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Pumpspotting Founder On Community, Relationships And The Power Of Rejection
Amy VanHaren is the founder and CEO of pumpspotting, a community-driven breastfeeding support platform.
Alice Nguyen, VP At McCarthy, On Leadership And Inspiring New Careers In Construction
In this Q&A, Alice Nguyen shares why she chose to pursue a career in construction and how she approaches leadership in a male-dominated field.
Darja Gutnick On Overcoming Bias And Building The Future Of Leadership
As a psychologist-gone-rogue, Darja Gutnick quit working toward her Ph.D. to start her first company, and she’s now a third-time founder.
How To Conduct A Security Risk Analysis When Raising Capital For Your Business
A thorough security risk analysis is necessary to prove to your business’ investors that you have the appropriate plans to safeguard your financial assets, funds and proprietary sets of data.
Femtech, Officially Not Niche By $1T
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MATRIXX Software CEO Glo Gordon On Taking A Company From Startup To Scale
In this Q&A, Gordon shares her journey to becoming CEO, and how she evolved MATRIXX Software from an R&D startup into a scalable, go-to-market business.
Wheel Founder And CEO Michelle Davey On Improving Patient Access By Empowering Clinicians
In this Q&A, Wheel founder and CEO Michelle Davey shares her experience scaling a digital health company during the pandemic and guidance for founders on picking the right investors.
3 Tips To Sharpen Your Elevator Pitch
Patientco CEO, Bird Blitch, shares three tips and observations to keep in mind as you develop your elevator pitch.
Attracting An Audience Versus Building A Community (And Why Community Is Worth Every Penny)
In 2020, community became the hottest “buzzword” in tech. Communities popped up left and right as companies sought new ways to reach customers.
How Technology and Data Leaders Can Redefine Financial Inclusion
The World Bank has defined financial inclusion as the share of households and firms that use financial services. Understanding how this metric contributes to the overall success of a community, country, and the world is paramount.
Early-stage Growth: Why Shifting the Founder Mindset is Critical to Acquiring Your First 10 Customers
As an inherent part of the job, early-stage founders spend the first days of their company’s existence facing inward.
How Leila Kashani Disrupted the Beauty Industry with an Anti-Beauty, Beauty Brand
The Crunchbase “Female Founder Series,” is a series of stories, Q&As, and thought-leadership pieces from glass-ceiling-smashers who overcame the odds and are now leading successful companies. Leila Kashani is the...
How Fabi Hubschmid is Connecting Small Businesses Around the World
Fabi Hubschmid is COO and co-founder of Markaaz, the world’s first global platform to verify and connect every small business on the planet and the network of partners that support them.
Your Sales Team Should Be Leading Your Company’s Digital Transformation
Sales team can drive a company’s digital transformation and guarantee an immediate improvement to the company’s customer experience.
How Investors Can Build an LGBTQ+ Friendly Portfolio
There are many ways to get started investing while focusing on diversity through indexes like the Corporate Equality Index (CEI) and LGBTQ-specific indexes which rate companies based on their gender diversity, racial diversity, etc.
StartOut Pride Economic Impact Index
In July 2020, with support from JPMorgan Chase, StartOut, Socos Labs, and Crunchbase launched the StartOut Pride Economic Impact Indexes (SPEII), the first of our Inclusion Impact Indexes created to gain insight into LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs' economic impact.
Amanda Schutzbank on Investing in Highly Emotional, Values-led Brands
Since 2015, Schutzbank has worked in venture capital across two leading firms before starting her own, all focused on early-stage companies.
Your Guide to Pricing in 2021: 5 Effective Models to Consider
The five following key pricing concepts can help you adjust your pricing strategies to meet current demands and stay agile.
Persistence Wins the Race: GoNoodle’s CMO on Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Female Investment
In this Q&A, we asked Julie Crabill how she began her career and what advice she would give to other entrepreneurs.