The Startup Weekly Podcast – EP 1

Ep 1 - Startups and Gender Equality with Shanthi Blanchard

Although the world is becoming more equal, there is still plenty of room for improvement. In this episode, we speak with socialpreneur and writer Shanthi Blanchard about the challenges that women founders face when growing their businesses. Shanthi shares her views on how we can better support women entrepreneurs and how she took it upon herself to try and make an impact.

Shanthi recent co-founded Spinster, a NYC based management consulting firm that primarily works with women founders throughout the entrepreneurial journey. You can learn more about Spinster by visiting their website and becoming a part of the community (www.spinster.io). You can also interact with Shanthi by visiting her Twitter or LinkedIn.


Episode Notes and References

    1. Female Founders Raise 2.2% of VC Funding in 2018 – https://fortune.com/2019/01/28/funding-female-founders-2018/

    2. 2019 Q3 YTD Fundraising Stats – https://news.crunchbase.com/news/q3-2019-diversity-report-over-20b-invested-in-female-founded-co-founded-startups-this-year-alone/

    3. Women Need to Ask for Help in Financing – https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13691066.2017.1345119

    4. Other Female Entrepreneurial Hurdles – https://www.score.org/blog/challenges-all-women-entrepreneurs-face

    5. Entrepreneurial Attitudes Towards VC – https://www.coutts.com/content/dam/rbs-coutts/coutts-com/Files/entrepreneurs-reports/The_Price%20For%20%20Growth.pdf

    6. Junto – A Not So Secret Club for Men to Explore Emotional Mastery & Personal Transformation – http://www.wejunto.com/

    7. Disrupt Her – an unabashed manifesto by Miki Agrawal that inspires readers to move past outrage and take positive steps on the personal, professional, and societal levels – https://www.disrupther.co/