Is There Proof that 30-something Mothers Will Fail Doing a Tech Startup?
I’m in my thirties. I’m a woman. I’m a mother. That’s a big mountain ahead of me to climb if I want to do a tech startup with VC funding. It’s no secret that VCs tend to fund twenty-something single men. They are flexible time-wise, will live off of Taco Bell in their slum apartments,...
Music Tech Co. Investments 2011
digital music news posted a list they titled “Nearly $400 Million Has Been Invested In Music Startups This Year…” It’s a great list and I was pretty floored at some of the amounts. The thing that was missing for me from this list was info on the companies, what they were doing with the money,...
I have a baby and I’m doing a startup. Whoopie
This post inspired by the “Jasons” – @Jason’s post “Can you have a baby and a startup” and this post by Jason Roberts “How I’m Bootstrapping a Startup While Raising Three Kids.” I am 35 years old, I have an 8 month old child that I breastfeed full-time and I am doing a startup. Big...
Are VCs & Angels Being Too Transparent?
A couple of months ago I started following some Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors on Twitter and reading some of their blog posts. It wasn’t a top priority for me in the past because I didn’t need any startup funds. When we started working on Noot I decided that it was probably a good idea...
Start Up! My Experience as a Cofounder. The How.
I’ve decided to write about my experiences as a cofounder of a startup. I know plenty of people write about this topic, but I think many people are holding back on their experiences because they are worried it will hurt their reputation. That’s not how I roll. I’ve been around long enough that I at...
Truth With Tiger: Why Aren’t More Women Commenting on VC’s Blog Posts?