Women in Tech: Building in a Downturn - Capital, Community, and Claiming Your Seat at the Table

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The episode discusses how women in tech are navigating the current economic challenges and funding landscape.

This is your Women in Business: Generate 5 discussion points for a podcast episode about women navigating the current economic landscape, focusing on the tech industry. podcast. Welcome back to Women in Business. I’m your host, and today we’re diving straight into how women are navigating this wild economic moment in the tech industry. Let’s be honest: the tech landscape has shifted under our feet. Rising interest rates and tighter venture capital funding mean what worked for women founders five years ago doesn’t always work now. Reports from PitchBook and Crunchbase show that women-founded startups still receive less than 3 percent of global venture capital, and in a slower economy, that gap becomes even more obvious. Yet we are still building. Just look at founders like Whitney Wolfe Herd at Bumble or Reshma Saujani at Girls Who Code, who’ve proven that women-led tech can scale even in tough markets. So our first big conversation is about access to capital in this economic climate. How are women in tech getting funded when money is more cautious and biased patterns are more visible? According to McKinsey and Company, diverse leadership teams drive better financial performance…

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Host: Inception Point Ai

Topics covered

• women in tech
• economic landscape
• venture capital
• funding strategies
• diverse leadership
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• women founders
• venture capital
• economic downturn
• alternative funding
• diversity in leadership
• tech industry

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bumble, Girls Who Code, McKinsey and Company, PitchBook, Crunchbase, Chloe Capital, Republic

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