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.
A Key Trait For Entrepreneurial Success
Entrepreneurs consistently exhibit behaviors that center around one key trait, often determining their chances of 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.
A Founder’s Reading List for 2023
A meaty list of key readings for founders as they go into 2023, from fundraising advice, to lessons learned, to structuring your startup and more.
10 axioms that allow women to play a game of their design, under their rules
Play brings out people’s greatest imagination and reduces fear of losing. There's no such thing as a wrong move when you’re playing your own game. Here are ten of the axioms that guide play.
Stop saying “sorry”. Start saying “no”.
Creating boundaries and setting a fence around the things that really matter in your work is a powerful way to make sure you're aligning your time with your goals.
What to do after you’ve been laid off
There's nothing fun about getting laid off. While it may feel like getting to the next step ASAP makes sense, it's crucial to be intentional about how to move forward. Here's how.
The Dishwasher Paradox and the Costs of Efficiency
One reason why working women have shouldered more housework in a post-Covid, work-from-home world? Because they can. But what if they just don't?
How women (and men) invest in startups
A newly released report shows that women are an untapped source of funding for startups and can lead to a stronger and more equitable economy.