Win Your Pitch & Fund Your Niche with Roshawnna Novellus, Ph.D.
Never tell Roshawnna Novellus, Ph.D. she can\u2019t do something.
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At age 15, she raised $600,000 in scholarships to fund her education. And after being told by an educator she \u201ccouldn\u2019t do math,\u201d Novellus earned a doctorate in engineering with a minor in finance.
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So it\u2019s no surprise that Novellus keeps breaking barriers today.
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Though she got her start in corporate America, Novellus realized her skills could be better utilized with underserved communities in Atlanta \u2014 and later in counterterrorism.
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Today she is helping to solve \u201cthe 2 percent problem\u201d with EnrichHER, an SEC- and FINRA-approved lending and support platform for women in business. Novellus hopes to improve the paltry 2 percent of what women-owned businesses receive in angel and venture capital \u2014 women of color receive even less.
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So how did a shy girl learn to become a total boss? Novellus, who wins 50 percent of the pitch competitions she enters, provides tips on how to improve your pitching skills. Discover how an accelerator can help your startup \u2014 and how EnrichHer provides a community for women to learn and support one another on this episode of SheVentures.