Why It’s So Hard for Leaders to Change Culture
One of the fundamental characteristics of culture is that once we’ve become part of it, it’s difficult to see it and therefore difficult to be critical of it.
Pregnant and Pitching: Why I Refused to Shrink While Growing a Company (and Twins)
I was 90% closed on my pre-seed round for my startup when the strip turned pink.
Can Startups Scale Humanistically? The Case for Founder Agency
There are two familiar founder leadership styles: Founder Mode and Founder Syndrome. However, there’s a third option – Founder Agency.
The Silent Career Killer: Perimenopause’s Impact on Women in Leadership—and What to Do About It
Perimenopause nearly took this Founder down. She shares her experiences, and what other women in leadership can do about it.
The Art of the Ask: How to Secure the Right Funding for Your Startup
How to craft a compelling ask, avoid common fundraising pitfalls, and get your startup one crucial step closer to success.
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The Silent Career Killer: Perimenopause’s Impact on Women in Leadership—and What to Do About It
Perimenopause nearly took this Founder down. She shares her experiences, and what other women in leadership can do about it.
The Art of the Ask: How to Secure the Right Funding for Your Startup
How to craft a compelling ask, avoid common fundraising pitfalls, and get your startup one crucial step closer to success.
A Key Trait For Entrepreneurial Success
Entrepreneurs consistently exhibit behaviors that center around one key trait, often determining their chances of success.
From Diversity to Adversity: Executive DEI Orders in the Workplace
A workplace lawyers breaks down the impact of the most recent executive orders around DEI, and it's ripple effect across the corporate world.
AI… the perfect complement to human insight?
Startups are agile, making them great environments to adopt new technologies like AI. But is agility alone enough?
Enriching leadership skills while moving from Founder to CEO
The shift from Founder to CEO is a big one. Here are three components that are crucial for making that transition.
Hollywood scandal highlights employer responsibilities in harassment cases
A lawyer well-versed in workplace sexual harassment cases gives us a script for success, using the Blakely v Baldoni case a center piece.
Facing down bullies at the workplace
Office bully? You may be able to curtail the abuse through your own devices — and in the process show the bully you refuse to be tyrannized.
Will the $150 Billion Investment in AI Ever Pay Off?
The surge in AI investments, totaling $150 billion, has sparked significant debate among business leaders, economists, and technologists. Is it worth it?
The Art of Being Unapologetic
Are you apologizing too much as a Founder & CEO? Here are several insights on how to reverse an "I'm sorry" into a position of strength.
Leadership and Change Management for Startup Founders: Tips to get started and how to sustain success
20% of new businesses fail in their first two years, 45% in the first five, and 65% in the first 10. How can you avoid being part of these stats?
These leaders show that allyship is easier than you think
Four easy ways to start being an ally in the workplace.
Can Startups Scale Humanistically? The Case for Founder Agency
There are two familiar founder leadership styles: Founder Mode and Founder Syndrome. However, there’s a third option – Founder Agency.
What does gender have to do with negotiation?
When you think about the impression you want to make, certain postures, comments, and gestures will come to mind. Some of these ideas about how to behave will come to you based on your gender.
The ethnicity pay gap
Closing the ethnicity pay gap isn't just one person's job - we all have a role to play. It takes intention and focus from everybody involved, and it can't be achieved unless we all work together.
Congress bumped up workplace protections for pregnant and nursing employees
An examination and comparison of two new laws that offer increased protections for pregnant and nursing workers.
A Reading List on Empathy and Allyship for 2023
Hit a few of the topics relevant to today's discourse around creating a more empathetic workplace.
A Leader’s Reading List for 2023
So much packed into this reading list for professionals and leaders in any size company, from building skills and boundaries, to realities of the ecosystem, to thoughts on workplace policies.
A Funder’s Reading List for 2023
A list of key readings for investors as they go into 2023, from new markets, to fundraising and dealflow, to larger ecosystem issues and eliminating bias in your process.