Angel City and the Sparking of a Cultural Shift
The Pioneers & The Disruptors In 2022, women’s professional sports sponsorships grew 20% year-over-year, but just 3% of print and 4% of online coverage went to women’s sports and less than 20% of all TV covered women only or mixed sport. Also in 2022, a mere 2% of...
Fundraising is tough. Very tough. It took us 70 no’s before we got a yes.
Now that I’m through it, I wanted to share some tips I wish I knew before I started: 1. Pitch vision or traction, but never both A few months into our raise, we were stuck. We’d gotten over 40 no’s and my morale was at an all-time low. I got connected...
Converting Gateway Disruptions into Personal Transformations
Disruption is an incredible invitation. I know, I know. That statement sounds so Pollyann-ish with its sentiment of transforming upheaval into goodness. But stay with me. I’ve conducted a decade’s worth of research on what happens to adults when things go...
How to pitch early-stage VCs in today’s bear market
In today’s uncertain market climate, VCs are looking for an excuse to pass on a deal. Instead of evaluating investments based on the possibility of large upside potential, they’re requiring more analyzable proof in the form of data, such as team and traction. They’re...
AI-powered wearable startup, GirlBuzz, receives $500M from Extremely First Ventures to democratize personality feedback for professional women
Have you ever felt emasculated by the aggressive, over-confident comments of a female colleague? Silicon Valley’s latest golden child startup, GirlBuzz, is working to change that. “If there’s one thing I know from having a wife and a daughter, it’s that women...
A reminder: Why you should ask for what you’re worth
Even when we have legitimate reasons to ask for a raise, women are generally more reluctant than men to make the request of their employer. Only 57 percent of women say they’re comfortable asking for a raise or negotiating pay. Many fear that they would overstep if...
Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America
The below is a review of Dahlia Lithwick’s new book, Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America. Immediately after Trump’s victory over Clinton in 2016, women lawyers all around the country, independently of each other, sprang into...
Taking parental leave as a founder: Setting you and your team up for success
Why am I writing this? I wrote in 2021 about the challenges of considering starting a family alongside being a founder of your own business. As the co-founder of a Venture Capital fund called Ada Ventures, then only 18 months old, the topic of taking...