I’m Drew Koven and i have an important message for all investors that behave inappropriately towards women Hi, I’m Drew Koven a global corporate executive turned venture investor. I listen to stories firsthand, from women everyday,
Hi, I’m Maxine Kozler. A General Partner with LDR Ventures and an LP with Belle Capital Fund USA an all Female VC firm. I invest in and mentor woman and minority founded and led businesses. I’m a wife, a mother
Put People Before Profits “90 percent of investing, whether it is in nonprofit or for-profit companies, is people.” George Roberts, Philanthropist and Co-founder of KKR, the pioneer of private equity Build Relationships First, Then Transactions Was it really worth it? If
Why Venture Capital and Angel Investors Need To Fund & Mentor Female Founders & Women Entrepreneurs I woke up the other day and all at once my ‘Why” was confirmed. Have you ever had that moment in
Regardless of a businesses stage, Conflict is hard. Resolution is SIMPLE. There is a six step SIMPLE approach to resolving conflicts which can be used to solve interpersonal, business, or other confounding conflicts. The process
After graduating from college, I began my career in a multibillion dollar global company, going to work every day from 8am – 6pm, sitting in my stereotypical cubicle; I thought this was what being a professional adult was all
I invested in my first early stage company when I was nineteen years old. It was my own start up, Collegiate Student Storage. The idea was simple and there was no business plan. I was
The partners at LDR Ventures never sought out to become venture capitalists, as is in vogue these days amongst many Silicon Valley employees and investors who receive their first big windfall of cash. In fact,
The Myth of Masculinity According to a study by First Round Capital, companies with a woman on the founding team outperform their all-male peers by 63 percent. But when it comes to venture capital–often the necessary route
Think Global and Invest Local The partners at LDR Ventures believe that with 60% of venture capital being concentrated within a few square miles around San Francisco and Boston, funding entrepreneurs and early innovation outside of Silicon
I vividly remember speaking with my father when I was 8 years old and telling him that I was going to be a millionaire. After what seemed like forever as everything did when I was but a wee impatient young
Robert Downey Jr is one of a handful of people who changed the course of my life and I am forever grateful to him and for him. I’m not a big TV or Movie goer nor