Founding While Female

Streaming video - 2018

There's no shortage of information for aspiring founders on how to start, fundraise for, and grow your company, but why aren't more women getting funded and growing companies? This talk with Jory Des Jardins -- co-founder of BlogHer and Global Head of Community at ConsenSys -- delves into the fundamental areas where female founders tend to do things differently than their male counterparts: * Women founders prioritize solving problems over cool new tech * Women founders often have different milestones than prospective investors * Women founders often don't ask for "enough" money * Women founders often prefer "base hits" to risking it all for a "home run" * Women founders tend to be brutally hones...t This talk is facilitated by Berrett-Koehler Publisher and President Johanna Vondeling as part of the Women's Leadership Online Summit produced by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. more