Education

Startups raised only $16.3B in funding in Q1, and VC firms' risk aversion is higher than ever. When you tie that number to the mere 2.1% of venture capital funds going to women this year, we have no choice but to create our own opportunities with our grit and determination. 

​In this session, the founders of WeNatal will share how they launched and are sustainably growing their prenatal supplements company without taking any institutional funding. They will share the keys to their strategy around their launch and growing in a highly competitive market, how they’ve built a community and leveraged their extensive networks to gain market share.

​Founders are responsible for working on their personal AND professional brands but don't know where one begins and the other ends. Whether your goal is to become a thought leader, form new partnerships, build brand loyalty, or be recognized as a leader in your industry, all roads lead back to your personal brand.

​Cash flow management is essential for business survival, steady growth, and overall success. Founders who understand how to effectively manage cash flow are better positioned to make informed decisions, attract investors, and steer their companies through both good times and bad.

​Female Founder Collective's CEO, Alison Wyatt sat down with wildwonder Founder and CEO Rosa Li to discuss how she navigated funding wildwonder (including financing her car to fund the brand), door knocking her way into 100+ retailers, managing her team and inventory at scale, strategically managing your inventory, pitching successfully on shark tank, and how to stand out in a crowded market to move product. 

​Female Founder Collective's CEO Alison Wyatt sits down with co-founder of Black Women Talk Tech Esosa Ighodaro to discuss how she's built and exited her own tech business, created a community to help Black women technology founders turn their dreams into billion-dollar realities, how she's used AI to strategically scale, and what she predicts for the future of Tech.

​Female Founder Collective's CEO, Alison Wyatt sits down with wildwonder Founder and CEO Rosa Li to how she navigated funding wildwonder (including financing her car to fund the brand), door knocking her way into 100+ retailers, managing her team and inventory at scale, strategically managing your inventory, pitching successfully on shark tank, and how to stand out in a crowded market to move product. 

​Ruffin Mitchener is a creator, startup advisor, and angel investor. Her media brand, Brydge Club, has reached over 30 million women in startups, tech, and VC. She also advises select startups on viral content strategy. Ruffin previously earned her MBA from UCLA Anderson, and led financial operations at PeerStreet, a financial technology startup. 

​Join Morgan Britten (CPG Product, Operations & Retail Strategy Executive) for a session where she decodes the costs of doing business with retailers like Target.