Yvette Wu: How Women Founders Can Combat The Biases They Face In Pitch Rooms
The first quarter in 2023 may have performed better than economists predicted, but for women founders, it was still a loss. According to PitchBook, companies with all women-founded teams raised a mere 2.1%, of the estimated $37 billion invested in US startups. As a Vancouver-based woman founder, who raised a pre-seed round at this time, […]
Want to Attract Top Talent? It’s Time to Make Inclusive Mentorship a Priority
When I was 19, I thought I had hit the pinnacle of success. I had just landed a full-time job at a computing and telecommunications organization. Then, in my first performance review, my manager told me, “You are very competent, you can do much more than this job.” I was hurt! I wanted to hear […]
The Vanguard: 5 Black Female Entrepreneurs Who Are Redefining Their Industries
Cutting it in business takes grit, intellect, and a thick skin, but it also requires access, something that for too long women (in particular Black women) have been kept from. It’s not that there is a lack of talent or capable skills, it’s about getting that talent to the decision table where the hiring takes […]
