Recently at the end of a long trek attempting to pitch for funding, I discovered an organization that supports funding & mentors women, Astia. I am only sorry that it was so late in my journey that I discovered them. In UK & Ireland, I found there was an old boys club when I was sourcing funding. I also found the UK to be a nation of what I termed ‘shop keepers’, having come from a background of manufacturing & trading tangible goods, they are risk averse to technology (more intangible) investments. In Silicon Valley they like to fund locals so it is more like a ‘young boys club’.
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Mature Age Entrepreneurs Rule!
I was reading an NPR article titled ‘The Aging Brain Is Less Quick, But More Shrewd’ by Michelle Trudeau about older brains:
Are Women Smarter than Men?
There have been a few posts on the net this week about women entrepreneurs prompted from a New York Times article ‘Out of the Loop in Silicon Valley’ (Why So Few Women in Silicon Valley) by Claire Cain Miller which spoke about a woman Candace Fleming who failed to raise investment in Silicon Valley for her company Crimson Hexagon. Another post tried for a more positive take on women in technology ‘Stop talking, start coding’ by Hilary Mason.