Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Mentorship / Modeling Behavior An important part of leadership is being a role model for those who may come after you to look up and say, “If she can do it then why can’t I?” Female Founder Office Hours gives founders the mentorship and the role models to see that it is in not only possible but also to have a plan to make it a reality.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) There were a lot of requests for us to turn our mentorship program into a physical accelerator with a fund, office space and full-time staff. My good friend Adam Lilling and I started Launchpad more than 5 years ago . So what next?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

of the funding raised since 2009, while Latinx female founders saw only 0.4% If you feel like you need some extra training in this area, seek out workshops or mentorship opportunities to make sure you have these skills down before you pitch for funding. Having more women in leadership positions is ultimately a better bet for business.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 17, 2020

What is mentorship, really? The company I had co-founded in 2009, DALS Lighting, was thriving and we would soon have over 40 members on the team. In 2016, during my time as president of the EO Montreal chapter, I was accepted into the Global Leadership Academy (GLA), an incredible leadership program. The big ask.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Just two years later, in 2009, we worked out a deal to create the Techstars Seattle program, with our first program running in 2010. From the beginning, we were deeply committed to Techstars’ “give first” ethos and mentorship-driven approach to startup investing.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

They’ve partnered with TechStars, ID Ventures, Lofty Ventures, Wayne State University and Precursor Ventures, which gives them the mentorship and funding to scale. Red Ventures is a staffing startup that hires out everything from creative and marketing professionals to business leadership, technologists, sales and data analytics experts.

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