And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
—Erica Jong (via http://bit.ly/oijsEe)
Mashups, Markets and Motherhood: A boot camp for women angel investors
In a seminal white paper last spring, venture capitalist Cindy Padnos concluded we need more women investing in early-stage companies.
Natalia Oberti Noguera decided to do something about it.
She is in the process of launching Pipeline Fund Fellowship, a new program for women who want to…
It’s the female trend and it’s the sustainability trend that are going to create some of the most interesting investment opportunities in the years to come. The whole thing about the female trend is not about women being better than men. It is actually about women being different from men—bringing different values and different ways to the table. So what do you get? You get better decision-making and you get less herd behavior and both of those things hit your bottom line with very positive results.
—Halla Tomasdottir, co-founder of Audur Capital financial services
(via TEDWomen Conference)
“Feminism is my bag.” Thank you, CV! (@michelletripp and @cvharquail pictured.)
—n. oberti noguera, New York, NY, United States (2010)
Tip -> Every time you’re at a party, the person you’re talking to is the most interesting one in the room. Your job is to figure out why. —@tiltmom via @rafefurst via unknown
—n. oberti noguera, Portland, Maine, United States (2010)
“Lakshmi Pratury on letter-writing”
TED Tuesdays
My goal: Share, on Tuesdays, TED talks that inspire and provoke me.
Finally bought a tea kettle. Decided to try for the first time the _Native American Tea Co._ label. After opening the container, I found out that “NAHT donates 5% of profits after taxes towards scholarships at Sitting Bull College.”
—n. oberti noguera, Montreal, Canada (2008)
We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn.
—Mary Catherine Bateson (via http://ow.ly/36siD)
Entrepreneur: Save yourself for the right investor
At Sara Holoubek’s Field Guide launch party, Joanne Wilson, a dealmaker and featured speaker underscored the importance of finding the right investor. According to Joanne, “You want investors that get you.”
As an entrepreneur, having an investor that gets you may mean having an investor that matches your target demographic. When I met Mike Yavonditte, Founder and CEO of Hashable, he shared with me how much more valuable an investor who engages with the product/service she/he invests in is than one who has no interest in being a user.
In order to find the right investor, I believe we need to increase the diversity of the investor pool. This is where the Pipeline Fund Fellowship comes in. We train women into angel investors and focus on investing in women-led for-profit social ventures.
Women social entrepreneurs are identifying and filling market needs. Our goal is to produce more angel investors who get them.
Full disclosure: Joanne Wilson is a confirmed speaker and Mike Yavonditte is a confirmed mentor for the Pipeline Fund Fellowship.
- women in any biz (gothamgal.com)
- Let Me #Intro You To Hashable (500 Invites) (techcrunch.com)
- Competing To Win Deals (avc.com)
- Views from an Entrepreneur turned Angel Investor (thenextwomen.com)
- Six Entrepreneur Skills That Angel Investors Love (startupprofessionals.com)
Such a powerful interview. Thank you, Oprah, for leveraging your platform to share #womaninnovator Portia de Rossi’s coming out story.
