Learn how to start and scale-up a business directly from real-world entrepreneurs as host Jasmine Garnsworthy draws out the most actionable and helpful advice a...
How We're Raising Money in 2025: Annie Evans, Dream Ventures
Annie Evans is on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy!
Annie is the creator of Dream Ventures, a fund and incubator built to connect female founders with investors. After building and eventually closing her own startup, Annie wanted to help women access resources and capital to build their business. She created Dream Ventures, which has helped kickstart the growth of companies like Topicals, House of Wise, iFundWomen and more.
In this conversation, Annie goes deep on when and if your company should fundraise, what makes her process different (and why it works!), and fundraising tips from behind the curtain as an investor.
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Check out Annie's business and apply for Dream Ventures: https://www.dreamventures.co/
Annie's book recommendation: Backable by Suneel Gupta
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We Need to Unpack Target's Bombshell Announcement
Damn, this one hurts. In 2021, Target committed to investing more than $2 billion in Black-owned businesses, including adding 500 Black-owned brands to its shelves.
Except, now they're not. Target announced that they will be rolling back diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, joining Walmart, Amazon and Meta who have made similar changes. Let's unpack it in the show today.
LINKS
Get 25% OFF your first VistaPrint order using the code FFW25 at checkout: https://www.vistaprint.com
Indie store contact list: https://www.femalefounderworld.com/independent-stores-contact-list
Sign up for Retail Bootcamp: https://bestie.femalefounderworld.com/retail-bootcamp
Get the Female Founder World resource roundup https://femalefounderworld.beehiiv.com
Become a Business Bestie subscriber: bestie.femalefounderworld.com
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The Money Wake-Up Call You Need With Kelley Arena, Golden Hours Ventures
Kelley Arena is on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy!
Kelley is the founder of Golden Hour Ventures, the fund and venture studio helping more women access capital. Kelley built a career in investment banking before launching her own venture firm. She's also the co-creator of Dream Ventures, an accelerator for founders looking for funding.
This conversation is the fundraising wake-up call you've never had, but probably always needed. Kelley is sharing how founders can build traction to show to investors (or pitch competitions and grants if that's your jam), what founders should be thinking about when it comes to raising capital, how to build systems for fundraising, and so much more insider tea.
LINKS
Get 25% OFF your first VistaPrint order using the code FFW25 at checkout: https://www.vistaprint.com
Sign up for Retail Bootcamp: https://bestie.femalefounderworld.com/retail-bootcamp
Get the Female Founder World resource roundup https://femalefounderworld.beehiiv.com
Become a Business Bestie subscriber: bestie.femalefounderworld.com
Check out Kelley's business: https://goldenhourventures.co/
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Babba Rivera's Biz Won 45 Beauty Awards. She's Just Getting Started
Babba Rivera is on the Female Founder World podcast for the second time with Jasmine Garnsworthy. You can listen to our first conversation here. https://bestie.femalefounderworld.com/podcasts/female-founder-world/episodes/2148661332
Babba is the founder of Ceremonia, the venture-backed clean haircare brand that's blown up in the last few years. They've won 45 beauty awards, have been featured by every major publication, and Babba is on a mission to show more Latina representation in entrepreneurship and beauty.
This week we're asking Babba about her mindset as a venture-backed founder scaling something big, how she's been able to grow her team intentionally, and her tips growing a super engaged community.
LINKS
Get 25% OFF your first VistaPrint order using the code FFW25 at checkout: https://www.vistaprint.com
Sign up for Retail Bootcamp: https://bestie.femalefounderworld.com/retail-bootcamp
Get the Female Founder World resource roundup https://femalefounderworld.beehiiv.com '
Become a Business Bestie subscriber: bestie.femalefounderworld.com
Check out Babba's business: https://ceremonia.com/
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She Built the Mushroom Brand All The Wellness Girlies Are Trying
Charlotte Cruze, founder of Alice Mushrooms, is on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy!
Charlotte is the co-founder of Alice Mushrooms, the functional mushroom chocolate bar that went from zero to Erewhon/Forbes/celebrity investors in two years!
In 2022 Charlotte and her cofounder launched Alice, a functional mushroom chocolate brand that is blowing up. In this conversation Charlotte shares how she connected with her cofounder (they didn’t meet IRL for the first four months after starting the business!), lessons from their launch and the strategies that helped Alice raise money from celebrities, get stocked in hundreds of stores, and become a beloved brand by wellness girls everywhere.
LINKS
Get 25% OFF your first VistaPrint order using the code FFW25 at checkout: https://www.vistaprint.com
Sign up for Retail Bootcamp: https://bestie.femalefounderworld.com/retail-bootcamp
Get the Female Founder World resource roundup https://femalefounderworld.beehiiv.com
Become a Business Bestie subscriber: bestie.femalefounderworld.com
Check out Charlotte’s business: https://alicemushrooms.com/
Charlotte’s Shopify subscription app recommendation: https://stay.ai/
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Learn how to start and scale-up a business directly from real-world entrepreneurs as host Jasmine Garnsworthy draws out the most actionable and helpful advice and stories. Through solo episodes and interviews, you'll walk away with resources and actionable steps to implement in your own business today.