Alda Leu Dennis: Negotiation Coaching from an Investor
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Confused by negotiations on valuation and dilution? Tired of not being heard by men? Feeling like the underdog negotiating against an investor who has 20x the deal experience? What you need is the advice of a seasoned investor you can trust. Enter this ground-breaking interview with Alda Leu Dennis, General Partner at Initialized Capital. Not only is Alda a former litigator (aka expert of experts!) and operator, she came highly recommended from a founder we trust. In this episode, Alda gifts all female founders her simple, laser sharp strategies for...
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Amy Jin Demystifies Difficult Conversations
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The key to mastering negotiations is mastering difficult conversations. Yet what makes difficult conversations difficult? How can you have them skillfully instead of avoiding them? As a founder, the most challenging aspects of your job probably boil down to maneuvering difficult conversations, whether they’re in fundraising, with your co-founder, or in delivering or receiving feedback. This interview with Amy gives you exactly the right tools and know-how to master any difficult conversation so that you can strengthen your relationships, and get what you want. Amy’s bio: is a...
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Netysha Santos Gives Masterful Negotiation Coaching for Womxn
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Did you know that your head is connected to the rest of your body? Why does that matter in negotiation? Does this apply to you: “I know what I need to do, but I feel bad”? What’s happening Meet Netysha Santos, an expert negotiator, coach, and teacher. Netysha honed her negotiation skills on wall street, in big tech (Google and Facebook), and is a trained negotiation instructor via Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation. Yeah, when we said expert, we meant expert. From boxing to meditation, Netysha walks us through killer tools that change the way you enter and leave negotiations....
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Andrea Minkow's Secrets to Empowered Fundraising Negotiations
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Second in our negotiation series is an in-depth interview with our very own host, Andrea Minkow! Ever wish you could sit down with a seasoned, caring founder who’s dedicated her life to helping other founders? That’s what you get in this interview with Andrea: best-in-class coaching advice, from direct experience, for how founders can win in fundraising negotiations. Andrea gives us the words, questions, and mindset to make killer deals. She shares with us the art form of negotiation, how to set expectations, and align interests. Most importantly, she gives us the magic for how to find...
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Erin Gleason Alvarez: Why Mindfulness is Key to Negotiating
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First up in our negotiation series is star mediator and negotiation teacher, Erin Gleason Alvarez. If you’ve got a negotiation boogie man hiding under your bed, Erin’s smart tools and mindful approach will vanquish your fears and empower you. You’ll realize that negotiation is a survival skill we cultivate early on in life and use hundreds of times every day - meaning, you’re already a skilled negotiator! (What a relief!) You’ll learn how to show up in perceived power differentials, such as when we’re the only woman in the room. (Her elegant answer? “Their behavior is not...
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Bootstrapping, Babies, and Blasting Off: Meet Jennie Monness, the Founder of Union Square Play and Mo’Mommies
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We love vulnerable, shame-busting women like Jennie Monness, the founder and Chief Mom-In-Charge of Union Square Play and the beloved blog, Mo’ Mommies. Jennie, an educator and mom, has built a business that helps all other moms. You’ll hear about the lessons she’s learned from both roles (entrepreneur and mom), and how she’s applied these lessons straight back into both worlds. Jennie also shares with us how she adapted a brick-and-mortar business to the pandemic, and how she overcame obstacles when she was getting started. Her take home message for moms, kids, and entrepreneurs?...
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Alex Batdorf Gets Sh!t Done!
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Alex Batdorf is an electric presence in the empowerment of female founders. She shares lessons she’s learned as a 3x founder, her early experiences in entrepreneurship, why traction is critical for female founders, and the power of focusing on revenue. We promise you will leave this interview pumped! Bio: Alex Batdorf is a 3X entrepreneur and the Founder & CEO of Get Sh!t Done, the superpower scaling sidekick supporting Womxn entrepreneurs in gaining traction to scale their companies on their own terms. Their motto is F*ck 4% because Womxn entrepreneurs make up nearly 50% of...
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Asian Voices Matter
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We are processing, holding, and doing the work to understand how we can support our Asian community right now, and going forward. We feel it is important to have this conversation, to see and be seen. To hear and be heard. Right now and forever. Amy is Chinese-American, and shares her current experience, as well as an important message to Asian Female Founders: YOU ARE REMARKABLE. We are finding and using our voice, and hope you are finding and using yours too. Some stats: NBC reports that in 2020, anti-Asian hate crimes increased by nearly 150%. While the overall hate crime rate is declining,...
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Lindsey Taylor Wood wants women to have and make money
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The world is built on men investing, and Lindsey Taylor Wood is here to change that. This founder, investor, and changemaker has been unapologetically empowering women to leverage their capital for over 15 years. And she’s here to share with you her invaluable insights on both investing and raising capital. Not only has Lindsey advised some of the biggest philanthropic names in how to mobilize their capital, she’s also figured out how to deploy funds in the for profit space as an entrepreneur and as an investor. At thehelm.co, she provides women with the opportunity to put...
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Alexsandra Guerra is a real life mermaid reversing climate change by being a badass entrepreneur
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Ready to meet another badass female founder tackling climate change? Alexsandra Guerra is the Co-Founder & Director of Corporate Development at Nori. You’ll hear what Alexsandra wanted to be when she grew up (answer: A MERMAID, of course!) and how she’s imbued everything she’s done with true mermaid essence. She tells us stories of stepping into her entrepreneurial DNA, drops confidence sparklers like, “I do sales now because I can do anything,” and leaves us with an invaluable leadership lesson.
info_outlineUncomfortable asking for money? Andrea and Amy show you why you MUST make the ask, what power it gives you (even if it means being vulnerable), what to ask for, and how to craft a partnership with an investor. You also get the secrets of the benefits of asking. You'll learn how to hold onto your power, present yourself as an opportunity, all whilst not giving away the farm! (Part 4 of 4)