![]() ![]() And then every step along the way people helped me and I've just tried to, like pay for it and every step. I mean, just back in the beginning, when I honestly didn't have like anything of I felt like a value to help anybody else. And people have helped me so much in my career. And then, you know, beyond, I think one of the most incredible things about our community is just how helpful and friendly and just like, you know, inclusive it is. For me, you know, like our community, the tech community, early stage growth stage. And thank you for having me here today, Rachel, talking with all these amazing founders. I mean, we spend so much of our time working and like nobody more than founders you know, that I think it's always good for mental health honestly to have like a good or like something that's going to take your stress levels down a little bit decompress, and for me, it's always been extreme outdoor activities.Īnd yeah, I'm like, super excited. Oh, yeah, the mountain climbing the skiing I don't know if anybody whose honor also share some of his passions. She was an executive for several years, most recently at Discovery, Inc, a global media company with 17 TV networks in 220 countries and a news credit growth stage marketing software company based in New York City, where she helped raise over 60 million she's a BA from Harvard, and majored in biochemical sciences and fun fact has submitted over 14 Alpine peaks over 10,000 feet high so I'd like to talk about that and and really just if you could share a little bit more about yourself Amy and and why you're interested in helping female founders get funded. She joined lightspeed in 2019 having previously enjoyed both sides of the table as both an investor and operator. We are so excited to have Amy here today with us. ![]() If you're interested in learning more about the female founder initiative, you can go to And without further ado, I'd like to introduce a new partner at lightspeed venture partners. We support women through our monthly newsletters, slack channels, partner resources, office hours, and webinars like this. And that last piece is what brings us here today to speak with Amy, which is how can we get more funding in the hands of female founders. We want to help women around the world launch, grow and fund their startup companies. The female founder initiative is a platform powered by founder Institute, the world's largest pre seed startup accelerator. I'm the Director of Global Marketing and in the CO creator of the female founder initiative. The following includes a transcript from this Founder Insights podcast episode – these transcripts are produced by a third-party natural language processing algorithm, and are not checked word-for-word by humans for complete accuracy-so, there may be some errors or typos! ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |