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Wings of Inspired Business

Melinda Wittstock

Released: 2025-03-25

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926 Episodes

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926 Episodes

Audio

Released: 2025-03-25

Most Recent Episode

Tackling the 2% Problem for 10X Returns: Venture Investor Julie Castro Abrams on Building Her Woman-Only VC Fund

Time: 59:00

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Julie Castro Abrams is a venture capitalist and gender and racial justice activist who has spent the majority of her career working to build great women-owned companies and economic access for women. She is the founder and CEO of How Women Lead, a network of 14,000-plus top executive women who come together to learn, break barriers to success, and make an impact. Using her extensive background, Julie helps top executive women harness and activate their power across all aspects of their careers and lives. She also leads the sister organization, How Women Invest, an early-stage venture capital firm seeking to realize untapped economic potential by focusing on the intersection of female founders and female investors, particularly those of color.

🔑Key Takeaways🔑

🚀 📈 Potential vs Previous Results: Why women founders are evaluated by venture investors with a higher and different level of scrutiny than men, and how to overcome investor bias—whether conscious or unconscious.

👩‍🔬 🤟 Breaking Barriers: What it takes to launch a successful female-led venture capital firm, and how Julie succeeded by building on an already established community to get her first $10 million from 221 female investors.

🤝 🌱 Empowering Female Investors: Why women should diversify their investment portfolios into venture capital firms supporting women entrepreneurs—not only for a potential 10X return, but also because most female founders create mission-driven companies that have a social impact.

✨ 🌈 Invest in Values: How to make venture investments with companies and funds that align with your values for social impact and purpose.

💰💵 Expanding Women's Wealth: Learn how Julie’s New Table Campaign is encouraging women to unite their financial power to achieve a profound impact, with a target to channel $1 billion into women-run venture capital firms.

🎙️Subscribe to Wings and get the full Show Notes at https://bit.ly/Wings922

More about Julie at How Women Lead

https://www.howwomenlead.com/ and How Women Invest

https://www.howwomeninvest.com/

Episode ID: 1000700774810

GUID: c93f7e9f-d4ec-4ada-9977-cf60aebb1824

Release Date: 25/03/2025, 20:41:00

Description

Women entrepreneurs are changing the game of business, stepping into our authentic feminine power and growing consciousness to start and scale great companies. Listen to Wings to learn from women who've "been there, built that" with 7, 8 and 9-figure businesses, even billion dollar Unicorns. You'll learn how to manifest the mindset, mojo and money to create, grow and scale a business aligned with what makes your heart sing. Wings is hosted by Melinda Wittstock, a 4-time serial entrepreneur, tech visionary and award-winning journalist. Melinda focuses where personal and business growth meet, her insightful interviews with inspiring female founders and businesswomen providing actionable tips to help listeners to real and tangible results. These innovators, influencers, and investors all share their success secrets, epiphanies, and practical advice on how to get the confidence, connections and capital so you too manifest the success of your dreams in life and in business.

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Apple Podcasts: Customer Reviews

2022-08-31

Leaves you feeling inspired

Melinda's podcast leaves you feeling inspired! The stories she shares and the guests she interviews provide a unique perspective into the entrepreneurial space.