1) Raising $5million is hard -- raising that as a woman of color is...pic.twitter.com/o4D7q7viCQ
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2) Convincing people to step out of their comfort zone takes patience.
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3) People who take risks have been my safest bets so far.
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4) Most venture and angel funds start with a thesis and some belief, and so investing is really just a continuous experiment. I've met a ton of investors of various degrees of success, and no one really has it figured out.
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5) Most people still hear "underrepresented" and think "charity", and those people are still wrong. People who don't are ahead of the curve and have an edge.
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6) My job is to make myself obsolete. We shouldn't slow down or celebrate until there are enough angel and fund investors investing BILLIONS into women, poc, & LGBT founders, and until we are no...longer...a...category.
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8) There is no such thing as "self-made." It takes a village (or a Crew! http://www.backstagecapital.com/crew ). Mentors, LPs, other investors, etc--with women often as first movers- - have been incredibly generous and collaborative.
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10) Founders make venture/angel funds, not the other way around. ...I'll continue to learn every day and share those learnings as often as I can:) Thanks for reading!
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*bonus 11) block and mute with abandon! It’s self care at its finest.pic.twitter.com/AGilJ4oXRG
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