an attorney, entrepreneur, and angel investor. After practicing corporate and telecommunications law for 15+ years in both large and small firms, as well as serving in a VP General Counsel role for a satellite telecom company. She co-founded Activity Rocket in 2013, an aggregated marketplace for kids activities and summer camps. It was acquired in 2017 by Thrively, a west coast edtech company. Lisa is also a founding member and serves on the Board of Directors for Citrine Angels. Lisa joined Shulman Rogers to help launch and grow the NEXT Platform that supports the legal needs of startups and emerging businesses. Lisa is a mentor and speaker for a variety of entrepreneurship and investment groups and sits on the advisory board for several startups.Stephanie Marshall is the founder & CEO of M3 Advisors, a boutique innovation consultancy focused on the intersectionality of market trends and tech disruption. From leading an innovation team at a Fortune 15 corporation through the challenging process of developing and marketing patented products to refining early-stage offerings at startups, Stephanie is an industry-recognized leader in successfully bringing innovative services to market. A passionate advocate of female entrepreneurship and innovation, Stephanie is co-founder and board president of Citrine Angels, a DC-based angel group of women investing in women. She also supports closing the funding gap via Portfolia, W Fund, Backstage, Gaingels, and others.What you will learn from this episode: Why and how to join Citrine Angels is you are a female accredited investor. How Citrine Angels is making betting on women achievable for accredited women to become investors How female angels are closing the funding gap for women (VCs need to catch up!) Men's Role in Gender Lens Investing and Improving Access to Capital for Female Founders Why Storytelling Is Important When Fundraising What is required to build investor trust: authenticity, knowing your business market and understanding your numbers, honesty, etc. Things CA investors consider when evaluating a pitch: is an idea/business scalable? Is it disruptive in a value-added or unique way? What big personal or socio-economic problem is it solving for the market? The importance of giving grace or constructive feedback to promising founders when they miss the mark when pitching. The 3 Risks Citrine Angels look for when evaluating a pitch beyond a good story Capital Risk: is the founder getting funding and how hard has it been to fundraise. Does the business require a ton of capital for execution and to be successful? Is there a chance the business could run out of money before the founder can raise again? Product Risk: Product-market fit - is there a real problem that the business is solving, what is the addressable market for the problem? Is this the solution to that problem? Execution Risk: How strong is the team and do they have what it takes to execute for success? Do the team members have the right background? Once the 3 boxes are checked investors feel confident to move on to due diligence and perhaps ultimately write a check. Join us for the next episode!

Lisa Friedlander is an attorney, entrepreneur, and angel investor. After practicing corporate and telecommunications law for 15+ years in both large and small firms, as well as serving in a VP General Counsel role for a satellite telecom company. She co-founded Activity Rocket in 2013, an aggregated marketplace for kids activities and summer camps. It was acquired in 2017 by Thrively, a west coast edtech company. Lisa is also a founding member and serves on the Board of Directors for Citrine Angels. Lisa joined Shulman Rogers to help launch and grow the NEXT Platform that supports the legal needs of startups and emerging businesses. Lisa is a mentor and speaker for a variety of entrepreneurship and investment groups and sits on the advisory board for several startups.Stephanie Marshall is the founder & CEO of M3 Advisors, a boutique innovation consultancy focused on the intersectionality of market trends and tech disruption. From leading an innovation team at a Fortune 15 corporation through the challenging process of developing and marketing patented products to refining early-stage offerings at startups, Stephanie is an industry-recognized leader in successfully bringing innovative services to market. A passionate advocate of female entrepreneurship and innovation, Stephanie is co-founder and board president of Citrine Angels, a DC-based angel group of women investing in women. She also supports closing the funding gap via Portfolia, W Fund, Backstage, Gaingels, and others.What you will learn from this episode: Why and how to join Citrine Angels is you are a female accredited investor. How Citrine Angels is making betting on women achievable for accredited women to become investors How female angels are closing the funding gap for women (VCs need to catch up!) Men's Role in Gender Lens Investing and Improving Access to Capital for Female Founders Why Storytelling Is Important When Fundraising What is required to build investor trust: authenticity, knowing your business market and understanding your numbers, honesty, etc. Things CA investors consider when evaluating a pitch: is an idea/business scalable? Is it disruptive in a value-added or unique way? What big personal or socio-economic problem is it solving for the market? The importance of giving grace or constructive feedback to promising founders when they miss the mark when pitching. The 3 Risks Citrine Angels look for when evaluating a pitch beyond a good story Capital Risk: is the founder getting funding and how hard has it been to fundraise. Does the business require a ton of capital for execution and to be successful? Is there a chance the business could run out of money before the founder can raise again? Product Risk: Product-market fit - is there a real problem that the business is solving, what is the addressable market for the problem? Is this the solution to that problem? Execution Risk: How strong is the team and do they have what it takes to execute for success? Do the team members have the right background? Once the 3 boxes are checked investors feel confident to move on to due diligence and perhaps ultimately write a check. Join us for the next episode!

Lisa Friedlander is an attorney, entrepreneur, and angel investor. After practicing corporate and telecommunications law for 15+ years in both large and small firms, as well as serving in a VP General Counsel role for a satellite telecom company. She co-founded Activity Rocket in 2013, an aggregated marketplace for kids activities and summer camps. It was acquired in 2017 by Thrively, a west coast edtech company. Lisa is also a founding member and serves on the Board of Directors for Citrine Angels. Lisa joined Shulman Rogers to help launch and grow the NEXT Platform that supports the legal needs of startups and emerging businesses. Lisa is a mentor and speaker for a variety of entrepreneurship and investment groups and sits on the advisory board for several startups.Stephanie Marshall is the founder & CEO of M3 Advisors, a boutique innovation consultancy focused on the intersectionality of market trends and tech disruption. From leading an innovation team at a Fortune 15 corporation through the challenging process of developing and marketing patented products to refining early-stage offerings at startups, Stephanie is an industry-recognized leader in successfully bringing innovative services to market. A passionate advocate of female entrepreneurship and innovation, Stephanie is co-founder and board president of Citrine Angels, a DC-based angel group of women investing in women. She also supports closing the funding gap via Portfolia, W Fund, Backstage, Gaingels, and others.What you will learn from this episode: Why and how to join Citrine Angels is you are a female accredited investor. How Citrine Angels is making betting on women achievable for accredited women to become investors How female angels are closing the funding gap for women (VCs need to catch up!) Men's Role in Gender Lens Investing and Improving Access to Capital for Female Founders Why Storytelling Is Important When Fundraising What is required to build investor trust: authenticity, knowing your business market and understanding your numbers, honesty, etc. Things CA investors consider when evaluating a pitch: is an idea/business scalable? Is it disruptive in a value-added or unique way? What big personal or socio-economic problem is it solving for the market? The importance of giving grace or constructive feedback to promising founders when they miss the mark when pitching. The 3 Risks Citrine Angels look for when evaluating a pitch beyond a good story Capital Risk: is the founder getting funding and how hard has it been to fundraise. Does the business require a ton of capital for execution and to be successful? Is there a chance the business could run out of money before the founder can raise again? Product Risk: Product-market fit - is there a real problem that the business is solving, what is the addressable market for the problem? Is this the solution to that problem? Execution Risk: How strong is the team and do they have what it takes to execute for success? Do the team members have the right background? Once the 3 boxes are checked investors feel confident to move on to due diligence and perhaps ultimately write a check. Join us for the next episode!

Lisa Friedlander is an attorney, entrepreneur, and angel investor. After practicing corporate and telecommunications law for 15+ years in both large and small firms, as well as serving in a VP General Counsel role for a satellite telecom company. She co-founded Activity Rocket in 2013, an aggregated marketplace for kids activities and summer camps. It was acquired in 2017 by Thrively, a west coast edtech company. Lisa is also a founding member and serves on the Board of Directors for Citrine Angels. Lisa joined Shulman Rogers to help launch and grow the NEXT Platform that supports the legal needs of startups and emerging businesses. Lisa is a mentor and speaker for a variety of entrepreneurship and investment groups and sits on the advisory board for several startups.Stephanie Marshall is the founder & CEO of M3 Advisors, a boutique innovation consultancy focused on the intersectionality of market trends and tech disruption. From leading an innovation team at a Fortune 15 corporation through the challenging process of developing and marketing patented products to refining early-stage offerings at startups, Stephanie is an industry-recognized leader in successfully bringing innovative services to market. A passionate advocate of female entrepreneurship and innovation, Stephanie is co-founder and board president of Citrine Angels, a DC-based angel group of women investing in women. She also supports closing the funding gap via Portfolia, W Fund, Backstage, Gaingels, and others.What you will learn from this episode: Why and how to join Citrine Angels is you are a female accredited investor. How Citrine Angels is making betting on women achievable for accredited women to become investors How female angels are closing the funding gap for women (VCs need to catch up!) Men's Role in Gender Lens Investing and Improving Access to Capital for Female Founders Why Storytelling Is Important When Fundraising What is required to build investor trust: authenticity, knowing your business market and understanding your numbers, honesty, etc. Things CA investors consider when evaluating a pitch: is an idea/business scalable? Is it disruptive in a value-added or unique way? What big personal or socio-economic problem is it solving for the market? The importance of giving grace or constructive feedback to promising founders when they miss the mark when pitching. The 3 Risks Citrine Angels look for when evaluating a pitch beyond a good story Capital Risk: is the founder getting funding and how hard has it been to fundraise. Does the business require a ton of capital for execution and to be successful? Is there a chance the business could run out of money before the founder can raise again? Product Risk: Product-market fit - is there a real problem that the business is solving, what is the addressable market for the problem? Is this the solution to that problem? Execution Risk: How strong is the team and do they have what it takes to execute for success? Do the team members have the right background? Once the 3 boxes are checked investors feel confident to move on to due diligence and perhaps ultimately write a check. Join us for the next episode!

Lisa Friedlander is an attorney, entrepreneur, and angel investor. After practicing corporate and telecommunications law for 15+ years in both large and small firms, as well as serving in a VP General Counsel role for a satellite telecom company. She co-founded Activity Rocket in 2013, an aggregated marketplace for kids activities and summer camps. It was acquired in 2017 by Thrively, a west coast edtech company. Lisa is also a founding member and serves on the Board of Directors for Citrine Angels. Lisa joined Shulman Rogers to help launch and grow the NEXT Platform that supports the legal needs of startups and emerging businesses. Lisa is a mentor and speaker for a variety of entrepreneurship and investment groups and sits on the advisory board for several startups.Stephanie Marshall is the founder & CEO of M3 Advisors, a boutique innovation consultancy focused on the intersectionality of market trends and tech disruption. From leading an innovation team at a Fortune 15 corporation through the challenging process of developing and marketing patented products to refining early-stage offerings at startups, Stephanie is an industry-recognized leader in successfully bringing innovative services to market. A passionate advocate of female entrepreneurship and innovation, Stephanie is co-founder and board president of Citrine Angels, a DC-based angel group of women investing in women. She also supports closing the funding gap via Portfolia, W Fund, Backstage, Gaingels, and others.What you will learn from this episode: Why and how to join Citrine Angels is you are a female accredited investor. How Citrine Angels is making betting on women achievable for accredited women to become investors How female angels are closing the funding gap for women (VCs need to catch up!) Men's Role in Gender Lens Investing and Improving Access to Capital for Female Founders Why Storytelling Is Important When Fundraising What is required to build investor trust: authenticity, knowing your business market and understanding your numbers, honesty, etc. Things CA investors consider when evaluating a pitch: is an idea/business scalable? Is it disruptive in a value-added or unique way? What big personal or socio-economic problem is it solving for the market? The importance of giving grace or constructive feedback to promising founders when they miss the mark when pitching. The 3 Risks Citrine Angels look for when evaluating a pitch beyond a good story Capital Risk: is the founder getting funding and how hard has it been to fundraise. Does the business require a ton of capital for execution and to be successful? Is there a chance the business could run out of money before the founder can raise again? Product Risk: Product-market fit - is there a real problem that the business is solving, what is the addressable market for the problem? Is this the solution to that problem? Execution Risk: How strong is the team and do they have what it takes to execute for success? Do the team members have the right background? Once the 3 boxes are checked investors feel confident to move on to due diligence and perhaps ultimately write a check. Join us for the next episode!

Lisa Friedlander is an attorney, entrepreneur, and angel investor. After practicing corporate and telecommunications law for 15+ years in both large and small firms, as well as serving in a VP General Counsel role for a satellite telecom company. She co-founded Activity Rocket in 2013, an aggregated marketplace for kids activities and summer camps. It was acquired in 2017 by Thrively, a west coast edtech company. Lisa is also a founding member and serves on the Board of Directors for Citrine Angels. Lisa joined Shulman Rogers to help launch and grow the NEXT Platform that supports the legal needs of startups and emerging businesses. Lisa is a mentor and speaker for a variety of entrepreneurship and investment groups and sits on the advisory board for several startups.Stephanie Marshall is the founder & CEO of M3 Advisors, a boutique innovation consultancy focused on the intersectionality of market trends and tech disruption. From leading an innovation team at a Fortune 15 corporation through the challenging process of developing and marketing patented products to refining early-stage offerings at startups, Stephanie is an industry-recognized leader in successfully bringing innovative services to market. A passionate advocate of female entrepreneurship and innovation, Stephanie is co-founder and board president of Citrine Angels, a DC-based angel group of women investing in women. She also supports closing the funding gap via Portfolia, W Fund, Backstage, Gaingels, and others.What you will learn from this episode: Why and how to join Citrine Angels is you are a female accredited investor. How Citrine Angels is making betting on women achievable for accredited women to become investors How female angels are closing the funding gap for women (VCs need to catch up!) Men's Role in Gender Lens Investing and Improving Access to Capital for Female Founders Why Storytelling Is Important When Fundraising What is required to build investor trust: authenticity, knowing your business market and understanding your numbers, honesty, etc. Things CA investors consider when evaluating a pitch: is an idea/business scalable? Is it disruptive in a value-added or unique way? What big personal or socio-economic problem is it solving for the market? The importance of giving grace or constructive feedback to promising founders when they miss the mark when pitching. The 3 Risks Citrine Angels look for when evaluating a pitch beyond a good story Capital Risk: is the founder getting funding and how hard has it been to fundraise. Does the business require a ton of capital for execution and to be successful? Is there a chance the business could run out of money before the founder can raise again? Product Risk: Product-market fit - is there a real problem that the business is solving, what is the addressable market for the problem? Is this the solution to that problem? Execution Risk: How strong is the team and do they have what it takes to execute for success? Do the team members have the right background? Once the 3 boxes are checked investors feel confident to move on to due diligence and perhaps ultimately write a check. Join us for the next episode!

Lisa Friedlander is an attorney, entrepreneur, and angel investor. After practicing corporate and telecommunications law for 15+ years in both large and small firms, as well as serving in a VP General Counsel role for a satellite telecom company. She co-founded Activity Rocket in 2013, an aggregated marketplace for kids' activities and summer camps. It was acquired in 2017 by Thrively, a west coast edtech company. Lisa is also a founding member and serves on the Board of Directors for Citrine Angels. Lisa joined Shulman Rogers to help launch and grow the NEXT Platform that supports the legal needs of startups and emerging businesses. Lisa is a mentor and speaker for a variety of entrepreneurship and investment groups and sits on the advisory board for several startups.Stephanie Marshall is the founder & CEO of M3 Advisors, a boutique innovation consultancy focused on the intersectionality of market trends and tech disruption. From leading an innovation team at a Fortune 15 corporation through the challenging process of developing and marketing patented products to refining early-stage offerings at startups, Stephanie is an industry-recognized leader in successfully bringing innovative services to market. A passionate advocate of female entrepreneurship and innovation, Stephanie is co-founder and board president of Citrine Angels, a DC-based angel group of women investing in women. She also supports closing the funding gap via  Portfolia, W Fund, Backstage, Gaingels, and others.What you will learn from this episode: Why and how to join Citrine Angels is you are a female accredited investor. How Citrine Angels is making betting on women achievable for accredited women to become investors How female angels are closing the funding gap for women (VCs need to catch up!) Men's Role in  Gender Lens Investing and Improving Access to Capital for Female Founders Why Storytelling Is Important When Fundraising What is required to build investor trust: authenticity, knowing your business market and understanding your numbers, honesty, etc. Things CA investors consider when evaluating a pitch: is an idea/business scalable? Is it disruptive in a value-added or unique way? What big personal or socio-economic problem is it solving for the market? The importance of giving grace or constructive feedback to promising founders when they miss the mark when pitching. The 3 Risks Citrine Angels look for when evaluating a pitch beyond a good story  Capital Risk: is the founder getting funding and how hard has it been to fundraise. Does the business require a ton of capital for execution and to be successful? Is there a chance the business could run out of money before the founder can raise again? Product Risk: Product-market fit - is there a real problem that the business is solving, what is the addressable market for the problem? Is this the solution to that problem? Execution Risk: How strong is the team and do they have what it takes to execute for success? Do the team members have the right background? Once the 3 boxes are checked investors feel confident to move on to due diligence and perhaps ultimately write a check. Join us for the next episode!

Lisa Friedlander is an attorney, entrepreneur, and angel investor. After practicing corporate and telecommunications law for 15+ years in both large and small firms, as well as serving in a VP General Counsel role for a satellite telecom company. She co-founded Activity Rocket in 2013, an aggregated marketplace for kids' activities and summer camps. It was acquired in 2017 by Thrively, a west coast edtech company. Lisa is also a founding member and serves on the Board of Directors for Citrine Angels. Lisa joined Shulman Rogers to help launch and grow the NEXT Platform that supports the legal needs of startups and emerging businesses. Lisa is a mentor and speaker for a variety of entrepreneurship and investment groups and sits on the advisory board for several startups.Stephanie Marshall is the founder & CEO of M3 Advisors, a boutique innovation consultancy focused on the intersectionality of market trends and tech disruption. From leading an innovation team at a Fortune 15 corporation through the challenging process of developing and marketing patented products to refining early-stage offerings at startups, Stephanie is an industry-recognized leader in successfully bringing innovative services to market. A passionate advocate of female entrepreneurship and innovation, Stephanie is co-founder and board president of Citrine Angels, a DC-based angel group of women investing in women. She also supports closing the funding gap via  Portfolia, W Fund, Backstage, Gaingels, and others.What you will learn from this episode: Why and how to join Citrine Angels is you are a female accredited investor. How Citrine Angels is making betting on women achievable for accredited women to become investors How female angels are closing the funding gap for women (VCs need to catch up!) Men's Role in  Gender Lens Investing and Improving Access to Capital for Female Founders Why Storytelling Is Important When Fundraising What is required to build investor trust: authenticity, knowing your business market and understanding your numbers, honesty, etc. Things CA investors consider when evaluating a pitch: is an idea/business scalable? Is it disruptive in a value-added or unique way? What big personal or socio-economic problem is it solving for the market? The importance of giving grace or constructive feedback to promising founders when they miss the mark when pitching. The 3 Risks Citrine Angels look for when evaluating a pitch beyond a good story  Capital Risk: is the founder getting funding and how hard has it been to fundraise. Does the business require a ton of capital for execution and to be successful? Is there a chance the business could run out of money before the founder can raise again? Product Risk: Product-market fit - is there a real problem that the business is solving, what is the addressable market for the problem? Is this the solution to that problem? Execution Risk: How strong is the team and do they have what it takes to execute for success? Do the team members have the right background? Once the 3 boxes are checked investors feel confident to move on to due diligence and perhaps ultimately write a check. Join us for the next episode!

Lisa Friedlander is an attorney, entrepreneur, and angel investor. After practicing corporate and telecommunications law for 15+ years in both large and small firms, as well as serving in a VP General Counsel role for a satellite telecom company. She co-founded Activity Rocket in 2013, an aggregated marketplace for kids activities and summer camps. It was acquired in 2017 by Thrively, a west coast edtech company. Lisa is also a founding member and serves on the Board of Directors for Citrine Angels. Lisa joined Shulman Rogers to help launch and grow the NEXT Platform that supports the legal needs of startups and emerging businesses. Lisa is a mentor and speaker for a variety of entrepreneurship and investment groups and sits on the advisory board for several startups.Stephanie Marshall is the founder & CEO of M3 Advisors, a boutique innovation consultancy focused on the intersectionality of market trends and tech disruption. From leading an innovation team at a Fortune 15 corporation through the challenging process of developing and marketing patented products to refining early-stage offerings at startups, Stephanie is an industry-recognized leader in successfully bringing innovative services to market. A passionate advocate of female entrepreneurship and innovation, Stephanie is co-founder and board president of Citrine Angels, a DC-based angel group of women investing in women. She also supports closing the funding gap via Portfolia, W Fund, Backstage, Gaingels, and others.What you will learn from this episode: Why and how to join Citrine Angels is you are a female accredited investor. How Citrine Angels is making betting on women achievable for accredited women to become investors How female angels are closing the funding gap for women (VCs need to catch up!) Men's Role in Gender Lens Investing and Improving Access to Capital for Female Founders Why Storytelling Is Important When Fundraising What is required to build investor trust: authenticity, knowing your business market and understanding your numbers, honesty, etc. Things CA investors consider when evaluating a pitch: is an idea/business scalable? Is it disruptive in a value-added or unique way? What big personal or socio-economic problem is it solving for the market? The importance of giving grace or constructive feedback to promising founders when they miss the mark when pitching. The 3 Risks Citrine Angels look for when evaluating a pitch beyond a good story Capital Risk: is the founder getting funding and how hard has it been to fundraise. Does the business require a ton of capital for execution and to be successful? Is there a chance the business could run out of money before the founder can raise again? Product Risk: Product-market fit - is there a real problem that the business is solving, what is the addressable market for the problem? Is this the solution to that problem? Execution Risk: How strong is the team and do they have what it takes to execute for success? Do the team members have the right background? Once the 3 boxes are checked investors feel confident to move on to due diligence and perhaps ultimately write a check. Join us for the next episode!

Lisa Friedlander is an attorney, entrepreneur, and angel investor. After practicing corporate and telecommunications law for 15+ years in both large and small firms, as well as serving in a VP General Counsel role for a satellite telecom company. She co-founded Activity Rocket in 2013, an aggregated marketplace for kids' activities and summer camps. It was acquired in 2017 by Thrively, a west coast edtech company. Lisa is also a founding member and serves on the Board of Directors for Citrine Angels. Lisa joined Shulman Rogers to help launch and grow the NEXT Platform that supports the legal needs of startups and emerging businesses. Lisa is a mentor and speaker for a variety of entrepreneurship and investment groups and sits on the advisory board for several startups.Stephanie Marshall is the founder & CEO of M3 Advisors, a boutique innovation consultancy focused on the intersectionality of market trends and tech disruption. From leading an innovation team at a Fortune 15 corporation through the challenging process of developing and marketing patented products to refining early-stage offerings at startups, Stephanie is an industry-recognized leader in successfully bringing innovative services to market. A passionate advocate of female entrepreneurship and innovation, Stephanie is co-founder and board president of Citrine Angels, a DC-based angel group of women investing in women. She also supports closing the funding gap via  Portfolia, W Fund, Backstage, Gaingels, and others.What you will learn from this episode: Why and how to join Citrine Angels is you are a female accredited investor. How Citrine Angels is making betting on women achievable for accredited women to become investors How female angels are closing the funding gap for women (VCs need to catch up!) Men's Role in  Gender Lens Investing and Improving Access to Capital for Female Founders Why Storytelling Is Important When Fundraising What is required to build investor trust: authenticity, knowing your business market and understanding your numbers, honesty, etc. Things CA investors consider when evaluating a pitch: is an idea/business scalable? Is it disruptive in a value-added or unique way? What big personal or socio-economic problem is it solving for the market? The importance of giving grace or constructive feedback to promising founders when they miss the mark when pitching. The 3 Risks Citrine Angels look for when evaluating a pitch beyond a good story Capital Risk: is the founder getting funding and how hard has it been to fundraise. Does the business require a ton of capital for execution and to be successful? Is there a chance the business could run out of money before the founder can raise again? Product Risk: Product-market fit - is there a real problem that the business is solving, what is the addressable market for the problem? Is this the solution to that problem? Execution Risk: How strong is the team and do they have what it takes to execute for success? Do the team members have the right background? Once the 3 boxes are checked investors feel confident to move on to due diligence and perhaps ultimately write a check. Join us for the next episode!

Lisa Friedlander is an attorney, entrepreneur, and angel investor. After practicing corporate and telecommunications law for 15+ years in both large and small firms, as well as serving in a VP General Counsel role for a satellite telecom company. She co-founded Activity Rocket in 2013, an aggregated marketplace for kids' activities and summer camps. It was acquired in 2017 by Thrively, a west coast edtech company. Lisa is also a founding member and serves on the Board of Directors for Citrine Angels. Lisa joined Shulman Rogers to help launch and grow the NEXT Platform that supports the legal needs of startups and emerging businesses. Lisa is a mentor and speaker for a variety of entrepreneurship and investment groups and sits on the advisory board for several startups. Stephanie Marshall is the founder & CEO of M3 Advisors, a boutique innovation consultancy focused on the intersectionality of market trends and tech disruption. From leading an innovation team at a Fortune 15 corporation through the challenging process of developing and marketing patented products to refining early-stage offerings at startups, Stephanie is an industry-recognized leader in successfully bringing innovative services to market. A passionate advocate of female entrepreneurship and innovation, Stephanie is co-founder and board president of Citrine Angels, a DC-based angel group of women investing in women. She also supports closing the funding gap via Portfolia, W Fund, Backstage, Gaingels, and others. What you will learn from this episode: Why and how to join Citrine Angels is you are a female accredited investor. How Citrine Angels is making betting on women achievable for accredited women to become investors How female angels are closing the funding gap for women (VCs need to catch up!) Men's Role in Gender Lens Investing and Improving Access to Capital for Female Founders Why Storytelling Is Important When Fundraising What is required to build investor trust: authenticity, knowing your business market and understanding your numbers, honesty, etc. Things CA investors consider when evaluating a pitch: is an idea/business scalable? Is it disruptive in a value-added or unique way? What big personal or socio-economic problem is it solving for the market? The importance of giving grace or constructive feedback to promising founders when they miss the mark when pitching. The 3 Risks Citrine Angels look for when evaluating a pitch beyond a good story Capital Risk: is the founder getting funding and how hard has it been to fundraise. Does the business require a ton of capital for execution and to be successful? Is there a chance the business could run out of money before the founder can raise again? Product Risk: Product-market fit - is there a real problem that the business is solving, what is the addressable market for the problem? Is this the solution to that problem? Execution Risk: How strong is the team and do they have what it takes to execute for success? Do the team members have the right background? Once the 3 boxes are checked investors feel confident to move on to due diligence and perhaps ultimately write a check. Join us for the next episode!

Lindsay Karas Stencel is a Startup & Venture Capital Attorney, a Law Professor, and a Seasoned Investor. Her unique blend of legal, fundraising and operational experience as a founder and venture capitalist provides her with the ability to greatly understand the issues facing her venture and startup clients.  She teaches “Venture Capital and Dealmaking” and “Rainmaking for New Lawyers” at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where she is also a frequent guest lecturer! In addition to educating her audiences on venture capital and investing, Lindsay is also a national speaker on topics such as women, diversity, and inclusion in finance. Lindsay is a Partner at Thompson Hine, the Co-Founder of W Fund, and the host of Be Bolder podcast! Follow Lindsay: LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lkstencel/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/legally_linds/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/lindsay.karas Follow Mike: https://linktr.ee/mikedicioccio Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mikedup 7 Tips to Launch Your Podcast by Social Chameleon: https://socialchameleon.us/ Interview Recorded via: Riverside.fm SUBSCRIBE, SHARE & LEAVE A REVIEW!

Kate Brodock has played a huge part in advocating for gender equity and diversity in the tech space by funding women-owned tech startups. She shares a lot of tips and advice she has acquired through her more than 15-year career.  Kate Brodock is Founding Partner of W Fund, a VC investing in underrepresented-led tech startups, and CEO of Women 2.0. She has lived in the tech startup world for over 15 years and has played an active leadership role in the women in tech ecosystem for over a decade, having previously led a global organization focused on women in technology and entrepreneurship as its President for several years. In this episode, Kate talks about her passion for empowering women in the tech space through capital funding. Listen in to learn how to have a robust go-to-market strategy, profitability potential, and founders' coachability to attract investors to your startup. You will also learn some tips on how to reassess your time and effectively have a balance between work and life. Key Takeaways: Start hitting customer acquisition by having the ability to distinguish high-quality customers How to shift your mindset on how you approach work and life to find a balance The importance of finding mentors and advisors as a startup founder and how to find them www.TrailBlazersImpact.com 

Kate is Founding Partner of W Fund (want to talk about investing with us?) and CEO of Women 2.0. She's lived in the tech startup world for over 15 years and has played an active leadership role in the women in tech ecosystem for over a decade, having previously led a global organization focused on women in technology and entrepreneurship as its President for several years. She's also an EIR at LaunchNY and a long-time mentor for Techstars. She enjoys putting her 15-year experience in the tech industry to work advising and mentoring startups. She was previously COO at Atribute (a corporate EdTech startup based out of San Francisco), CMO of untapt (an AI-driven tech talent marketplace based in NYC), and has held the role of Adjunct Professor in PR and Marketing at Syracuse University. Kate has spoken at and been featured in 100s of places, including SXSWi, Collision Conference, Fast Company's Innovation Uncensored, IBT, MSNBC, TechCrunch, and Al Jazeera America and writes for Forbes. Music credits: Clouds by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial, Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US IMPORTANT NOTICE: This web series and podcast is intended for informational purposes only. The views expressed are not, and should not be construed as investment advice or recommendations. Recipients of this should do their own due diligence, taking into account their specific financial circumstances, investment objectives, and risk tolerance (which are not considered in this web series and podcast) before investing. None of this information communication is an offer, nor the solicitation of an offer, to buy or sell any of the assets mentioned herein. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joelpalathinkal/support

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Kate is CEO of Women 2.0 and Founding Partner of W Fund, a venture capital fund that invests in women- and diverse-led tech startups. She's lived in the tech startup world for over 15 years, and has played an active leadership role in the women in tech ecosystem for over a decade, having led a global, 60+ chapter organization focused on women in technology and entrepreneurship as its President for several years. She's also an EIR at LaunchNY, and a long-time mentor for Techstars. She was recently CMO of untapt, an AI-driven tech talent marketplace based in NYC and has held the role of Adjunct Professor in PR and Marketing at at Syracuse University. Driving diversity, equity and inclusion action and awareness has been absolutely central to her work, and she additionally enjoys putting her experience in the tech industry to work advising and mentoring startups. She holds BAs in Political Science and African American History from the University of Rochester, an MBA from Goizueta Business School at Emory University and an MA in International Relations from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.