When things were getting serious in a co-founder way, I knew I needed to have a talk with Rebekah, OwnTrail’s CEO and co-founder. Because if I was going to leave a company I loved to build a new one, the person I was building it with needed to know what kind of business I would build. Part of …
On this Mother’s Day, I wanted to give a nod to a new kind of mother that I’ve become this year: an entrepreneur growing my start-up baby. I had heard that starting a company is akin to having a baby (also akin to getting an MBA, but that’s for another time), and I can see …
This Trailblazers series takes a look at the pivotal milestones that make up the life trails of inspiring women from a diverse array of backgrounds and experiences. Janice Omadeke is the CEO and Founder of The Mentor Method, an enterprise platform helping companies keep and develop their diverse talent through mentorship.
We first launched the beta of OwnTrail to the public two months ago, and we have been blown away by how inspiring and REAL the trails that women have been sharing are already. The vulnerability and authenticity that we had hoped for is coming to life already, and the feedback we’ve heard from women who are exploring those trails …
This Trailblazers series takes a look at the pivotal milestones that make up the life trails of inspiring women from a diverse array of backgrounds and experiences. Mary Nguyen is an Engineer at NASA and an online business owner at marynguyen.co. After learning more about the trail that Mary has blazed, I got the chance to ask her some questions.
There have been a lot of perspectives shared by VCs about managing startups during the age of Coronavirus, from Sequoia’s Black Swan warning to Haystack’s advice for fundraising during a pandemic. As a first-time founder experiencing a rather jarring beginning to entrepreneurship due to the sudden state of the world, these perspectives have been really insightful and appreciated. …
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I’m not supposed to be here. I’m not what I was told a founder looks like. I’m not who’s supposed to be in the c-suite. My CV lacks the preferred pedigrees of elite (expensive) universities and “top tier” consulting firms. I have visible tattoos and a small child instead of a tech accelerator class year. …
I was getting coffee recently with a young woman who had reached out to me. I block off my calendar for a few of these coffees each week, and tend to prioritize meeting with people who are underrepresented in their fields — I feel it’s an important opportunity and responsibility of being a leader. This …
