Michelle Sun

Michelle is the founder of First Code Academy, a leading coding and STEM education institute for kids from 4 to 18 years old and author of Amazon Best Seller First Time Coders. She is also an advisor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL). Prior to starting First Code, she held various technical roles in high growth startups in Silicon Valley, including Buffer and Bump Technologies.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message

Michelle is the founder of First Code Academy, a leading coding and STEM education institute for kids from 4 to 18 years old and author of Amazon Best Seller First Time Coders. She is also an advisor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL). Prior to starting First Code, she held various technical roles in high growth startups in Silicon Valley, including Buffer and Bump Technologies. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message</a>

Michelle Sun, Founder of First Code Academy

Whitney Sales is the Managing Partner, at Acceleprise Ventures. Whitney has 10+ years of startup sales experience and is the founder of The Sales Method, a consultancy that helps startups identify target markets, build successful sales teams and quickly get products to market.  She led four companies to the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list including LoopNet, Joby, Meltwater and SpringAhead. Whitney graduated with honors with a BA in Sociology from UCSD.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message

Whitney Sales is the Managing Partner, at Acceleprise Ventures.  Whitney has 10+ years of startup sales experience and is the founder of The Sales Method, a consultancy that helps startups identify target markets, build successful sales teams and quickly get products to market.  She led four companies to the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list including LoopNet, Joby, Meltwater and SpringAhead. Whitney graduated with honors with a BA in Sociology from UCSD. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message</a>

LIVE with Whitney Sales, Managing Partner, at Acceleprise Ventures.

Jenny Lefcourt

Jenny Lefcourt brings 20+ years of technology start-up experience to her role as General Partner at Freestyle, a $90M seed-stage fund in San Francisco whose partners are all serial entrepreneurs. Freestyle has led investments in companies such as Airtable, Intercom, Patreon, Narvar, BetterUp, and Wag.  Jenny is also a founding member of All Raise, a non-profit dedicated to diversity in funders &amp; founders.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message

Jenny Lefcourt brings 20+ years of technology start-up experience to her role as General Partner at Freestyle, a $90M seed-stage fund in San Francisco whose partners are all serial entrepreneurs. Freestyle has led investments in companies such as Airtable, Intercom, Patreon, Narvar, BetterUp, and Wag.  Jenny is also a founding member of All Raise, a non-profit dedicated to diversity in funders &amp; founders. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message</a>

Jenny Lefcourt, General Partner at Freestyle VC

Mariel Reed

Mariel Reed is cofounder and CEO of CoProcure. Previously, she served in the San Francisco Mayor’s Office, where she helped scale a program connecting tech startups and local governments across the country. She was an early employee at Coursera, a venture-backed edtech startup. She graduated top of her class from Georgetown University and is fluent in Mandarin.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message

Mariel Reed is cofounder and CEO of CoProcure. Previously, she served in the San Francisco Mayor’s Office, where she helped scale a program connecting tech startups and local governments across the country. She was an early employee at Coursera, a venture-backed edtech startup. She graduated top of her class from Georgetown University and is fluent in Mandarin. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message</a>

Mariel Reed is cofounder and CEO of CoProcure.

Chenoa Farnsworth

Chenoa Farnsworth the Managing Partner at Blue Startups. Chenoa has more than 15 years of experience in business strategy and private equity investing. Farnsworth is the managing director of the Hawaii Angels, Hawaii’s only angel capital investment network.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message

Chenoa Farnsworth the Managing Partner at Blue Startups. Chenoa has more than 15 years of experience in business strategy and private equity investing. Farnsworth is the managing director of the Hawaii Angels, Hawaii’s only angel capital investment network. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message</a>

Chenoa Farnsworth, Managing Partner at Blue Startups

Trish Costello

Trish Costello is CEO of Portfolia and Managing Director of Portfolia Funds.  Portfolia creates investment funds designed women, so they can back the companies and innovations they want in the marketplace, for returns and impact.  Portfolia has funds in Women’s health, Enterprise, Consumer Tech, Active Aging, and Diversity. Portfolia funds provide an interactive and educational view of investing for its members while seeking market returns and innovation in the marketplace.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message

Trish Costello is CEO of Portfolia and Managing Director of Portfolia Funds.  Portfolia creates investment funds designed women, so they can back the companies and innovations they want in the marketplace, for returns and impact.  Portfolia has funds in Women’s health, Enterprise, Consumer Tech, Active Aging, and Diversity. Portfolia funds provide an interactive and educational view of investing for its members while seeking market returns and innovation in the marketplace. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message</a>

Trish Costello, CEO & Founder of Portfolia

Aline Lerner

Aline Lerner is the co-founder and CEO of interviewing.io, an anonymous technical recruiting platform where companies like Facebook, Uber, Dropbox, and Quora have hired great software engineers. Before that, was a software engineer for 5 years, ran hiring at Udacity, and wrote a lot of stuff about hiring on the internet--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message

Aline Lerner is the co-founder and CEO of <a href="http://interviewing.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">interviewing.io</a>, an anonymous technical recruiting platform where companies like Facebook, Uber, Dropbox, and Quora have hired great software engineers. Before that, was a software engineer for 5 years, ran hiring at Udacity, and wrote a lot of stuff about hiring on the internet --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message</a>

Aline Lerner, Co-Founder and CEO of interviewing.io

Liza Rodewald

Liza Rodewald is an entrepreneur and software engineer with over 16 years of technical experience.  She has built multi-million dollar enterprise software for government and healthcare industries. Her passion for entrepreneurship came from her desire to have a more flexible lifestyle back in 2004.  She is the Founder and CEO of Instant Teams a support team creation and management platform that fuels support teams with military-connected talent.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message

Liza Rodewald is an entrepreneur and software engineer with over 16 years of technical experience.  She has built multi-million dollar enterprise software for government and healthcare industries. Her passion for entrepreneurship came from her desire to have a more flexible lifestyle back in 2004.  She is the Founder and CEO of Instant Teams a support team creation and management platform that fuels support teams with military-connected talent. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message</a>

Liza Rodewald CEO & Co-Founder of Instant Teams

Jessica Koncz

Jessica Koncz the CEO and Founder of Eatsee,  That brings the restaurant experience to the Instagram generation. They create beautiful, visual menus for cafes and restaurants to showcase photos of each dish on their menu for customers to see before they order. An image like Tinder for Food!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message

Jessica Koncz the CEO and Founder of Eatsee,  That brings the restaurant experience to the Instagram generation. They create beautiful, visual menus for cafes and restaurants to showcase photos of each dish on their menu for customers to see before they order. An image like Tinder for Food! --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message</a>

An Aussie Founder Who is Changing They Way you and I think about Food With Jessica Koncz CEO & Founder of EatSee

Minnie Ingersoll

Minnie started her career as an early product manager at Google where she co-founded the Access team. Prior to joining Code for America, Minnie was COO of Shift, a Goldman Sachs and DFJ-funded company that she founded and helped the company to raise over 200 million dollars.  She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in computer science from Stanford University. Millie has recently joined TenOneTen Ventures, based out of LA, California.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message

Minnie started her career as an early product manager at Google where she co-founded the Access team. Prior to joining Code for America, Minnie was COO of Shift, a Goldman Sachs and DFJ-funded company that she founded and helped the company to raise over 200 million dollars.  She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in computer science from Stanford University. Millie has recently joined TenOneTen Ventures, based out of LA, California. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message</a>

A Deep Dive into The Startup Ecosystem With Minnie Ingersoll, Partner at TenOneTen Ventures

Entrepreneurship will change the world. We are inspiring the world by sharing unique stories to empower and equip more people to build powerful companies.Each week we interview a female founder or venture capitalist with tangible advice to help bring your goals to the next level. The Real Capitalist Podcast hosted by Courteney Real To stay in touch with all things real you can check-out riseher.co/podcast or follow us on social media @rise.herIf you love the podcast please share it with your girl gang or write us a review!

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Entrepreneurship will change the world. We are inspiring the world by sharing unique stories to empower and equip more people to build powerful companies. Each week we interview a female founder or venture capitalist with tangible advice to help bring your goals to the next level. The Real Capitalist Podcast hosted by Courteney Real To stay in touch with all things real you can check-out <a href="http://riseher.co/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">riseher.co/podcast</a> or follow us on social media @rise.her If you love the podcast please share it with your girl gang or write us a review!

The Real Capitalist Podcast

Jill Koziol

Jill Koziol is the co-founder and CEO of Motherly  a modern lifestyle brand redefining motherhood with it’s 30M+ monthly audience. She is also the co-author of the new book, This Is Motherhood: A Motherly Collection of Reflections &amp; Practices. Jill is passionate about serving and empowering women and mothers because when mamas are successful, everyone wins. She is an advocate for families, female founders, and how to thrive with multiple sclerosis. Jill lives in Menlo Park with her husband &amp; two da--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message

Jill Koziol is the co-founder and CEO of Motherly  a modern lifestyle brand redefining motherhood with it’s 30M+ monthly audience. She is also the co-author of the new book, This Is Motherhood: A Motherly Collection of Reflections &amp; Practices. Jill is passionate about serving and empowering women and mothers because when mamas are successful, everyone wins. She is an advocate for families, female founders, and how to thrive with multiple sclerosis. Jill lives in Menlo Park with her husband &amp; two da --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message</a>

How one company is redefining motherhood with a powerful brand and authentic community with Jill Koziol CEO & Co-founder of Motherly

Rachel Sipperley

Rachel Sipperley is the CEO and Founder of Rent My Wardrobe, a peer to peer marketplace that empowers women to generate additional income while becoming more financially savvy. The daughter of a youth pastor, Rachel came from humble beginnings and was a born entrepreneur. Her mission is to inspire and equip women and girls to become their own entrepreneur in a women-supporting-women culture and share her testimony of financial stewardship.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message

Rachel Sipperley is the CEO and Founder of Rent My Wardrobe, a peer to peer marketplace that empowers women to generate additional income while becoming more financially savvy. The daughter of a youth pastor, Rachel came from humble beginnings and was a born entrepreneur. Her mission is to inspire and equip women and girls to become their own entrepreneur in a women-supporting-women culture and share her testimony of financial stewardship. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message</a>

Architecting Your Way From Idea to The App Store, with Rachel Sipperley CEO & Founder of Rent My Wardrobe

Priya Kuber

At 21, Priya was the first Indian woman to start an open-source hardware company in India. At 28, she built Bay Area's first women-centric co-working space. Presently, at 30, she is the first Indian woman working to build a decentralized internet free of net neutrality, censorship, and fake news. She is a community builder and teacher at heart and firmly believes in the power of technology to improve the lives of people. She views entrepreneurship as a deeper path towards self-discovery.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message

At 21, Priya was the first Indian woman to start an open-source hardware company in India. At 28, she built Bay Area's first women-centric co-working space. Presently, at 30, she is the first Indian woman working to build a decentralized internet free of net neutrality, censorship, and fake news. She is a community builder and teacher at heart and firmly believes in the power of technology to improve the lives of people. She views entrepreneurship as a deeper path towards self-discovery. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message</a>

How exposure to technology is changing the world with Priya Kuber

Ashley Whitehurst

Ashley Whitehurst is the Managing Director of Syndicates at LAUNCH. She beginning working as an EA for Jason Calacanis. Over the years she has grown with LAUNCH and is now the Managing director of The Syndicate fund at Launch.In today's show, we talk all about what Syndicate funds are, as well as the benefits they bring to both founders and investors. Ashley also gives us a behind the scenes look at what running a fund looks like and insider tips on how to pitch a company to investors.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message

Ashley Whitehurst is the Managing Director of Syndicates at LAUNCH. She beginning working as an EA for Jason Calacanis. Over the years she has grown with LAUNCH and is now the Managing director of The Syndicate fund at Launch. In today's show, we talk all about what Syndicate funds are, as well as the benefits they bring to both founders and investors. Ashley also gives us a behind the scenes look at what running a fund looks like and insider tips on how to pitch a company to investors. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message</a>

Behind The Scenes of Venture Capital with  Ashley Whitehurst , Managing Director of Syndicates at LAUNCH

Dive into today's show to hear how Ikrama &amp; Barbara meet as Co-founders, teamed up with Kate to launch a new beauty tech company Curah. They are changing the way customers book and find beauty appointments with their new app. More importantly, they are empowering and equipping women-owned business with the tools they need to thrive. From very diverse backgrounds of growing up in Austria, Morocco, and Russia they came together to change the future of beauty.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message

Dive into today's show to hear how Ikrama &amp; Barbara meet as Co-founders, teamed up with Kate to launch a new beauty tech company Curah. They are changing the way customers book and find beauty appointments with their new app. More importantly, they are empowering and equipping women-owned business with the tools they need to thrive. From very diverse backgrounds of growing up in Austria, Morocco, and Russia they came together to change the future of beauty. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message</a>

How Curah is changing the Beauty industry with Technology to Empower Female Business Owners, With Co-founders Ikram & Barbara, with new team member Ekaterina

Georgene Huang

Georgene Huang is obsessed with improving the workplace for women. She’s the CEO and Co-founder of Fairygodboss, the largest career community for women, providing millions of women with career connections, jobs, career advice and hard-to-find intel about how companies treat women.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message

Georgene Huang is obsessed with improving the workplace for women. She’s the CEO and Co-founder of Fairygodboss, the largest career community for women, providing millions of women with career connections, jobs, career advice and hard-to-find intel about how companies treat women. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message</a>

How to changing the workforce for women all around the world with Georgene Huang, CEO & Co-Founder of Fairygodboss

Andrea Barrica

Andrea Barrica is CEO/co-founder of O.school, a judgment-free multimedia platform to learn about sexuality and pleasure through videos, live chat, live streams, and more. Previously, Andrea co-founded accounting and tax platform, inDinero.com. She also served as a venture partner and entrepreneur-in-residence at 500 Startups, one of the world’s most active, global seed funds.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message

Andrea Barrica is CEO/co-founder of O.school, a judgment-free multimedia platform to learn about sexuality and pleasure through videos, live chat, live streams, and more. Previously, Andrea co-founded accounting and tax platform, <a href="http://inDinero.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">inDinero.com</a>. She also served as a venture partner and entrepreneur-in-residence at 500 Startups, one of the world’s most active, global seed funds. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message</a>

How to Tell a Story that Creates a Trusted Brand, With Andrea Barrica CEO & Founder of O.School

Sara Brand

Sara Brand is the Founding General Partner of True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage VC fund investing in women-led businesses in consumer health and sustainability sectors. She is also the co-founder of (512) Brewing, the largest draught-only, self-distributing microbrewery in the country. Sara was previously in venture capital and management consulting in the Bay Area as well as in a variety of strategic and operational roles in large tech companies.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message

Sara Brand is the Founding General Partner of True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage VC fund investing in women-led businesses in consumer health and sustainability sectors. She is also the co-founder of (512) Brewing, the largest draught-only, self-distributing microbrewery in the country. Sara was previously in venture capital and management consulting in the Bay Area as well as in a variety of strategic and operational roles in large tech companies. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message</a>

Why Investing in Women Led Companies Matters For The Bottom Line With Sara Brand Founding Partner of True Wealth Ventures

Viola Sutanto

Viola is the founder and creative force behind MAIKA,  a stylish and sustainable soft goods brand inspired by delightful travel and everyday living. MAIKA products are carried in over 500 specialty boutiques and retail stores worldwide. Concurrently, she is also the co-founder of LimeLoop, a full circle shipper packaging company that combines technology and innovative design to create a more sustainable supply chain.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message

Viola is the founder and creative force behind MAIKA, a stylish and sustainable soft goods brand inspired by delightful travel and everyday living. MAIKA products are carried in over 500 specialty boutiques and retail stores worldwide. Concurrently, she is also the co-founder of LimeLoop, a full circle shipper packaging company that combines technology and innovative design to create a more sustainable supply chain. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message</a>

Viola Sutanto, CEO & founder of Maika, COO & co-Founder of LimeLoop

Genevieve Jurvetson

Genevieve is the co-founder of Fetcher, a Manhattan-based startup combining AI with human expertise to help companies fill open positions at a fraction of the time and cost of traditional recruiting tools. Fetcher launched 2 years ago, and the team has quickly grown to over 160 employees, and they are now working with over 450 companies ranging from stealth-mode startups to the Fortune 50, to help re-imagine recruiting.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message

Genevieve is the co-founder of Fetcher, a Manhattan-based startup combining AI with human expertise to help companies fill open positions at a fraction of the time and cost of traditional recruiting tools. Fetcher launched 2 years ago, and the team has quickly grown to over 160 employees, and they are now working with over 450 companies ranging from stealth-mode startups to the Fortune 50, to help re-imagine recruiting. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message</a>

How The Power of AI is Changing The Future of HR with Genevieve Jurvetson, Co-founder of Fetcher

Kara Goldin

Entrepreneur Kara Goldin is the Founder and CEO of hint, Inc., a healthy lifestyle brand that produces the leading, award-winning, unsweetened flavored water, as well as a scented sunscreen spray that is oxybenzone and paraben-free. Kara has received numerous accolades, one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business, Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs and Forbes’ 40 Women to Watch Over 40. The Huffington Post listed her as one of six disruptors in business.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message

Entrepreneur Kara Goldin is the Founder and CEO of hint, Inc., a healthy lifestyle brand that produces the leading, award-winning, unsweetened flavored water, as well as a scented sunscreen spray that is oxybenzone and paraben-free. Kara has received numerous accolades, one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business, Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs and Forbes’ 40 Women to Watch Over 40. The Huffington Post listed her as one of six disruptors in business. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealcapitalist/message</a>

Kara Goldin Founder & CEO of hint Inc.

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