All Things Media Venture Capital Forum
Last Thursday I attended a Springboard All Things Media Venture Capital Forum at the Paley Center for Media in NYC where twenty women-led media companies (from TV and Radio to Digital Media & emerging technology) who are looking for capital presented their companies to corporate, angel, and venture investors.
I was really inspired! The women making the presentations were impressive…they were prepared and had amazing business ideas and business models. They presented what their companies are doing now, their target audience, who their competition is and what their competitive advantages are. They also talked about their current & future revenues, what the new funding will be used for, & an exit strategy. Here is a list of the entrepreneurs that presented their companies in the order of they presented:
Sue Abu-Hakima: Amika Mobile Corporation
Natalie Kogan: Click Communities, LLC
Candace Fleming: Crimson Hexagon
Elizabeth Franklin: The Franklin Report
Kelly Fitzsimmons: harQen LLC
Connie Li: TrafficCast
Carolyne Turner: iDC
Elizabeth Kressel: Collectors’ Quest Inc.
Leslie Bane: SEN-CE LLC
Sharon Kan: Tikatok Inc.
Aassia Haq: ALUMRISE, Inc J
anet Kraus: Spire
Joni Evans: wowOwow
Cynthia Farrar: Purple States
Jules Pieri: Daily Grommet
Lauren Williams: MovieHatch.com
Susan Wilson Solovic: SBTV.com Inc
Stephanie Grossman: digital SIDEBAR Inc
Julie Wainwright: SmartNow Inc.
Anne Conzemius: QLD Learning LLC
As I was listening to these great presentations, one thought kept lingering in my mind: “Why aren’t these women profiled anywhere?†I am a big believer in role models and the importance of having them and I think that just like these women inspired me to be proactive and take action on my ideas, they can inspire other women to overcome their barriers, whether real or imagined.
To give women a platform to showcase what they are doing, I would like to start interviewing women entrepreneurs who are doing great and interesting things on the Webgrrls Wisdom blog to help serve as an inspiration and role model for all of us. Do you know a woman who should be profiled here? Let me know!
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