1h 10 min
Episode 13: Inside Silicon Valley’s Gender Bias: Helping Female Entrepreneurs Secure Funding From Investors - Lakshmi Balachandra Figures Of Speech
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On today’s show we welcome Lakshmi Balachandra, a Professor of Entrepreneurship at Babson College and an International Diana Institute Research Fellow at Babson’s Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership.
Topics include:
Lakshmi’s early days as an associate VC and why she dedicated her career to studying the impact of trust, gender and other entrepreneurial characteristics in acquiring early-stage funding.
Exploring Lakshmi’s research that suggests “it’s not women who have a harder time raising money from investors, it’s anyone who fits certain feminine stereotypes.”
The Theranos scandal: how Elizabeth Holmes altered her behaviors to be more appealing to male investors.
How women founders can benefit from having a clearer understanding of what the expectations are when they step into the pitch room and how they can present themselves most effectively.
Are women founded venture capital firms a viable solution to Silicon Valley’s gender bias?
The books Lakshmi is currently reading and more.
On today’s show we welcome Lakshmi Balachandra, a Professor of Entrepreneurship at Babson College and an International Diana Institute Research Fellow at Babson’s Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership.
Topics include:
Lakshmi’s early days as an associate VC and why she dedicated her career to studying the impact of trust, gender and other entrepreneurial characteristics in acquiring early-stage funding.
Exploring Lakshmi’s research that suggests “it’s not women who have a harder time raising money from investors, it’s anyone who fits certain feminine stereotypes.”
The Theranos scandal: how Elizabeth Holmes altered her behaviors to be more appealing to male investors.
How women founders can benefit from having a clearer understanding of what the expectations are when they step into the pitch room and how they can present themselves most effectively.
Are women founded venture capital firms a viable solution to Silicon Valley’s gender bias?
The books Lakshmi is currently reading and more.
1h 10 min