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Learn Practical Tips About Company Building from the Top Leaders in Business & Technology.
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Erin Miles, Partner at Bridgewater Associates, on Building The Alpha Engine with Tech and Fundamentals.
In an increasingly complex investment world impacted by tariffs, technology, global pandemics, and wars, it has become important to ground our process...

Loretta McCarthy, Co-CEO of Golden Seeds, on Building a Movement, Advice for Raising Angel Money.
Very rarely you come across people who define their jobs as building a "movement." We have been lucky to call Loretta McCarthy, Co-CEO and Managing Pa...

Former FARFETCH Chief Fashion Officer, Elizabeth von der Goltz, Shares Secrets of Luxury Fashion.
How we dress defines our personality in the eyes of others, but most importantly, in our own eyes!
Our Women Who Build guest today...

How Neha Jogani Narang, Former CMO of Roblox, on Growing Roblox Followers by 15 million in 2 Years, Leading Big-tech Events, Motherhood.
TikTok’s U.S. usage has surged dramatically, with over 21% of Americans now tuning in weekly.
But what does it actually take to g...

How Mariah Chase Built & Sold ELOQUII to Walmart?
Starting and scaling a business is one thing, but leading it through an acquisition is a whole new journey. 💡
Mariah Chase, who l...

Lindsay Costigan, Head of Prime Service Sales (Western Region) at BNP Paribas, on Financing Hedge Funds, Common Traits of Successful Hedge Fund Managers.
Hedge funds are known to be one of the most sophisticated capital allocators. They operate multiple strategies. For example, Bridgewater Associates fo...

Courtney Leimkuhler, Founding Partner, Springbank Collective on Investing in Critical Infra for Working Families.
From Goldman Sachs to Gender-Lens Investing: Courtney Leimkuhler's JourneyJoin us on Women Who Build as we sit down with Courtney Leimkuhler, a trailb...

Sonam Velani & Laura Fox, Co-founder & Managing Partners at Streetlife Ventures on Capital Stack for Startups in Urban Infrastructure and City Approach to Investing in Climate.
Many of us live in cities for the convenient infrastructure that they give us access to: Buildings, energy, water, transportation, Citi Bikes. ;)

Melina Bergkamp, Executive Director, JP Morgan Venture Capital Relationships.
A technology startup, just like any other company, needs financial solutions. The nature of these solutions may vary for it but that is exactly why a...

Natalie Pierce, Partner, Gunderson Dettmer, on How Founders Can Work w/ Law Firms.
Be it a startup or a large company, the most important element of any company is its team. In the increasingly productive, multicultural, and rapidly...

Kim Caldbeck, Operating Advisor at Bessemer Venture Partners and Former CMO, Coursera on 5X-ing Revenue at Coursera and Building Marketing Teams.
In today's world, you may be building the best product or business, but you cannot go far without the right branding. And this is true for both consum...

Megha Garibaldi, Chief Growth Officer, The Atlantic, on Growing Media Businesses, Being a Woman of Color in Media, and Trump Bump.
31% Americans say that they are constantly online. Media is an industry that we interact with at least once a day. It provides us with daily news & in...

Urvashi Tyagi, Former CTO of ResMed & ADP on The Why, What, and How of CTOs
Almost every day, we have at least 4-5 interactions with AI or about AI. In a world full of AI solutions, funding, companies, and use cases, it takes...

Luisa Sucre, Principal, Collaborative Fund on Investing in Climate & Latin America.
It is only the most fortunate of us who are both able to use their skills to benefit their home country. Luisa Sucre, Principal of Collaborative Fund...

Alyse Dunn, Co-founder of CareCopilot on Eldercare Market, Personal Finance of Founders, Healthcare Regulations.
Losing a loved one is painful. But making something impactful using the learning from your journey of caregiving is beautiful.
Al...

Jen Berry & Ryden Brittany, Co-founders & Co-CEOs of The Mycelorium on Investing Syndicates, Working w/ Ray Dalio, Shiny Objects vs Opportunities.
Everyone wants to achieve their highest potential. To achieve it, we often scramble for a new idea or a new set of people to help. However, sometimes...

Emily Hochman, Co-founder and CEO of Wellory on Constructing a Pre-seed Investor Pitch, Business Pivots: B2C to B2B2C, Company Acquisition at Early Stage.
Healthy food is essential to nourishing us. And it does not need to be necessarily expensive, it just needs to be right.
With thi...

Vanessa Larco, Partner, NEA on Investing in AI, Rewind Series A, Early Stage to Pre-IPO Boardroom of Robinhood.
We are so excited to launch the most recent episode of Women Who Build with Vanessa Larco. While Vanessa is many things to many people, we particularl...

Gilwoo Lee on Autonomous Greenhouse, Vertically Integrated Business Models, and Positive Reinforcement.
With the world’s population likely to increase by nearly another billion people over the next two decades and incomes rising, total food consumption w...

Shellye Archambeau, Former CEO of MetricStream and Board Member, Verizon on Igniting Ambition, Toughest Leadership Lessons as a Tech CEO, and Working with Vinod Khosla.
Few of us are lucky enough to recognize very early on what we want to become.
Shellye Archambeau decided as a teenager that she w...

Sylvia Acevedo, Former CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA; Board Member, Qualcomm on Finding Your Superpower, Creating Opportunities, and Board Memberships.
Everyone wants to achieve their highest potential. And resilience is one of the most important ingredients to achieve that.
Many...

Kate Henningsen, Co-founder and COO, Arcadia, on Community Solar, Working with Utilities, and Building for Scale.
In a world where we are bombarded by stories of wars and recessions, if we practice an abundance mindset, we can still grow! This practice helps us to...

Natalie Rens, CEO and Founder, Astrea, on Adventure & Entrepreneurship, Smart Homes on Earth & Mars.
It is often said that the most successful businesspeople follow their curiosity. Blending that with personal experience or association with the proble...

Joanna Lichter, Associate Director, Venture Investing at Emerson Collective on What Constitutes a Collective, Menopause, and Why Clarity is Kindness.
As investors, we are constantly looking for how we can add value to portfolio companies. While focus is important in company building, thinking system...

Yin Lu, Partner, MCJ Collective on Building a Community at MCJ Collective, Investing in Climate, Finding What you Like.
Companies are made of teams, and these teams not only comprise founders and investors, but also operators, policy makers, and so many other stakeholde...

Monica Bhatia, Co-founder and CEO, Equii on Fermentation, Taking Products from Lab to Scale, and Relationships.
The global health and wellness foods market is poised to grow at 6.1% to $1,495bn by 2032. However, purchasing healthy food is complex - sometimes we...

Sarah Hinkfuss, Partner, Bain Capital Ventures on Climate Fintech, Building Trust in Partnerships, Content that Resonates, Leadership Lessons from Sailing.
Companies are built by people, and when investing in companies, it is vital to bring out the human in you to be the best partner to their people.

Emma Silverman, Principal, TMV on Building Flamingo within Harry's, Investing @TMV, Creative Writing, Ideating with Parents!
When people think about building, startups come to mind. We often forget that building a new investment firm takes a similar amount of blood and sweat...

Amie Patel, Partner & CEO, Elevar Equity on Building for Low-income Communities, Captables for Impact Investments, Happiness as a Path to Success.
There is a nuance to building companies and products for low-income communities. In this episode of Women who Build, Amie Patel covers how she is help...

Ashley Aydin, Principal, Vamos Ventures on Building a New Fund, Supporting Founders, Culturally Competent Healthcare.
This episode is really close to my heart as I speak with Ashley Aydin who is working to bring more diversity to the world of entrepreneurship and vent...

Monica Varman, Partner, G2 Venture Partners on Evaluating Food & Agri Businesses, S-1 Teardowns, Importance of Writing.
Global decarbonization efforts over the next three decades will require a $100tn investment, generating a massive opportunity for private capital to d...

Introducing the Third Edition of the Women Who Build Podcast by Shreya Bakliwal.
Over the last two seasons of Women who Build and two waves of the pandemic, we know when it comes to company building, a few things matters for sure -...

Abhilasha Sinha, Chief Product Officer, Open Secret on Connecting the Dots, Readying Companies for Innovation, the Power of Spirituality, Community, and Coaching in Business Success.
We are often asked by our dear ones to build a career around what we “love” doing. What is not talked about is how to find what we love, and this proc...

Kanika Mayar, Senior Executive Director, Vertex Ventures on Late to Early Stage Investing, Healthcare in India, Finding Answers to Hard Problems, and Investing in Deep Markets.
Many of us who start our careers in investment banking get drawn towards startup investing. But there are several stages to this investing - early, gr...

Tarana Lalwani, Founding Partner of InnoVen Capital on Venture Debt, Negotiation, State of fintech, Sports and Consistency.
Whenever we think of startup financing, venture capital comes to mind. Coming from investment banking, I realize that there are other ways to fund you...

Sneha Biswas, Founder of Early Steps Academy on Importance of Confidence and Real-world Skills, Building Education Products for Kids, Building your Legacy, Thinking Long-term.
If schools, a disproportionate amount of focus is put into cognitive skills. A high achiever is defined as the person scoring the “highest” in Math an...

Sonam Motwani, Founder of Karkhana.io on Manufacturing in India, Modelling Finances Before Starting Up, Having Honest Conversations with Yourself.
As consumers, we always see finished products - from our favourite cars to favourite soaps. One of the most important sectors that impacts what we get...

Matilde Giglio, Co-founder of Even.in on Health Insurance in India, Building the Best Teams, Innovating as an Outsider.
As Indians, most of us have had this day where we decided to buy an insurance plan and by the end of the exercise, felt hopeless and clueless. Some of...

Jo Pattabiraman, Founder of Grow Fit on Following your Curiosity, Cloud Kitchens, Right Market Timing, Being a Single Founder.
Neuroscience confirms that to be truly happy, human beings will always need something more. To seek this “more”, we must ensure that our bodies and br...

Sanna Vohra, Founder, The Wedding Brigade on Creating Adoption for Online Wedding Shopping, >1 million Social Media Followers, Why Customer Experience Matters, and the Power of NOW.
Most of us look forward to the wedding of a relative or a friend where we can dance and eat! For some of us, our weddings got planned by our parents a...