Loretta McCarthy's guest appearances

Loretta McCarthy

Like a Mother

She Invests!

What's Your Ask? with Stephanie Sims

Sallie Krawcheck

Arianna Huffington

Rebecca Traister

Jean Chatzky

Patti Stanger

Vidya Dinamani

Tyler Perry

Kimberly Palmer

Miki Agrawal

Erin Lowry

Vicki Saunders

Cameron Herold

Farnoosh Torabi

Bobbi Rebell

Amanda Steinberg

OwlTail

Loretta McCarthy is a managing partner at Golden Seeds LLC, an investment consortium that invests in early-stage women-led businesses. Currently, Golden Seeds is one of the biggest and most active angel investment networks in the US. Loretta Managed the National Golden Seeds Network. She has also previously worked with companies on Wall Street such as American Express and OppenheimerFunds, and has served as a board member of many nonprofit and for-profit organizations. In this episode… Are you thinking of reaching out to an angel investor? Do you know what you need to present and how you’re supposed to present it in a pitch? Are you even asking the right things to get the right results for your business? Loretta McCarthy is a managing partner at Golden Seeds LLC, an investment consortium that invests in early-stage women-led businesses. She matches founders with potential angel investors and helps them navigate through the tedious process of presenting their work to the right people under the right category. On this episode where Stephanie Sims is joined by Loretta McCarthy in discussing the importance of asking compelling questions that can lead to positive results for your business and, right ways to present your pitch and making follow-ups. It’s an incredibly informative discussion on making your asks and getting results so tune in.

Loretta McCarthy is a managing partner at Golden Seeds LLC, an investment consortium that invests in early-stage women-led businesses. Currently, Golden Seeds is one of the biggest and most active angel investment networks in the US. Loretta Managed the National Golden Seeds Network. She has also previously worked with companies on Wall Street such as American Express and OppenheimerFunds, and has served as a board member of many nonprofit and for-profit organizations. In this episode… Are you thinking of reaching out to an angel investor? Do you know what you need to present and how you’re supposed to present it in a pitch? Are you even asking the right things to get the right results for your business? Loretta McCarthy is a managing partner at Golden Seeds LLC, an investment consortium that invests in early-stage women-led businesses. She matches founders with potential angel investors and helps them navigate through the tedious process of presenting their work to the right people under the right category. On this episode where Stephanie Sims is joined by Loretta McCarthy in discussing the importance of asking compelling questions that can lead to positive results for your business and, right ways to present your pitch and making follow-ups. It’s an incredibly informative discussion on making your asks and getting results so tune in.

Episode 3: Angel Investors and the power of asking the right questions with Loretta McCarthy

Managing partner and one of the founders of Golden Seeds, Loretta McCarthy, speaks about her passion for supporting female entrepreneurs and women’s role in business. She emphasizes the importance of gender-diversity in the workplace and the benefits it will yield, especially for women-led companies. Golden Seeds strives to provide support and encouragement for female-led startups and angel investing groups. According to McCarthy, optimism and realism are the two main factors that help startup companies have the confidence and judgement to succeed in the business world.    01:50 - Loretta’s business experience prior to Golden Seeds 03:22 - History and foundation of Golden Seeds 04:41 - Creating an environment for the female entrepreneur 07:52 - Best success of Golden Seeds in supporting the female entrepreneur 08:57 - Investment in gender-diverse companies 10:33 - Research on the advantages of gender-diversity 11:28 - First Round Capital research on women-led companies and return for investors 15:56 - Getting more and more women involved as investors 18:02 - Golden Seeds on figuring out where to open doors for female-led companies 19:48 - What does it take to be an angel investor and debunking myths 22:30 - Golden Seeds training to motivate women 24:03 - Technology’s impact on growing angel network and helping people participate from afar   26:40 - The importance of leadership in angel organizations 28:19 - Synergy between the entrepreneur and the angel investor 30:47 - Criteria for first pitch to Golden Seeds 33:10 - Every startup team needs a ratio of optimism and realism 37:20 - New member orientation at Golden Seeds to learn more about angel investing 40:37 - Global push to recognize the importance of women entrepreneurs 41:25 - Loretta’s favorite angel investing resource is her colleagues   42:30 - Major influence in Loretta’s life is her mother  Full show notes: http://www.sheinvests.com/20

Managing partner and one of the founders of Golden Seeds, Loretta McCarthy, speaks about her passion for supporting female entrepreneurs and women’s role in business. She emphasizes the importance of gender-diversity in the workplace and the benefits it will yield, especially for women-led companies. Golden Seeds strives to provide support and encouragement for female-led startups and angel investing groups. According to McCarthy, optimism and realism are the two main factors that help startup companies have the confidence and judgement to succeed in the business world.   <ul> <li>01:50 - Loretta’s business experience prior to Golden Seeds</li> <li>03:22 - History and foundation of Golden Seeds</li> <li>04:41 - Creating an environment for the female entrepreneur</li> <li>07:52 - Best success of Golden Seeds in supporting the female entrepreneur</li> <li>08:57 - Investment in gender-diverse companies</li> <li>10:33 - Research on the advantages of gender-diversity</li> <li>11:28 - First Round Capital research on women-led companies and return for investors</li> <li>15:56 - Getting more and more women involved as investors</li> <li>18:02 - Golden Seeds on figuring out where to open doors for female-led companies</li> <li>19:48 - What does it take to be an angel investor and debunking myths</li> <li>22:30 - Golden Seeds training to motivate women</li> <li>24:03 - Technology’s impact on growing angel network and helping people participate from afar  </li> <li>26:40 - The importance of leadership in angel organizations</li> <li>28:19 - Synergy between the entrepreneur and the angel investor</li> <li>30:47 - Criteria for first pitch to Golden Seeds</li> <li>33:10 - Every startup team needs a ratio of optimism and realism</li> <li>37:20 - New member orientation at Golden Seeds to learn more about angel investing</li> <li>40:37 - Global push to recognize the importance of women entrepreneurs</li> <li>41:25 - Loretta’s favorite angel investing resource is her colleagues  </li> <li>42:30 - Major influence in Loretta’s life is her mother</li> </ul> Full show notes: <a href="http://www.sheinvests.com/20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.sheinvests.com/20</a>

020 Loretta McCarthy - How Propelling Women Entrepreneurs Brings Opportunity for Investors

A few months ago I was thrilled when the lovely woman I was chatting with at an industry event introduced herself as Loretta McCarthy managing partner, Golden Seeds. I knew about Golden Seeds, which was the first angel-seed network that exclusively supports women-lead companies, founded 12 years ago in 2005.  McCarthy, former executive VP and CMO at Oppenheimer Funds, and VP of Marketing at American Express, knew first-hand how sexist the corporate world was, and saw this play out in startup world.  While half of businesses in the United States were started by women, just 17 percent of startups that get funding are led by a woman, and Bloomberg found that just 7 percent of companies that received $20 million or more in funding between 2009 and 2015 were owned by women. Companies founded by women also get an average of $77 million compared with $100 million for male-led startups. The startup paygap is real.  Golden Seeds is changing that. In its 12 years, the organization has grown to 300 investors who have invested $96 million in 90 female-led companies.  In this interview, Loretta McCarthy explains why this investment gender gap exists, why men are as big of champions as women when it comes to sinking their own investment dollars in female-led organizations, and what you can do to close this investment gap! 

A few months ago I was thrilled when the lovely woman I was chatting with at an industry event introduced herself as Loretta McCarthy managing partner, Golden Seeds. I knew about Golden Seeds, which was the first angel-seed network that exclusively supports women-lead companies, founded 12 years ago in 2005.  McCarthy, former executive VP and CMO at Oppenheimer Funds, and VP of Marketing at American Express, knew first-hand how sexist the corporate world was, and saw this play out in startup world.  While half of businesses in the United States were started by women, just 17 percent of startups that get funding are led by a woman, and Bloomberg found that just 7 percent of companies that received $20 million or more in funding between 2009 and 2015 were owned by women. Companies founded by women also get an average of $77 million compared with $100 million for male-led startups. The startup paygap is real.  Golden Seeds is changing that. In its 12 years, the organization has grown to 300 investors who have invested $96 million in 90 female-led companies.  In this interview, Loretta McCarthy explains why this investment gender gap exists, why men are as big of champions as women when it comes to sinking their own investment dollars in female-led organizations, and what you can do to close this investment gap!

Few female founders get funded. Loretta McCarthy is changing that