Joanne Wilson: An Angel Who Bets On Women-Led Companies
By Suzanne Axtell (Technology Evangelist, O’Reilly) Blogger, mother, foodie, and hardcore New Yorker Joanne Wilson (@TheGothamGal) is one of a few female angel investors. Her approach to investing is unabashedly women-centric. As she explains in the...
A Different Look At Startups (Vs. Penelope Trunk)
By Joanne Wilson (Blogger & Angel Investor, Gotham Gal) Penelope Trunk’s post titled “Stop Telling Women to do Startups” made the rounds this weekend. This is not the first time that we have heard from Penelope and I am sure it will not be the...Women's Startups Lack Access to Capital (Women Don't Ask)
By Jessica Naziri (Reporter, CNBC) When Alexa von Tobel found herself frustrated with the lack of personal finance resources and tools available to her, she took a leave of absence from Harvard Business School in 2008 to pursue her dream of creating a way for women to...