Work/Women Founders.

I’m happy to run the Women Founders Program at LSE Generate for the London School of Economics. Through this program, I support early-stage women entrepreneurs as they find their footing building startups.

My thesis for the program is that attrition among women founders is driven by two primary, related factors: 1) lack of community in which to compare notes on the early founder struggle, and 2) lack of access to tribal knowledge around how to “do a startup” from the ground up. These problems can only be addressed by being a part of a no-b.s. community where opinions and experiences can be honestly discussed. This is what I’ve built, with consistency over time.

This thesis is based on my experience. In spite of working in startups for a decade, I came away with few tools on how to build a startup from the ground up. I attribute this to social sorting: as one of few women at the startups where I worked, I wasn’t always keen on attending after-working drinking sessions where tribal knowledge was disseminated. So I didn’t learn there, earned my knowledge through doing it myself and pulling together other women, and share it gladly.

Building this community has been a redemptive highlight of my career.

PROGRAM FEATURES

Monthly masterminds

Retreats (U.K. and international)

Ancillary events (meetups, mixers)

1:1 office hours

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