by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Jul 23, 2019 | Emerging managers, Investing Ideas, Leadership diversity
The time required to raise a fund is critical, particularly for emerging managers. Time dedicated to raising a fund means time away from deploying capital into promising ventures. For some it also means a period of very tight cashflow, especially if you’re raising a...
by Pique Ventures | Jun 25, 2019 | Books, Capital raising, Fund Your Business, Investing Ideas, Pique Fund, Social Enterprise, Systems, Women Investing in Women, Women Investors
Photo credit: Unsplash | @guesh1337 “Get out of the building!” – Steve Blank For some people, getting out of the building is easy and comes naturally to them. For others, getting out of the building requires coming to terms with vulnerability. Perhaps Steve...
by Pique Ventures | Apr 30, 2019 | Big Ideas, Capital raising, Leadership, Women Investing in Women, Women Investors
Read the full article on Business Insider “I’m sorry, but you can’t come in.” I had decided to venture out to a networking event to reconnect with colleagues, to talk to them about the second venture fund I was raising, and to show off my...
by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Feb 19, 2019 | Impact investing, Integrated Investing, Pique Fund
You’re probably familiar with the term “unicorn” — coined by Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures in 2013 — which is a company valued at over $1 billion by public or private market investors. Critics of the billion-dollar-valuation as the primary indicator of success or...
by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Jan 24, 2019 | Big Ideas, Climate Solutions, Impact investing, Integrated Investing
My 19-year old niece showed me the Starbucks sticker on her reusable coffee cup, confounded that she was stuck with another piece of paper that would have to go in the bin. My 4-year old daughter is dismayed by the amount of plastic in our oceans and how harmful they...
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