This edition of "Ask the Expert" is brought to you by Madrona Venture Group & Madrona Venture Labs. We polled...
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I have always been inspired by people who accomplish what was once unthinkable. For Women's History Month, I want to...
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Megan Febuary is the Founder of For Women Who Roar™, a storytelling media platform made up of an online and...
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I was in San Francisco last Friday and Saturday as the news escalated. After weeks of seeing it unfold from...
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This Black History Month, we’re looking forward at how three amazing leaders - Jessie Woolley-Wilson, Jasmine Crowe, and Tiffany Dufu...
Continue ReadingThis edition of “Ask the Expert” is brought to you by Madrona Venture Group & Madrona Venture Labs. We polled the FFA community, gathering the most pressing questions to put in front of a VC expert from Madrona: Tim Porter, Managing Director. His answers are below. Madrona Venture Labs is Madrona Venture Group’s incubation program, […] [...]
I have always been inspired by people who accomplish what was once unthinkable. For Women’s History Month, I want to share two such stories. In the early 20th Century, Madam C.J. Walker decided to find a solution to a problem – one that she knew she was not alone in experiencing – a serious scalp […] [...]
Megan Febuary is the Founder of For Women Who Roar™, a storytelling media platform made up of an online and print publication, podcast, social channels, and events. Tell us about your company. What inspired you to start it? At its core, FWWR is a storytelling media platform made up of our online and print publication, […] [...]
I was in San Francisco last Friday and Saturday as the news escalated. After weeks of seeing it unfold from afar, we were facing real threats of a novel coronavirus outbreak in the USA. And it was starting right in my hometown of Seattle. Meanwhile, work goes on. I was in the Bay Area for […] [...]
This Black History Month, we’re looking forward at how three amazing leaders – Jessie Woolley-Wilson, Jasmine Crowe, and Tiffany Dufu – are building the future. Their excellence lies not only in their fundraising success, but in their ability to scale companies with heart and purpose, as well as profitability. Why is this important? Because if […] [...]
In last month’s FFA Forum, Rand Fishkin, Co-founder and CEO of SparkToro, gave us some invaluable insight into a strategic marketing approach that really works – especially for early stage startups who need to make a meaningful impression, get traction, and create a buzz about their world-changing idea. Here’s your roadmap – 5 steps you […] [...]
Despite substantial work and progress across many fronts, ours included, the percentage of venture capital invested in women founders has barely budged in the past 3 years. In a system as entrenched as this one, change is slow and hard to see in the short term. We measure leading indicators and trust that they will […] [...]
Georgene Huang is the CEO and Co-founder of Fairygodboss, the go-to professional platform for women to find relevant career-related resources; her mission is to improve the workplace for women by increasing transparency, and the $10 million Series A round she successfully raised in 2019 says that others share that mission! Tell us about your company. […] [...]
It all started with a common sponsor. Just over two years ago I secured a sponsorship for FFA from Project W, an initiative by the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine LLP led by partner Lynn Loacker. Lynn has since become one of our biggest supporters and Project W has been our sponsor 3 years in […] [...]
Lora Haddock is the CEO & Founder of Lora DiCarlo, a company with the incredible mission of developing products that encourage women and people with vaginas to explore themselves, their anatomy, and support the joyful celebration of their sexuality. Tell us about your company. What inspired you to start it? Everything we do at Lora […] [...]
