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How could buying a pair of shoes in Paris lead to launching a global fashion technology business? Olga Vidisheva, founder of Shoptiques, a YC graduate and former Goldman Sachs analyst, did this very thing. Vidisheva, an immigrant from the Soviet Union, did not set out to be an entrepreneur but got the bit in her mouth after discovering a big gap in the retail marketplace while traveling abroad. Vidisheva sat down with BroadMic host, Erica Duignan Minnihan, to share her unique and compelling founder’s story. Show Notes Shoptiques Does International Shopping for You How Shoptiques' 30-Year-Old CEO Is Using Tech To Take Indie Boutiques Global (And Make Millions) FemTech: Olga Vidisheva, Shoptiques.com YC Startup School Radio: Shoptiques CEO Olga Vidisheva On The Challenge Of Hiring Great People by Colleen Taylor Olga Vidisheva, Founder of Shoptiques (YC W12) Olga Vidisheva Crunchbase Profile ELLE CV: Olga Vidisheva, Shoptiques Founder and CEO Career Contessa: Meet Olga Vidisheva CEO & Founder, Shop

Can taking outside capital kill your startup? Christina Wallace, is the VP of Growth at Bionic, a company that brings startup and VC experience to enterprise.  Previously she was founding director of BridgeUp: STEM, an educational initiative to captivate, inspire, and propel girls and minorities into computer science. Erica Duignan Minnihan and Christina talk about lessons learned from a failed startup, fundraising, and finding the right cofounder. Show Notes Going Against the Flow: Christina Wallace, Founder of BridgeUp: STEM at AMNH by Charu Sharma, Huffington Post BridgeUp: STEM Helen Gurley Brown May Never Have Used a Computer. But Her Trust is Into Coding by Tate Williams, Inside Philanthropy Let’s Get Real About Startups And Mental Health Christina Wallace, Medium After 10 Months, A Boatload Of Press, And A CEO's Departure, Apparel Startup Quincy Shuts Down by Alyson Shontell, Business Insider My Father was an Abusive Sociopath and I was the Only One He Had Left by Christina Wallace, elle.com Tr

Liz Wessel is the cofounder of WayUp, an app that helps college students find jobs and internships. After graduating from Penn, she worked at Google, first in Mountain View on the Partnerships and Grants team and then in India to lead brand initiatives. After her tour of duty in India, Wessel returned to the U.S. and cofounded WayUp. Season 3 Host Erica Duignan and Liz chat about the inspiration for WayUp, how much money you should raise for your seed round, and her secret to finding mentors and advisors. Show Notes UniEats Gives College Students 10% Restaurant Discounts Peter Cohan, Forbes Money Millennials: Liz Wessel and J.J Fliegelman Making Job Hunting Easier by Kofie Yeboah, The Huffington Post An ex-Googler turned startup CEO asks all her employees to 'cold email' their idols — here's why by Jacquelyn Smith, Business Insider How To Change Your Startup's Name: A Checklist by Brian Solomon, Forbes Do Things That Don't Scale by Paul Graham Guest bios & transcripts are available on www.broadmic.com.

Gina Bianchini is the Founder and CEO of Mightybell, a platform that enables you to build a community and a business on your own branded mobile apps. She is also the co-founder of Sheryl Sandberg’s leanin.org, an online community dedicated to supporting women’s career development. Bianchini has been featured as one of Fortune Magazine’s “40 under 40”, Huffington Post’s 10 Technology Ultimate Game Changers, and more. Bianchini shares the lessons learned from her first couple of startups, how that experience shaped the founding and development of her current startup, Mightybell, why there’s a real need for another social network, and her takeaways for founders raising capital. Show Notes Sheryl Sandberg Launches ‘Lean In’ Organization As A Global Community For Workplace Equality by Colleen Taylor, TechCrunch Building Better Social Networks: Beyond Likes, Follows and Hashtags by Gina Bianchini, LinkedIn Mightybell Wants To Help Businesses Build Mobile Communities by Leena Rao, Fortune Glam Buys Ning for $15

Alicia Thomas is the founder and CEO of Dibs, a B2B digital platform that gives studios quick and easy access to real-time pricing for the boutique fitness classes their clients want. A former developer and director of data strategy at Citigroup, Thomas chose to start a company in the fitness industry because she knew she would have a competitive advantage. BroadMic host, Erica Duignan, and Thomas discuss what she's learned about focus and “getting it done” when it comes to fundraising, her advice for female founders, and her perspective as a woman of color in tech. Show Notes Dibs is Seeded to Bring Dynamic Pricing to Fitness Industry by Lora Kolodny, The Wall Street Journal

Even the Pope is talking about it, but what exactly is impact investing? Meet Fran Seegull, Executive Director of the U.S Impact Investing Alliance, a project of the Ford Foundation and Omidyar Network. Fran is also an Adjunct Professor at the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and Senior Fellow at the Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab, both at USC’s Marshall School of Business. Kelly Hoey and Fran chat about impact investing, the drivers behind this growing market, and how social entrepreneurs can find investors. Show Notes The Impact Economy: An Open Letter to the 2016 Presidential Candidates by Fran Seegull Beyond Tradeoffs: The Rise of the Impact Unicorns by Fran Seegull Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation Two Years After White House Commitments: $1 Billion Deployed for Impact by US Investors In 2014 29 Orgs Committed $1.5 Billion to Impact Investing. Where’s the Money after 18 Months? socialimpactinvestment.org "Impact Investing: What Will It Take to Get to Scale?" Conscious Co

Aileen Gemma Smith recognized opportunity as she watched her community recover in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.  She believed in her business idea so strongly that she sold her house in order to fund it. Smith is cofounder and CEO of Vizalytics, and creator of Mind My Business, an app now helping over 3,000 local business owners get critical data specific to their geo-location. Host Kelly Hoey and Smith discuss the unique challenges of developing product for SMBs, the important role trust plays in building a strong team, and how she got her first 100 customers. Show Notes Vizalytics Leaving a Six-Figure Salary to Start a Company Instead by Aileen Gemma Smith, Huffington Post Aileen Gemma Smith of Vizalytics Technology Inc.: Helping Small Businesses Stay Up to Date on Their Markets and Their Communities Connecting Small Businesses and Closing the Digital Divide Face-to-Face by Dave Nyczepir, The Atlantic 500 Startups’ Dave McClure on portfolio diversification and the return opportunities of “spray and

What does a venture investor with operating experience look for in the entrepreneurs she funds? Kara Nortman, a VC partner at LA-based Upfront Ventures, shares some inside baseball with BroadMic host, Kelly Hoey. Nortman, a former co-founder of Seedling, a family activities startup, claims her previous experience as a founder has improved her ability to support founders as a VC investor. Notes Battery Ventures Upfront Ventures Nuzzel Recode Decode a16z Podcast The Age of Cryptocurrency by Paul Vigna & Michael J. Casey, iBooks Grit by Angela Duckworth, iBooks Kevin Plank Is Betting Almost $1 Billion That Under Armour Can Beat Nike by Tom Foster Campbell Soup CEO: Stunning disruption in the ecosystem of food by Abigail Stevenson, CNBC Upfront plants funding in Stem to 'improve the business of being an artist' by Annlee Ellington, L.A. Biz Additional Reading Is Conversational Commerce Really a Thing? by Kara Nortman, LinkedIn In Defense of Food (Technology) by Kara Nortman, Recode The VC World Retur

Venture capitalist Jeanne Sullivan is taking the cannabis industry by storm. Formerly, a co-founder of StarVest Partners, Sullivan is an advocate for cannabis legalization and adviser to investors in this new high growth industry. Jeanne tells host, Kelly Hoey, why cannabis presents such a massive business opportunity for women. Notes Starvest Partners Olivetti Justin Trudeau may have made the best case for legal pot ever by Christopher Ingraham, The Washington Post Why we need to end the War on Drugs by Ethan Nadelmann, TEDtalks Drug Policy Alliance Women Grow Anna Netrebko's Mournful 'Mamma Morta' by Tom Huizenga, NPR Marijuana Business Conference & Expo The Sexiest Story of Taxes and Marijuana: The History of Tax Code 280e by Will Yakowicz, Inc. Cannabis Quora Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, iBooks Master the minefield - dealing with bullies, bozos & buffoons | Jeanne Sullivan | TEDxBarnardCollege YouTube Women in Tech Entrepreneurs: Elemoon’s Jing Zhou Bridges Fashion and Tech by Beth

As an early stage entrepreneur, how do you balance having a big vision with staying narrowly focused on a product’s proof of concept? Meet Seattle-based nanotechnologist, Christina Lomasney, whose startup uses electrochemistry to “grow” metals. Listen to Lomasney’s conversation with Kelly Hoey for advice to female founders about the importance of focus, communicating your vision, and how a Herman Hesse quote about happiness has sustained her quest to disrupt the legacy steel industry. Notes Dan Schwartz Dan Rosen Alliance of Angels The Great Bridge by David McCullough, iBooks Andrew Carnegie Biography.com Nikola Tesla Tesla Memorial Society Production of Aluminum: The [Charles Martin] Hall-Hérault Process American Chemical Society Washington A. Roebling Roebling Museum Clara Barton American Red Cross Additional Reading Policy protection of IP critical to nation's competitiveness Christina Lomasney, The Hill This startup can grow metal like a tree, and it's about to hit the big time by Katie Fehrenbac

Erin Bagwell, first time director, and co-producer of Dream, Girl, didn’t start out in movies. Bagwell got the courage to quit her corporate job and pursue her dream of becoming a filmmaker from discovering a community of young women entrepreneurs who were pursuing their big dreams. Inspired by her peers, Bagwell “leveled up” and began to believe in herself. Bagwell’s film, Dream, Girl features a handful of diverse female founders, including women of color ranging in age from 25-83. During a live Q&A with our Season Three host, Erica Duignan Minnihan, Bagwell talks about her hope that people can see themselves in the women showcased in the film. Girl, be prepared to dream! Notes Feminist Wednesday Ronna & Beverly Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, iBooks Clinton’s Tech Policy Targets Young Entrepreneurs by Steve Lohr, The New York Times Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makers How Did Lena Dunham, Mark Zuckerberg and Simon and Garfunkel Find Success? by Gene Marks, Entrepreneur Elizabeth Gilbert: Flight of the Hummingbi

Three hundred billion dollars. That’s the global financing gap between male-owned and female-owned businesses. When Anne Ravanona heard this appalling statistic she sprang into action and founded Global Invest Her, an online platform dedicated to funding women entrepreneurs. This week we spoke with Anne about closing the confidence gap and perfecting the ask - so you can get funded faster and get back to building your business. Notes Joan of Arc Biography Meera Ralhan-Medana Are Women Really More Risk-Averse than Men? Julie A. Nelson, Global Development and Environment Institute  John Fayad YouTube #9 The Female Consumer as Muse – How She Guides Susan Lyne at BBG Ventures BroadMic The Art of Startup Fundraising Alejandro Cremades & Barbara Corcoran, iBooks My Metric for Success? Happiness Richard Branson, LinkedIn The incredible rags-to-riches story of lingerie tycoon Michelle Mone Lianna Brinded, Business Insider Master Plan, Part Deux Elon Musk Additional Reading Spread Your Talent to the World | An

A feminist and behavioral scientist, Matt Wallaert believes that using data to build products is the key to effecting real change, such as the gender pay gap, which explains why he created GetRaised, a tool that helps women ask for raises. He is currently Director of Microsoft Startups, where he uses psychology to build products that enable people to take action on their ideas, questions, and desires. Notes Emma Watson: Gender equality is your issue too UN Women Could these 2 women help solve Silicon Valley's diversity problem? by Shalene Gupta, Fortune RadiumOne's All-Male Board Is Now Deciding Whether (Or Not) to Dump CEO Over Domestic Violence Conviction by Kara Swisher, Recode Men Really Are Clueless About Their Female Coworkers by Rick Wartzman Ex-Kleiner VC Ellen Pao Introduces Diversity Initiative by Ellen Huet, Bloomberg Whitney Wolfe, founder of dating app Bumble, has had quite the year. She just can’t discuss parts of it. by Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post C.P. Ellis, 78; Once a Ku Klux Klan

How do we get more funding for communities of color? Finney is founder and Managing Director of digitalundivided, and Co-Author/Research Lead on #ProjectDiane, a proprietary data project about the state of Black women in tech entrepreneurship in the United States. Leading with data, Finney is fundamentally changing the discussion about diversity in tech. In her interview with Kelly Hoey, you’ll hear Finney explain why she established BIG, a new accelerator in Atlanta dedicated to Black women founders, the Harriet Fund and Harriet Angels.  Finney’s confession that she was born to be an entrepreneur may explain why she is also so good as an investor and why, in one important way, she is no different than the rest:  she always looks to get her money back! Notes Why Diane Nash Is Selma’s Best Supporting Role by Christopher Wilson, Time It’s Embarrassing How Few Black Female Founders Get Funded by Davey Alba, Wired Digitalundivided Launches BIG Innovation Center in Atlanta for Black and Latina Women in Tech by D

Are you considering raising capital? Meet Stephanie Newby. As founder of NY-based Golden Seeds, an investment firm providing early stage capital to women-led tech companies, and as CEO of a big data startup raising outside capital, Stephanie has been on both sides of the table. Stephanie weighs in on the value of taking risk, how to find the right investors for your startup, and what it takes to lead a fast growth company. She also shares key takeaways from successfully closing a recent Series C round of growth equity financing. Notes Audra Ryan CFO at Crimson Hexagon Just Using Big Data Isn’t Enough Anymore by Randy Bean, Harvard Business Review The Advantage, Enhanced Edition by Patrick M. Lencioni, iBooks Todoist: To-Do List | Task Manager TEUXDEUX a simple, designy to-do app RICHARD BRANSON: 'Social justice is good for business' by Rachel Butt, Business Insider Golden Seeds Takes Bold Steps to Empower Women Entrepreneurs by Emmie Twombly, HuffPo Gender Intelligence by Barbara Annis & Keith Merron,

How do you build great company culture right from the start (hint: Tina’s answer involved a Chief Happiness Officer)? How do you decide which of the million business ideas you’ve considered is most worthwhile to pursue? What are creative examples of corporate sponsorships? This week on BroadMic Bonus Cuts, Tina Roth Eisenberg answers all of these audience questions and more on our second installment of our first ever live podcast event at LMHQ! Notes Deck Network: The Ad Network of Creative, Web and Design Culture How MailChimp’s irresistible “Serial” ad became the year’s biggest marketing win by Adam Epstein, Quartz Shutterstock Increases Its Media Reach With BFA Deal by Steven Bertoni, Forbes Yay, Internet! My Journey From Middle East Refugee To Fashion Designer by Céline Semaan Vernon, Refinery29 Everything’s Coming Up Roses With Temporary Tats That Smell Like Flowers by Elyse Wanshel, HuffPo Additional Reading Temporary Tattoos, Now for Grown-Ups, Too by Courtney Rubin, New York Times An Exclusive S

What does it take to become the first woman in the history of Goldman Sachs to be promoted into sales management? That accomplishment was just the beginning of Janet Hanson’s career. Kelly Hoey and Janet talk about how her early career at Goldman prompted her to strike out on her own as founder/CEO of Milestone Capital and 85 Broads, the global business women’s network now known as Ellevate.  Janet’s early support of female founders is legendary, and includes angel investments in companies such as LearnVest and AHA Life. Notes Daniel F. Crowley, 69, Ex-Publishing Official The New York Times Anne Brown Farrell Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World by William D. Cohan Sara Weinheimer Ellevate MANAGEMENT: A Network of Their Own; From an Exclusive Address, a Group for Women Only by Reed Abelson, The New York Times Northwestern Mutual acquires LearnVest, the financial planning startup by Leena Rao, Fortune The Education of Warren Buffett’s protégé by Colleen Leahey, Fortune Stacey Borden

Yuli Ziv was so passionate about her startup idea that she initially used her 401K to bootstrap it. Yuli is the Founder & CEO of Style Coalition, a first-to-market platform helping brands connect with top online lifestyle influencers. Yuli and Kelly talk about Style Coalition, being a bootstrapping solo founder, how being an immigrant inspired her to become an entrepreneur, and how you know you have product market fit when you are first to market! Notes HBR's 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence by Harvard Business Review, iBooks RICHARD BRANSON: 'Social justice is good for business' by Rachel Butt, Business Insider Shark judge Daymond John: What I learned from a $6M mistake by Christine Wang, CNBC The Tim Ferriss Approach to Setting Goals: Rig the Game so You Win by Ryan Robinson, Entrepreneur Additional Reading The Economic Case for Welcoming Immigrant Entrepreneurs by Dane Stangler and Jason Wiens, Kauffman Foundation Inside Israel's Secret Startup Machine by Richard Behar, Forbes Start-up Nation b

Why is it smart business to invest in founding teams that include women? Should all female founders seek angel or venture capital? Adam Quinton and Kelly Hoey chat about Adam's outspoken and unwavering support for female entrepreneurs, his calling out the bias that exists among Silicon Valley VCs, and his advice for female founders. Adam is Founder/CEO of Lucas Point Ventures and an active investor in and advisor to early stage companies. His investments include The Muse, Rapt Media, VenueBook, Hire an Esquire, Pinks and Greens, Validately and Snaps. Notes Female Founders Outperform Their Male Peers First Round Review Mike Tyson explains one of his most famous quotes by Mike Berardino, Sun Sentinel Snaps The Invention of Science by David Wootton, iBooks How I've Made Smart Hires As My Company Quadrupled In 10 Months by Kathryn Minshew, Fast Company This Tech CEO Has 4 Power Steps For Entrepreneur Resilience by Leo King, Forbes Margaret Thatcher, ‘Iron Lady’ Who Set Britain on New Course, Dies at 87 by J

Majora Carter, an urban revitalization strategy consultant and agent of change, founded StartUp Box, a social enterprise in the South Bronx generating entry level jobs in the tech industry. Kelly Hoey and Majora chat about the massive opportunity behind StartUp Box, how Majora is rolling it out in other cities, and her philosophy about not letting other people’s perception of you stand in the way of your work. Notes It’s Embarrassing How Few Black Female Founders Get Funded  by Davey Alba, Wired South Bronx Gets High-End Coffee; Is Gentrification Next? by Jeff Gordinier, New York Times Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy, iBooks How One Entrepreneur Convinced Beyoncé To Invest In Her Startup by Clare O'Connor, Forbes Additional Reading Tech Diversity: Message vs Messenger by Majora Carter, LinkedIn Majora Carter has a genius idea to get more people into tech jobs by Becky Bracken, SheKnows How social entrepreneurship is making a difference in the world by Bérénice Magistretti, TechCrunch Urban Onshoring: The