Author: Kait Smith Lanthier
Honest Stories from Women Leaders
A spreadsheet malfunction that prompted a moment of clarity. An entrepreneur’s brush with anthropology. The challenges of being women in male-dominated industries. Hear anecdotes, advice, and life lessons from some of Boston's top female CEOs.
March 27, 2017
Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership
Students Backing Students: The Rise of the Dorm Room Venture Capitalist
Rough Draft Ventures' peers-funding-peers model gives young entrepreneurs access to equity-free capital and resources, and gives students access to learning about the Venture Capital industry. Above all, it encourages entrepreneurship and creates a community of student founders that have gone on to launch successful ventures after graduation.
February 3, 2017
Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership
How Coca-Cola is Leading Women's Empowerment in the Developing World
What does it mean to empower women? For the Coca-Cola Company, women’s empowerment takes form in 5by20, a global initiative to enable the economic empowerment of 5 million women entrepreneurs across the company’s value chain by 2020.
January 5, 2017
Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership
4 Ways To Ace Your Venture Capital Funding Pitch
Ideas are a dime a dozen. It’s a harsh but true reality, especially for entrepreneurs seeking venture funding. In a world with millions of ideas, many of which are the same, why should a venture capitalist fund yours?
October 24, 2016
Posted in Insights
Care.com’s Sheila Lirio Marcelo's Advice for Entrepreneurial Women
In the early 2000s, the Yellow Pages just weren’t cutting it. At least not for Sheila Lirio Marcelo, who was struggling to find care for her newborn child and her ailing father. Her struggle to find suitable care inspired her to develop a better solution for families everywhere.
October 3, 2016
Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership
TripAdvisor's Stephen Kaufer on Shifting from Founder to CEO
Stephen Kaufer has been with TripAdvisor throughout its 16-year journey from B2B vertical search engine to becoming the world’s largest travel site. Along the way, he has steered the company through pivots, sales, acquisitions and an IPO, to become an industry-leader in a highly competitive and rapidly evolving market.
September 22, 2016
Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership
