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Pay Yourself From Day 1: Funding Female-Owned Startups with Karen Cahn
Pay Yourself From Day 1: Funding Female-Owned Startups with Karen Cahn
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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Nov 5, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
As employee #213, Karen Cahn joined Google relatively early in the game. Back in the day she was an account executive covering ad sales in New England and the entirety of Canada. A seemingly monumental task, Karen was up for the challenge, building keyword lists from scratch to help develop the system that we now have to thank for targeted advertising.
After Google acquired YouTube and Karen was tasked with creating lucrative deals for the largely male user platform, she began to wonder, “How can I fund these deals for women?” While her ideas were not received well by her co-workers, and even her first company built upon these goals struggled, Karen was undeterred. Her passion for female leadership and equality led her to start again, this time founding iFundWomen, a startup funding platform for female entrepreneurs. Not only does iFundWomen help raise capital, they offer coaching and mentorship services, and perhaps best of all, a community of likeminded individuals.
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Big Ideas
The subtle art of crowd-funding well. [17:33]
The personal challenges we face as women living within a patriarchy, including familial and professional experiences that can be painful. [22:25]
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After Google acquired YouTube and Karen was tasked with creating lucrative deals for the largely male user platform, she began to wonder, “How can I fund these deals for women?” While her ideas were not received well by her co-workers, and even her first company built upon these goals struggled, Karen was undeterred. Her passion for female leadership and equality led her to start again, this time founding iFundWomen, a startup funding platform for female entrepreneurs. Not only does iFundWomen help raise capital, they offer coaching and mentorship services, and perhaps best of all, a community of likeminded individuals.
Thanks for listening!
We love our listeners! Drop us a line or give us guest suggestions here, or visit https://anchor.fm/superwomen/messages on your desktop or phone to leave us a voice memo! Follow Superwomen on Instagram.
Big Ideas
The subtle art of crowd-funding well. [17:33]
The personal challenges we face as women living within a patriarchy, including familial and professional experiences that can be painful. [22:25]
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This episode is sponsored by
· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/superwomen/support
Released:
Nov 5, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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