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Was so wonderful to reconnect with you both Jules Weldon and stacey m. pierce at the Women’s Venture Summit! Excited to follow the process with BoldSKY Foundation! You ladies are amazing!

Excited to attend and see the amazing brands!

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What a great way to start the day! Thank you for the inspiring walk Cheryl Shah! Can’t wait to do it again!

After a quick search, here are the statistics I've found from reputable sources like the U.S. Census Bureau, Dow Jones, World Economic Forum, the Journal of Entrepreneurship and Organization Management, and the Harvard Business Review... ?? Women own about 1/3 of all businesses in both the U.S. and Europe. ?? Women deliver?more than twice as much per dollar invested?than those founded by men. ?? Women-owned firms generate significantly higher revenue than male-owned firms, even in the negative climate of less investor capital and support. ?? Female-owned firms create significantly more jobs than their male-owned peers. ?? Women are more effective in Senior Leadership roles. ?? Women executives significantly improve company performance as compared with men. ?? Women have a much larger appetite for growth and success than their male counterparts. ?? Women have a lower portfolio risk, fewer write-offs, lower credit loss provisions, with enhanced repayment of loans. ?? Repayment rates from women are often 97%-98%. ?? Women provide a 20% higher chance that a job will get done, with men tending to give up sooner and at a higher rate than women. ?? Women entrepreneurs tend to be more?autonomous, more?positive, more?aggressive, have better?common sense, think more?critically, and have a greater?resolve to be successful?than men. You can argue any or all of the above, but... these are the facts. AND YET (quoted from same sources above)... Studies show that women have: ?? Less access to funding ?? The banks are biased against lending to them ?? They have less access to network Zero interest in male-bashing here, because so many men clearly are successful and we cheer them on. I would, however, love to understand, given the above stats, this logic of women getting less access to funds?? Is it because that's just how it's always been done?? #womeninbusiness #funding #founderstory #entrepreneurship #investment #businessstatistics #thefacts stacey m. pierce

Female founders exit faster (7.9 yrs as opposed to 8.5 yrs in a PitchBook report) and outperform their male counterparts by 63% (First Round Capital report)and exit faster. Amazing screening of Show Her The Money movie at the Angel Capital Association summit. LOVED our amazing panel with Wendy Ryan who is in the film and an executive producer, associate producers Sue Bevan Baggott, Marcia Dawood and myself and our amazing sponsor for the event, Foley Hoag LLP’s always supportive Meredith Haviland. The panel discussion highlighted: ?? the power of the purse when women investors get activated, they invest in what they want to see in the world, from FemTech innovations to smart SAAS. ?? why not focus on the data that positions women founders as great investments instead of the 2% of VC finding going to women. Hence, the start of this post. ?? female founders can control the narrative of questions being asked of them in investor meetings by useing promotion-focused answers and follow in questions instead of responding with prevention-oriented ways. ?? invest in women fund managers as a diversification of your investment portfolio like Emmeline Ventures, I did and I’ve invested in 13 other emerging fund managers. SHOW HER THE MONEY is a movement of action, opportunity and impact. As an associate producer, I encourage you to go see the film near you - we are always adding new cities to our 40-city tour by visiting the website: https://lnkd.in/duFqeddK - Catherine Gray - Dawn Lafreeda - Ky Dickens #showherthemoney #SHTM #femalefounder #documentary #femaleinvestor #investor #GP #LP #angelinvestor

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What an amazing experience being the opening keynote at the Women Inventors Conference & Pitch Contest in Coronado this weekend, lead by The Blue Sky Charitable Foundation, Lead and Empower Her, and SheTalks. Truly honored and thrilled to share my servant's heart journey with boldness and courage. HUGE thank you Jules Weldon and stacey m. pierce for believing in me and asking me to speak at this amazing event. Thanks to Dr. Julie Ducharme and team for a great event! It was so so awesome to see Felena Hanson and Carolyn Hamlet - two of my portfolio ?? companies - one of my first and one of my most recent investments encouraging me to tell the story of my investment journey. #blessed also to connect with Flok22 founder Jessica Wallace and team and the awesome Lisa McCarthy of Affirmations Mirror, a Stella Foundation recent alumna. So many others too!!! During this awesome experience, I learned some valuable lessons that I want to share with you all: ?? We are more connected than we think, especially when we share stories. ?? Connecting with your audience as a speaker is truly magical. ?? Sharing your why is wonderful. ?? You get even more connected when you pause, listen and mindfully connect dots and opportunities. I also learned a very powerful lesson for myself - setting boundaries can allow you to thrive in your strength and help you even set those boundaries. My daughter had her senior prom the same day, so after giving my keynote to launch the conference, I left to be home and present for my daughter. I was able to shine my light and strength in a keynote that I have learned to love and still be there for a very important moment in my daughter's life. Thank you to the amazing new humans I met and the leaders who were supportive of my decision in being more present for both work and life. #keynote #womensupportingwomen #servantleadership #inventors #entrepreneurs #shetalks #vulnerability #momentum