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20 VC 021: Gender Equality, Startup Valuations and 'Friend Raising before Fund Raising with Sharon Wienbar

20 VC 021: Gender Equality, Startup Valuations and 'Friend Raising before Fund Raising with Sharon Wienbar

FromThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch


20 VC 021: Gender Equality, Startup Valuations and 'Friend Raising before Fund Raising with Sharon Wienbar

FromThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

ratings:
Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Mar 19, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Sharon Wienbar invests in Mobile and Internet companies at Scale Venture Partners, where she sits on the board of Actiance, Applause, BeachMint, Everyday Health, PlayPhone, Reply.com and uTest. Prior to working at Scale Venture Partners, Sharon was VP of Marketing for Amplitude Software and Critical Path. 
Items Mentioned in Today's Show:

Applause
Kate Mitchell
National Venture Capital Association
Why Software is Eating the World?
CloudHealth

What you will learn in Today's Show:

How Sharon made her entry into the technology world and later the Venture Capital sector?
Why is there gender misrepresentation in both the tech and the VC industry and what can be done to improve this gender inequality.
What Sharon's views are on investing outside of the valley?
What are the necessary aspects required for a startup located outside of the valley?
With such large amounts of capital creating extremely high valuations, is it possible to make money investing in startups?
With increasing competition between VC firms for startups, what else can VC's bring to the table other than capital?
What sector is Sharon most excited about and why?

We then move on to a quick fire round where we hear Sharon's thoughts on what Sharon likes and dislikes about being a VC? The most recent investment Sharon has made and why she said yes? 
 
Released:
Mar 19, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Twenty Minute VC takes you inside the world of Venture Capital, Startup Funding and The Pitch. Join our host, Harry Stebbings and discover how you can attain funding for your business by listening to what the most prominent investors are directly looking for in startups, providing easily actionable tips and tricks that can be put in place to increase your chances of getting funded. Although, you may not want to raise funding for a startup. The Twenty Minute VC also provides an instructional guide as to what it takes to get employed in the Venture Capital industry, with VCs giving specific advice on how to get noticed from the crowd and increasing your chances of employment. If that wasn't enough our amazing Venture Capitalists also provide their analysis of the current technology market, providing advice and suggestions on the latest investing trends and predictions. Join us so you can see how you can get BIG, powerful improvements, fast. Would you like to see more of The Twenty Minute VC, head on over to www.thetwentyminutevc.com for more information on the podcast, show notes, resources and a more detailed analysis of the technology and Venture Capital industry.