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Guests Marcus Bullock, CEO of Flikshop and Katie Leonard, Founder of Zero Eight Three, discuss the power of entrepreneurship and employment for formerly incarcerated persons.

State of Women Entrepreneurs: A Discussion of Research

Dolores Rowen of the National Women’s Business Council discusses the recent review of research in the NWBC’s report “Understanding the Landscape: Access to Capital for Women Entrepreneurs”, the first of four groundbreaking reports that compile the best, unbiased research on women business-owners.

Guest expert Kimberly Strong, Co-Founder of Strong Connexion and former VP of Diversity and Inclusion at Target, discusses with Regina Gwynn, CEO and founder of TresseNoire, how to approach corporations for sponsorships.

What Friends Do adds technology to what people in faith-based communities have been doing to coordinate support for their constituents in times of joy and in times of grief. But how does one explain a platform to help coordinate everything from casserole delivery, transport services and gift certificates to:

a) individual users

b) organizations that might use/refer, and

c) investors?

Guest expert Carlos Careaga discusses with co-hosts the topic of Financial Statements, especially Pro Forma Financials.   The panel discusses what these documents are, what should be in these documents, and what angel investors look for when assessing financial statements.  Carlos brings over 25 years of expertise in financial analysis, forecasting, financial modeling, strategic analysis, change management, controllership experience, and process improvement to the conversation.

Hosts and Guest Expert, McKeever Conwell of TEDCO, discuss with Dr. Crystal Icenhour, CEO of Aperiomics, the considerations in structuring a second round (Series A) of funding, including how much to raise, amount of equity to give up, and leverage in terms.

Kina McAllister of STEMBox shares revisits her sales, marketing and partnership strategy after her move from Seattle to Iowa. We also discuss tangible actions Kina can take to overcome the impact left when a potential investor decided to go in a different direction. With show guest expert Allison Wilson, VP media relations, Weber Shandwick.

Our dynamic panel featuring Maureen Murat, Amy Wan, Desiree Dickerson and Samson Williams discuss the viability of ICO's as a funding option. Will the ICO landscape continue to change and mature?

Sage Salvo of Words Liive, an education technology company that provides teachers lesson plans based on examples in pop culture, has a candid discussion with Jenny Kassan about different funding models outside the traditional Angel/VC structure – and gets some surprising answers!

Dr. Roshawnna Novellus of EnrichHer discusses development of her funding platform for women entrepreneurs.  How does she meet the needs of her two interest groups – entrepreneurs and funders?  Are their interests competing?  If so, how to manage?