Kathryn Minshew, CEO and founder of The Muse, discusses her own journey to raise funding for her company. The Muse is a job searching service used by over 50 million people. Minshew is also an operating partner of XFactor Ventures, a venture capital fund investing in the next generation of female founders.
Minshew says when she was starting out she didn't see any women in tech. She knew she had to do something when she attended an incubator for women in tech and there were only men on stage.
When Minshew started to raise funding for The Muse, she pitched to 150 investors and was rejected by 148. Despite all the rejection, Minshew explains you just have to keep going. She says even a "no" can be encouraging sometimes.
Citrotech CEO Wes Bolsen discusses how innovative building materials could prevent fires, slow their spread and reshape the future of fire-safe construction.
Complex President Moksha Fitzgibbons explains how the brand is blending media, AI, e-commerce, sports & live experiences to build a new kind of culture business
Amazon’s Daniel Rausch, VP of Alexa and Echo, on Alexa’s AI evolution, the future of voice commerce and why your next shopping assistant could be Alexa.
PlantSwitch CEO Dillon Baxter reveals how agricultural byproducts like rice hulls and wheat straw could help replace plastics with plant-based alternatives.
