49 min
Empowering Female Founders with Emmie Faust Founders' Fears & Failures
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- Entrepreneurship
Founding a startup is not for the faint of heart, but female founders in particular have the odds stacked against them when they embark on their entrepreneurial journeys.
Although 40% of companies in the U.S. are owned by women, female founded companies receive only a fraction of venture capital investments - about 2% in the U.S. and Europe. If we look at the rates for minority women we see an even grimmer picture with only 0.27% of black women founders receiving VC funding in 2021. Without that funding it can be incredibly difficult, and even impossible, for female founders to grow their businesses and compete with larger companies.
Female founders also face a unique set of challenges that result from unconscious bias, lack of community and mentorship, and many are juggling a caregiving role alongside their professional responsibilities. Not to mention the fact that our cultural conditioning may affect our confidence, or decrease our ability to maintain a sense of internal safety when engaging in the risk taking behaviors that are often required of successful founders.
My guest on this week’s episode is on a mission to help female founders overcome these obstacles and defeat the odds. Emmie Faust is a mum of 4, serial exited founder, Dragon’s Den winner and founder of Female Founders Rise. Through her company, Female Founders Rise, she’s helping to empower female founders and provide them with the resources and support needed to secure funding and everything else they need to successfully grow their companies.
Find Emmie Online:
Emmie’s LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmiefaust/
Female Founders Rise on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/female-founders-rise/
Female Founders Rise website:
Female Founders Rise
Connect with your host, Dr. Melissa Parks, elsewhere:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissacparks/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melissaparksphd
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melissaparksphd/
Website: https://melissaparks.com/
If you’d like additional support for your mental and emotional well-being as a founder please visit Melissa’s website for a list of resources to help you find a coach, therapist, or peer support.
Founding a startup is not for the faint of heart, but female founders in particular have the odds stacked against them when they embark on their entrepreneurial journeys.
Although 40% of companies in the U.S. are owned by women, female founded companies receive only a fraction of venture capital investments - about 2% in the U.S. and Europe. If we look at the rates for minority women we see an even grimmer picture with only 0.27% of black women founders receiving VC funding in 2021. Without that funding it can be incredibly difficult, and even impossible, for female founders to grow their businesses and compete with larger companies.
Female founders also face a unique set of challenges that result from unconscious bias, lack of community and mentorship, and many are juggling a caregiving role alongside their professional responsibilities. Not to mention the fact that our cultural conditioning may affect our confidence, or decrease our ability to maintain a sense of internal safety when engaging in the risk taking behaviors that are often required of successful founders.
My guest on this week’s episode is on a mission to help female founders overcome these obstacles and defeat the odds. Emmie Faust is a mum of 4, serial exited founder, Dragon’s Den winner and founder of Female Founders Rise. Through her company, Female Founders Rise, she’s helping to empower female founders and provide them with the resources and support needed to secure funding and everything else they need to successfully grow their companies.
Find Emmie Online:
Emmie’s LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmiefaust/
Female Founders Rise on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/female-founders-rise/
Female Founders Rise website:
Female Founders Rise
Connect with your host, Dr. Melissa Parks, elsewhere:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissacparks/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melissaparksphd
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melissaparksphd/
Website: https://melissaparks.com/
If you’d like additional support for your mental and emotional well-being as a founder please visit Melissa’s website for a list of resources to help you find a coach, therapist, or peer support.
49 min