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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In the short term, women founders can take action to boost their chances at VC success in the current investment climate, including leveraging their community and support network and building the necessary self-belief to thrive. of the funding raised since 2009, while Latinx female founders saw only 0.4% of total investment dollars.

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DECEMBER 14, 2014

It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

The other entrepreneur quoted in the story is from a guy pitching a Pinterest clone. The last closed market we had was from about September 2008 until June 2009--10 months. International and non-Valley startup communities are developing at a rapid pace. Needless to say, he's having some trouble raising. There is no fork.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Ironically enough, the second nudge she gave my career also had to do with AOL--ten years later when in 2009, she introduced me to Jon Brod who was forming AOL Ventures. When someone comes in to pitch me, I always ask them to tell me the "origin story". My first article for the monthly edition was on AOL. Not in the slightest.

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JULY 13, 2013

You know, the weird thing, Derek, and I should probably let you speak some time, but I was deeply technical when I went into Andersen consulting, and I got paid much less than engineers who graduated, because I had a degree in economics. We don’t take tech guys in the strategy consulting group.” Maybe you misheard me.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2021

I trust her to hear out the community, gather all the data, and, unlike our current Towering Ineptitude, actually make a decision—one that she believes is right for New York, not just politically popular. After selling Manhattan GMAT in 2009, he started Venture for America, which aimed to create 100,000 new U.S. jobs by 2025.

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