Dating a founder = full time VC
✅ 24/7 hotline support ☎️
✅ go to market and idea generation chats during most meals
✅ don’t know if your equity stake is gonna get wiped tmr but yolo 🧸
❌ nothing you say is really that helpful but they chose to partner with you anyways 🤍
For #IWD let’s recognize game-changing women fund managers starting their own shops (in part to change the landscape of available funding for non-obvious founders):
There's so much work to be done.
5.6% of all VC firms in the US are women-led, and only 2.1% of VC firms are founded by a woman of color.
Read the full report about the Untapped Opportunity of Women Led Funds --> ctt.ec/cfjNO+#WomeninVC
We at #WomeninVC are thrilled to be publishing our first report on "The Untapped Opportunity of Women-Led Funds," built off the insights from the 2,700+ women in our global community (🚀 since @jessicapeltz and I launched in 2015)
Read the report here ➡️ women-vc.com
In 25 yrs when 2020 is reviewed in history classes, no one will discuss the cable-news shows, the President's or anyone's tweets. Students will learn who among us stood up for what is Just, Right and Fair. I'm proud the @NBA and our players will be central to that conversation
1/ I'll Cash app $1,000 for ten $100 investments on @joinrepublic to aspiring diverse VCs!
Just send me a deal memo with your analysis of the company, and reach out to the founder to let them know you're going to helping them grow!
RT and tag folks to amplify
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