For women entrepreneurs, finding networks of their own–much like the “mafias” of homogeneous founders spawned by tech exits–can be key to their success.
When Polly Rodriguez started sexual wellness company Unbound, she struggled to find her place among male-dominated tech entrepreneur circles. “It was hard to be taken seriously in general because of the products that we were selling,” Rodriguez says. “And I grew up in the Midwest from a lower-middle-class background–so there was no one in my life that had started a business before.”
These women entrepreneurs are working to help each other succeed
By Pavithra Mohan
April 22, 2019 at 01:00AM
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