If you’ve ever been through a high school math class, you probably remember the secret about those textbooks—the answers were in the back. Sure, you may have had to flip the book upside down, or you may have only been given the odd number answers. But, for the most...
As part of our Founders + Funders SF 2019 summit, held in partnership with Seneca VC, we brought together an exciting group of startup founders and investors for a day of learning, networking and growth. We got to hear all about product-market fit from Sara Mauskopf,...
When Tara Kelly was 9 years old, she built her first software program. Kelly, who is now the CEO of SPLICE Software, says this feat wasn’t because she was the Mozart of the tech industry. “It was something my father and I could work on together, it was fun, and...
I’m Jordan Sale, the founder of 81cents, a startup that helps women and underrepresented minorities source compensation data from professionals, recruiters, and hiring managers so that they can navigate tough negotiations more confidently. We started 81cents in summer...
As part of our Founders + Funders SF 2019 summit, held in partnership with Seneca VC, we brought together an exciting group of startup founders and investors for a day of learning, networking and growth. Chantal Emmanuel, CTO and Co-Founder of LimeLoop,...
Kwanza Jones at Bennett College Kwanza Jones is many things: an investor, a venture capitalist, a CEO, and an artist; but most importantly, Jones is a “catalyst.” She makes it her business to energize and empower others. Since 2014, Jones has been the co-founder and...
How I used loans, grants, angel investors and accelerators to finance my first $500k for my business. If you’re a startup founder, you know the toils of capitalizing company growth. In the tech space, we’re often led to believe that the golden path to that growth is...
Should I lean in? Pivot? Freelance? Quit? If I leave my job, will I ever get back in? These are just some of the questions women ask when smack in the “Messy Middle” — when job opportunity and family responsibilities collide, and decisions shift into high gear....
Work-life balance is a myth, and striving for this fictitious balance creates unnecessary stress. There’s always a nagging feeling that no matter what you’re doing, you should be doing something else. The truth is, when people say they want work-life balance what they...
I read almost two hundred hundred startup accelerator applications when I was on vacation in Spain this summer. It’s not that I’d planned to be reading accelerator applications in-between my churros con chocolate and beach time, but with an especially busy...