Young Female Entrepreneurs

I tried out a new format of #YFEchat LIVE. Show up next Thursday at 6p/9e for another go at the live format! In this episode we discussed the different stages of what if in entrepreneurship. What stage are you in?

Do you have questions when it comes to business development and financing, but feel like they are too "dumb" to ask. I know do. However, tonight I'm going to ask the dumb questions. Rebecca Kaden, a principal at Maveron- a consumer-based venture capital firm joins us.

Imanentrepreneurbitch.com creator, Meena Harris. Meena is a Data Security and Privacy Attorney during the day and advocate of female entrepreneurship by night. She is a former employee of Facebook and ready to share with us how her fundraising concept turned into a platform for female empowerment.

How do you start a business centered around creating amazing experiences for your clients? Lor Schneider, founder of The Cupcake Bar shares how she changed her focus to build a company her clients rave about.

YFE, Gabriela Natale is the host of SuperLatina and co-founder of Aganar Media. Gabby shares how she took a small loan from a credit union and a willingness to entertain and inspire a community to start her own television studio. She shares how she works with brands to monetize her content and provide her audience with trusted resources.

Two young, female entrepreneurs wished they had an affordable office space that fit their aesthetic. Rather than waiting for someone else to create it, they partnered up and created Makers. Find out more about their coworking space in downtown Seattle and their advice for other creative YFEs.

Our featured guest is Sandy, founder of Luludew Organic Diaper Service (http://luludew.com) out of the Los Angeles area. I ask her about startup costs, delivery as a service, marketing to moms, how to scale, and her advice for other mothers interested in starting a business of scale.

Annie Fabricant, Morning Gloryville's NYC Glory Agent shares essential components of producing events that ensure participants have a great time and tell their friends about it. She also discusses the model behind Morning Gloryville's international expansion.

You can crowdfund anything: a business, a new product, a book... and as Fund Dreamer likes to remind us, even a pony! Watch to find out the pros and cons of funding your ideas this way, how to reach your goals, and to find out more about the non-profit crowd funding platform FundDreamer.org through one of its female founders.

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