The Funding Question, Pt. 1
What\u2019s In This Episode:
Should you raise money to fund your business?
This week, Jill reveals the goose chase that she\u2019s currently on in an effort to find funding and explore the wide world of VC\u2019s, angel investors, and accelerators. She highlights the pitfalls, feedback, and interesting anecdotes that abound throughout her money hunt.\xa0 It\u2019s been a wild ride and it\u2019s not even over yet.
Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She\u2019s the author of\xa0 The Best Business Book In The World\xa0and the best-seller,\xa0Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11,\xa0was dubbed a\xa0\u201cmommy mogul\u201d by\xa0CNNMoney, a\xa0\u201cCool Mom Entrepreneur We Love\u201d by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes\u2019 named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs.\xa0She\u2019s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7\u2019s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters\u2019 crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.
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