Broadmic Startup Shortcuts

Erin Bagwell, first time director, and co-producer of Dream, Girl, didn’t start out in movies. Bagwell got the courage to quit her corporate job and pursue her dream of becoming a filmmaker from discovering a community of young women entrepreneurs who were pursuing their big dreams. Inspired by her peers, Bagwell “leveled up” and began to believe in herself. Bagwell’s film, Dream, Girl features a handful of diverse female founders, including women of color ranging in age from 25-83. During a live Q&A with our Season Three host, Erica Duignan Minnihan, Bagwell talks about her hope that people can see themselves in the women showcased in the film. Girl, be prepared to dream!

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Feminist Wednesday

Ronna & Beverly

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, iBooks

Clinton’s Tech Policy Targets Young Entrepreneurs by Steve Lohr, The New York Times

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makers

How Did Lena Dunham, Mark Zuckerberg and Simon and Garfunkel Find Success? by Gene Marks, Entrepreneur

Elizabeth Gilbert: Flight of the Hummingbird - The Curiosity Driven Life SuperSoul TV

Mighty Oak

Additional Reading

The Most Important Thing I Learned as an Entrepreneur by Erin Bagwell, Time

The very big dreams of Komal Minhas by Julie Beun

Film Inspires Female Founders To Dream Big by Geri Stengel, Forbes

An Open Letter to Parents of Entrepreneurs by Justin Bariso, Inc.

Why you shouldn't quit your job to become a full-time entrepreneur by Jessica Mai, Business Insider

5 Steps to Take Before Quitting Your Job to Become an Entrepreneur by Jayson Demers, Entrepreneur

5 Reasons Why Writing Down Goals Increases The Odds Of Achieving Them by Damian Pros, Elite Daily

How to successfully run a crowdfunding campaign by Greg Ponesse, The Next Web

Guest bios & transcripts are available on www.broadmic.com.

Three hundred billion dollars. That’s the global financing gap between male-owned and female-owned businesses. When Anne Ravanona heard this appalling statistic she sprang into action and founded Global Invest Her, an online platform dedicated to funding women entrepreneurs. This week we spoke with Anne about closing the confidence gap and perfecting the ask - so you can get funded faster and get back to building your business.

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Joan of Arc Biography

Meera Ralhan-Medana

Are Women Really More Risk-Averse than Men? Julie A. Nelson, Global Development and Environment Institute 

John Fayad YouTube

#9 The Female Consumer as Muse – How She Guides Susan Lyne at BBG Ventures BroadMic

The Art of Startup Fundraising Alejandro Cremades & Barbara Corcoran, iBooks

My Metric for Success? Happiness Richard Branson, LinkedIn

The incredible rags-to-riches story of lingerie tycoon Michelle Mone Lianna Brinded, Business Insider

Master Plan, Part Deux Elon Musk

Additional Reading

Spread Your Talent to the World | Anne Ravanona | TEDxBarcelonaWomen YouTube

Trailblazing Women: Claire Calmejane, Director of Innovation, Lloyds Banking Group Anne Ravanona, Huffington Post

Start-up Advice: Anne Ravanona, Global Invest Her SiliconRepublic

The first comprehensive study on women in venture capital and their impact on female founders Gené Teare, Ned Desmond, TechCrunch

Seeking A Female Investor? Start By Doing Your Research. Kelly Hoey, Inc.

The One Trait That Ruins an Entrepreneur Lisa Abeyta, Huffington Post

Do Male Investors Sabotage Female Founders? New Research Sets The Record Straight Lisa Calhoun, Inc.

How Men's Brains Are Wired Differently than Women's Tanya Lewis, Scientific American

The brains of men and women aren’t really that different, study finds Kate Wheeling, Science

Passed on investing in a startup? Give the entrepreneur worthy feedback. Nathan Benaich, Medium

Guest bios & transcripts are available on www.broadmic.com.

A feminist and behavioral scientist, Matt Wallaert believes that using data to build products is the key to effecting real change, such as the gender pay gap, which explains why he created GetRaised, a tool that helps women ask for raises. He is currently Director of Microsoft Startups, where he uses psychology to build products that enable people to take action on their ideas, questions, and desires.

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Emma Watson: Gender equality is your issue too UN Women

Could these 2 women help solve Silicon Valley's diversity problem? by Shalene Gupta, Fortune

RadiumOne's All-Male Board Is Now Deciding Whether (Or Not) to Dump CEO Over Domestic Violence Conviction by Kara Swisher, Recode

Men Really Are Clueless About Their Female Coworkers by Rick Wartzman

Ex-Kleiner VC Ellen Pao Introduces Diversity Initiative by Ellen Huet, Bloomberg

Whitney Wolfe, founder of dating app Bumble, has had quite the year. She just can’t discuss parts of it. by Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post

C.P. Ellis, 78; Once a Ku Klux Klan Leader, He Became a Civil Rights Activist

Stephen King iBooks

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella celebrates 'pivotal year' as Office 365, cloud make gains by Harriet Taylor, Anita Balakrishnan CNBC

A Unicorn Is the Last Thing This Web 2.0 Survivor Wants by Jessi Hempel, Wired

Additional Reading

Why Men Don't Mentor Younger Women—And How We Can Change That By Kate Ashford, The Muse

Five Brainless But Brilliant Routes To A Raise by Meghan Casserly, Forbes

Wage Gap Costs U.S. Women $500 Billion A Year, Report Finds by Laura Bassett, The Huffington Post

Hacking inequality and behavior by Capioca, Medium

What Is Design Thinking? by Kaan Turnali, Forbes

The point of normative models in judgment and decision making by Jonathan Baron, frontiers

Guest bios & transcripts are available on www.broadmic.com.

How do we get more funding for communities of color? Finney is founder and Managing Director of digitalundivided, and Co-Author/Research Lead on #ProjectDiane, a proprietary data project about the state of Black women in tech entrepreneurship in the United States. Leading with data, Finney is fundamentally changing the discussion about diversity in tech. In her interview with Kelly Hoey, you’ll hear Finney explain why she established BIG, a new accelerator in Atlanta dedicated to Black women founders, the Harriet Fund and Harriet Angels.  Finney’s confession that she was born to be an entrepreneur may explain why she is also so good as an investor and why, in one important way, she is no different than the rest:  she always looks to get her money back!

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Why Diane Nash Is Selma’s Best Supporting Role by Christopher Wilson, Time

It’s Embarrassing How Few Black Female Founders Get Funded by Davey Alba, Wired

Digitalundivided Launches BIG Innovation Center in Atlanta for Black and Latina Women in Tech by Danielle Young, The Root

Gayle Jennings-O’Byrne

A New Way for Women of Color to Get Funding by Kimberly Weisul, Inc.

Startup Investors Hit the Brakes by Scott Martin, Wall Street Journal

Invest with Harriet Angels (Maya Venture Partners)

7 Ways Meditation Can Actually Change The Brain Alice Walton, Forbes

Oprah Winfrey Delivers Empowering Speech at Essence Fest Debut: 'The Magic Is to Surrender to God's Dream for You' by Kathy Ehrich Dowd

Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s Liberator as Prisoner and President, Dies at 95 by Bill Keller, New York Times

Martha Stewart Unloads on Millennials: Here's What She Said (and Why) by Bill Murphy Jr., Inc.

Additional Reading

Inside One Woman Investor's Plan To Get Black Female Founders Funding by Clare O'Connor, Forbes

Hey, How’d You Establish Yourself as The Budget Fashionista and founder of digitalundivided, Kathryn Finney? by Janelle Harris, MediaBistro

The Divided American Dream by Emily Badger, Washington Post

Syndicates / For Investors AngelList

Where Do Venture Capital Dollars Actually Come From? This Visual Explains by Lee Hower, NextView

Guest bios & transcripts are available on www.broadmic.com.

Are you considering raising capital? Meet Stephanie Newby. As founder of NY-based Golden Seeds, an investment firm providing early stage capital to women-led tech companies, and as CEO of a big data startup raising outside capital, Stephanie has been on both sides of the table. Stephanie weighs in on the value of taking risk, how to find the right investors for your startup, and what it takes to lead a fast growth company. She also shares key takeaways from successfully closing a recent Series C round of growth equity financing.

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Audra Ryan CFO at Crimson Hexagon

Just Using Big Data Isn’t Enough Anymore by Randy Bean, Harvard Business Review

The Advantage, Enhanced Edition by Patrick M. Lencioni, iBooks

Todoist: To-Do List | Task Manager

TEUXDEUX a simple, designy to-do app

RICHARD BRANSON: 'Social justice is good for business' by Rachel Butt, Business Insider

Golden Seeds Takes Bold Steps to Empower Women Entrepreneurs by Emmie Twombly, HuffPo

Gender Intelligence by Barbara Annis & Keith Merron, iBooks

Additional Reading

Going Against the Flow: Stephanie Newby, CEO of Crimson Hexagon by Charu Sharma, HuffPo

She founded Golden Seeds to change corporate culture for women. Here's why she left — and why she doesn't regret it by Caroline McMillan Portillo, Bizwomen

Sageview leads $20 mln investment in Crimson Hexagon by Stephanie Rogan, The PE Hub Network

10 Things Entrepreneurs Need to Know about Entrepreneurship by Murray Newlands, Inc.

The Growth Equity In Venture Capital by Glenn Rieger, TechCrunch

8 Secrets to Credible Startup Financial Projections by Martin Zwilling, Entrepreneur

How To Boost Confidence When Seeking Funding For Your Startup by Sujan Patel, Forbes

How founders can tell a great startup story by Elisa Schreiber, Fortune

Guest bios & transcripts are available on www.broadmic.com.

How do you build great company culture right from the start (hint: Tina’s answer involved a Chief Happiness Officer)? How do you decide which of the million business ideas you’ve considered is most worthwhile to pursue? What are creative examples of corporate sponsorships? This week on BroadMic Bonus Cuts, Tina Roth Eisenberg answers all of these audience questions and more on our second installment of our first ever live podcast event at LMHQ!

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Deck Network: The Ad Network of Creative, Web and Design Culture

How MailChimp’s irresistible “Serial” ad became the year’s biggest marketing win by Adam Epstein, Quartz

Shutterstock Increases Its Media Reach With BFA Deal by Steven Bertoni, Forbes

Yay, Internet!

My Journey From Middle East Refugee To Fashion Designer by Céline Semaan Vernon, Refinery29

Everything’s Coming Up Roses With Temporary Tats That Smell Like Flowers by Elyse Wanshel, HuffPo

Additional Reading

Temporary Tattoos, Now for Grown-Ups, Too by Courtney Rubin, New York Times

An Exclusive Spotlight on How CreativeMornings Runs 106+ Global Monthly Events by Carrie Melissa Jones, CMX

Two Keys to Sustainable Social Enterprise by Sally R. Osberg and Roger L. Martin, Harvard Business Review

Levo League Office Hours

10 Examples of Companies With Fantastic Cultures by Sujan Patel, Entrepreneur

What Type Of Corporate Culture Do Women Really Want? by WomensMedia, Forbes

Creating a Culture That Women Want to Join by Aaron Skonnard, Inc

The biggest setback for women in corporate America: the 24/7 workday by Betsy Myers, Fortune

6 Tips For Networking in Shared Offices and CoWorking Spaces by Matt Arbogast, Built In Chicago

How to Choose the Best Coworking Space for Your Startup by Matt Straz, Entrepreneur

There Is No Such Thing As Work-Life Balance For Entrepreneurs by Chris Myers, Forbes

Guest bios & transcripts are available on www.broadmic.com.

What does it take to become the first woman in the history of Goldman Sachs to be promoted into sales management? That accomplishment was just the beginning of Janet Hanson’s career. Kelly Hoey and Janet talk about how her early career at Goldman prompted her to strike out on her own as founder/CEO of Milestone Capital and 85 Broads, the global business women’s network now known as Ellevate.  Janet’s early support of female founders is legendary, and includes angel investments in companies such as LearnVest and AHA Life.

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Daniel F. Crowley, 69, Ex-Publishing Official The New York Times

Anne Brown Farrell Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World by William D. Cohan

Sara Weinheimer Ellevate

MANAGEMENT: A Network of Their Own; From an Exclusive Address, a Group for Women Only by Reed Abelson, The New York Times

Northwestern Mutual acquires LearnVest, the financial planning startup by Leena Rao, Fortune

The Education of Warren Buffett’s protégé by Colleen Leahey, Fortune

Stacey Borden ChixRx

Meghan Muntean, How Bustle Cracked the Code to Reach Millennial Women by Magnify Team, Hill+Knowlton Strategies

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown, iBooks

Sheryl Sandberg Forbes

Anne-Marie Slaughter on Raising Men Who Do Housework by Sarah Sophie Flicker, The Cut

How this investor is bridging the 'bravado gap' by Sara Ashley O'Brien, CNNMoney

How Hillary Clinton's historic win changes the game for girls by Holly Yan, CNNPolitics

Additional Reading

"85 Broads" Invests In Women by Melissa McNamara

This Is What An Angel Investor Looks Like – Janet Hanson by Angie Chang, Women 2.0

Feeling lucky: How important is luck to career success? by David Winter, The Guardian

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

Goldman Sachs Promotes Record Number of Women, and It's Still Just 25 Percent by Emily Jane Fox, Vanity Fair

Krawcheck to Acquire 85 Broads From Ex-Goldman Executive by Laura Marcine, Bloomberg

Guest bios & transcripts are available on www.broadmic.com.

Yuli Ziv was so passionate about her startup idea that she initially used her 401K to bootstrap it. Yuli is the Founder & CEO of Style Coalition, a first-to-market platform helping brands connect with top online lifestyle influencers. Yuli and Kelly talk about Style Coalition, being a bootstrapping solo founder, how being an immigrant inspired her to become an entrepreneur, and how you know you have product market fit when you are first to market!

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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence by Harvard Business Review, iBooks

RICHARD BRANSON: 'Social justice is good for business' by Rachel Butt, Business Insider

Shark judge Daymond John: What I learned from a $6M mistake by Christine Wang, CNBC

The Tim Ferriss Approach to Setting Goals: Rig the Game so You Win by Ryan Robinson, Entrepreneur

Additional Reading

The Economic Case for Welcoming Immigrant Entrepreneurs by Dane Stangler and Jason Wiens, Kauffman Foundation

Inside Israel's Secret Startup Machine by Richard Behar, Forbes

Start-up Nation by Dan Senor & Saul Singer, iBooks

Funding a Start-up – How to Tap an IRA or 401(k) Wall Street Journal

What It's Really Like To Pivot A Startup by Erik Larson, Fast Company

3 Characteristics Solo Founders Need to Succeed by Chris Heivly, Inc.

How to Hire Your First Employees While Running Your Startup by Aja Frost, SitePoint

10 Ways Competition Can Improve Your Business by Firas Kittaneh, Entrepreneur

Guest bios & transcripts are available on www.broadmic.com.

Why is it smart business to invest in founding teams that include women? Should all female founders seek angel or venture capital? Adam Quinton and Kelly Hoey chat about Adam's outspoken and unwavering support for female entrepreneurs, his calling out the bias that exists among Silicon Valley VCs, and his advice for female founders. Adam is Founder/CEO of Lucas Point Ventures and an active investor in and advisor to early stage companies. His investments include The Muse, Rapt Media, VenueBook, Hire an Esquire, Pinks and Greens, Validately and Snaps.

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Female Founders Outperform Their Male Peers First Round Review

Mike Tyson explains one of his most famous quotes by Mike Berardino, Sun Sentinel

Snaps

The Invention of Science by David Wootton, iBooks

How I've Made Smart Hires As My Company Quadrupled In 10 Months by Kathryn Minshew, Fast Company

This Tech CEO Has 4 Power Steps For Entrepreneur Resilience by Leo King, Forbes

Margaret Thatcher, ‘Iron Lady’ Who Set Britain on New Course, Dies at 87 by Joseph R. Gregory, New York Times

Additional Reading

The Paradox of Meritocracy - in Tech by Adam Quinton, LinkedIn

An Open Letter to Bethenny Frankel by Adam Quinton, LinkedIn

Adam Quinton and Kara Swisher call BS on VCs ‘unconscious bias’ at Inspirefest 2015 Siliconrepublic, YouTube

I’m a white guy in Silicon Valley and I’m done buying the meritocracy myth by Mike Eynon, Medium

Forbes deleted a white tech writer's article that called Silicon Valley a 'meritocracy' by Dexter Thomas, Los Angeles Times

Ellen Pao Says Silicon Valley Isn’t A Meritocracy. It’s Not. by Alexia Tsotsis, TechCrunch

Introducing Project Include by Ellen Pao, Medium

Project Include: Moving from Words to Action, Freada Vapor Klein, Medium

6 questions every founder should ask before they raise capital by Katherine Hague, O'Reilly

No Venture Capital Needed, or Wanted by Janet Morrissey, New York Times

Meet An Entrepreneur Who Doesn't Believe In Venture Capital by Amy Guttman, Forbes

Looking for Love in All The Wrong Places - How to Find a Co-founder First Round Review

How to Find a Co-Founder by Guy Kawasaki

Is it possible to raise funding before building the product/app? Quora

Guest bios & transcripts are available on www.broadmic.com.

Majora Carter, an urban revitalization strategy consultant and agent of change, founded StartUp Box, a social enterprise in the South Bronx generating entry level jobs in the tech industry. Kelly Hoey and Majora chat about the massive opportunity behind StartUp Box, how Majora is rolling it out in other cities, and her philosophy about not letting other people’s perception of you stand in the way of your work.

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It’s Embarrassing How Few Black Female Founders Get Funded  by Davey Alba, Wired

South Bronx Gets High-End Coffee; Is Gentrification Next? by Jeff Gordinier, New York Times

Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy, iBooks

How One Entrepreneur Convinced Beyoncé To Invest In Her Startup by Clare O'Connor, Forbes

Additional Reading

Tech Diversity: Message vs Messenger by Majora Carter, LinkedIn

Majora Carter has a genius idea to get more people into tech jobs by Becky Bracken, SheKnows

How social entrepreneurship is making a difference in the world by Bérénice Magistretti, TechCrunch

Urban Onshoring: The Movement to Bring Tech Jobs Back to America by Issie Lapowsky, Wired

Why diversity matters to your tech company by Joelle Emerson, USA Today

10 Things People Are Getting Wrong About Diversity In Tech by Ariel Lopez, Forbes

Guest bios & transcripts are available on www.broadmic.com.