Venture F: The Podcast

Laura Nix Gerson
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Venture F: The Podcast

Venture:F where the future is female.  Join host Laura Nix Gerson as she delves into conversations with financial experts, female founders and funders discovering solutions for creating greater opportunity, gender equity and wealth for women.

  1. Inclusive Beauty, Mentorship and Community with Nyakio Grieco

    2 DAYS AGO

    Inclusive Beauty, Mentorship and Community with Nyakio Grieco

    Nyakio Grieco, Co-founder of Thirteen Lune and Founder of Relevant: Your Skin Seen is a beauty entrepreneur and advocate for clean, inclusive beauty that suits all skin types, tones, and needs. As a veteran beauty founder and trusted industry voice, Nyakio has launched two successful businesses: her award- winning brand nyakioTM, based on her family’s Kenyan roots and beauty secrets that launched in 2002, and inclusive beauty e-commerce destination, Thirteen Lune, launched with cofounder Patrick Herning in 2020. In this episode we discuss Nyakio's founder journey, the mission of Thirteen Lune as a destination for inclusive beauty, community among founders, mentorship, and more.

    27 min
  2. The Raare Woman, Race, and The Economy with Dr. Nikki Lanier

    NOV 8

    The Raare Woman, Race, and The Economy with Dr. Nikki Lanier

    Dr. Nikki Lanier, CEO of Harper Slade and Founder of the RAARE Woman Collective.  As CEO and founder of Harper Slade one of the fastest-growing and most highly recognized race, inclusion, equity, & diversity advisory firms in the country, Nikki’s work focuses on helping organizations cultivate environments where black and brown talent can thrive. Nikki alsofounded the RAARE Women Collective, a global coaching program for “inclined” white women who want to become better racial equity advocates in their homes, workplaces, and communities. In this episode we discuss racial inequity in the workplace, entrepreneurialism and the path to generational wealth, and the RAARE Women’s Collective helping women have difficult conversations to impact positive change.

    30 min
  3. Building the Largest Fund for Individuals with Laura Rippy

    NOV 1

    Building the Largest Fund for Individuals with Laura Rippy

    Laura Rippy, is a Managing Partner and Board Member at Alumni Ventures. She runs the Women's Fund, the Harvard-focused fund (The Yard Ventures), and the Dartmouth-focused fund (Green D Ventures) which she grew to be the largest fund at Alumni Ventures. Alumni Ventures is America's Largest Venture Firm for Individuals with more than 10,000 individual accredited investors investing in their funds and is considered by PitchBook to be the #1 Most Active US Venture Firm and #3 Globally with over $1.25B+ raised & more than 1,300 portfolio companies since 2014. In this episode we discuss Laura’s path to venture, including her years as a 3x CEO of a tech company and the funds she leads at Alumni Ventures. We explore the unique offering of Alumni Ventures, how they make it possible for thousands of individuals to invest in funds, and their winning investment strategy.

    27 min
  4. Playing Your Hand at Taking Risk with Jenny Just

    OCT 25

    Playing Your Hand at Taking Risk with Jenny Just

    Jenny Just, co-founder of PEAK6 and Poker Power, is a visionary powerhouse, and one of the few self-made female billionaires in the United States. From the days of cutting her teeth on the trading floor in Chicago to now running a fintech empire, she has started and/or turned around more than fifteen companies. In this episode we discuss how she started and built PEAK6, her investment strategy, and the work she does to help women excel personally and professionally including her goal of teaching millions of women to play poker through Poker Power.

    28 min
  5. Investing in Women with Linnea Roberts

    OCT 18

    Investing in Women with Linnea Roberts

    In this week’s episode Linnea Roberts shares why she launched her fund, GingerBread Capital. Linnea, believes that women-led businesses are changing the world for the better and that they are also really smart investments that are too often overlooked and undervalued by investors. We talk about why who controls capital matters, why women need to take control of their finances and make their own financial decisions, why women are better investors, why investing in women is a smart strategy, and how to invest in funds and alongside funds.

    26 min
  6. FinTech as a Force for Good with Nicole Valentine

    OCT 11

    FinTech as a Force for Good with Nicole Valentine

    Nicole Valentine is FinTech Director at the Milken Institute with over a decade of financial services, international mergers and acquisitions, technology, and innovation experience. In this episode we explore The Milken Institute's leadership in convening conversations and education around fintech, how fintech impacts our everyday lives, and how AI and diverse voices lend to the growing opportunities in fintech.

    33 min
  7. Venture Atlanta with Allyson Eman

    SEP 27

    Venture Atlanta with Allyson Eman

    This week's episode features Allyson Eman, CEO of the Venture Atlanta Conference, connecting founders and funders through one of the nation’s largest venture capital conferences and communities. 17 years ago the Metro Atlanta Chamber, Technology Association of Georgia, the Atlanta CEO Council came together to launch Venture Atlanta. This is the story of the growth the Venture Atlanta Summit and the venture ecosystem in Atlanta.

    28 min
  8. How Ellevest is Helping Women Grow Their Wealth with Sylvia Kwan

    SEP 20

    How Ellevest is Helping Women Grow Their Wealth with Sylvia Kwan

    Sylvia Kwan, CFA, CAIA, is the Chief Investment Officer for Ellevest, the experts in building and managing women’s wealth. In this episode we discuss Ellevest and the groundbreaking work they have been doing for over a decade to help thousands of women grow their wealth.

    26 min
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Venture:F where the future is female.  Join host Laura Nix Gerson as she delves into conversations with financial experts, female founders and funders discovering solutions for creating greater opportunity, gender equity and wealth for women.

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  • Creator
    Laura Nix Gerson
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    39
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2022 Nix|Gerson Media
  • Show Website
    Venture F: The Podcast

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