Tips For Crowdfunding & Pitching + Fighting Inequality In Entrepreneurship w/ Olivia Owens

On The Guest: Olivia Owens is the Creator & General Manager of IFundWomen of Color and a recent addition to Forbes 30 Under 30 List. IFundWomen of Color is a platform for women of color to raise capital through crowdfunding, grants, coaching, and the connections needed to launch and grow successful businesses. Thanks to her platform, women of color are now represented by 51% of the funds being raised.

From this conversation you’ll learn:

• The importance of filtering your opportunities and goals through your purpose
• Why asking for help is mutually beneficial
• The boomerang quality of life-lessons
• How to support female entrepreneurs
• The foundation of a successful crowd-funding campaign
• Tips for best-practices when crowd-funding
• The safest way to test your business idea
• The importance of defining what success specifically looks like for your business
• Why you should figure out which funding resource is right for your goals
• The validation in acknowledging how the system works against you
• How to encourage visibility and community among women of color
• Financial and non-financial ways to support your friends’ pursuits
• Avoiding perfectionist fantasies
• The problem with focusing on the destination
• Mental health tips for entrepreneurs
• Hot tips for pitching your idea to investors
• How to get comfortable with “making the ask”
• Why you should map your network
• Identity shifts in your 20s and how to navigate them
• And so much more!

Check out https://ifundwomen.com/woc

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