EP 38: How Kathryn Finney is Disrupting the Fundraising Game for Black and Latina Entrepreneurs

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🗓️ 22 February 2017

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Today’s guest, Kathryn Finney, is the Founder and Managing Director of digitalundivided (DID for short), an organization that invests in the success of Black and Latina women tech founders by providing them with the network, coaching, and funding to build, scale, and exit their high growth companies. Kathryn was also one of the first social media “stars” and in 2014 sold her site, The Budget Fashionista, to a midwest media company and later was the editor at large at BlogHer, a platform representing 40MM+ women influencers. Named by Inc Magazine as one of the most influential women in tech, Kathryn has made her mark as a tech entrepreneur, social media visionary, an advocate, investor, writer, and television correspondent.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Side Hustle Pro, the podcast that teaches you to build and grow a
0:07.6	Side Hustle from Passion Project to Profitable Business.
0:11.3	And I'm your host, Nakela Matthews.
0:13.8	So let's get started.
0:17.8	Okay, everyone, welcome back to the show.
0:20.4	Today's guest, Catherine Finney is the founder and managing director of Digital Undivided,
0:26.5	Did for short.
0:27.9	An organization that invests in the success of Black and Latina Women Tech founders by providing them with the network, coaching and
0:36.1	funding to build scale and exit their high growth companies.
0:41.1	Since 2013, did have impacted over 2,000 people and helped raise 25 million in investments.
0:49.0	Her pioneering research, Project Diane, drew widespread buzz for disrupting the dialogue around women of color and
0:56.9	tech entrepreneurship.
0:58.7	And it's one of the inspirations for me developing a Side Hustle pro podcast to highlight black women entrepreneurs.
1:05.0	The 16 page Project Diane report was widely shared and covered for quantifying the often overlooked state of black women in the tech
1:13.1	entrepreneurship space and its impacting policy from
1:16.4	state houses to the White House.
1:19.3	Catherine was also one of the first social media quote unquote stars and in 2014 sold her site the
1:26.4	budget fashionista to a Midwest media company and later was the editor at
1:31.1	large at blog her a platform representing 40 million plus women
1:35.3	influencers. An honors grad of Yale University and Rutgers University,
1:39.9	Catherine received the Champion of Change Award in 2013 from the White House for her work increasing inclusion in the tech industry and is an Eisenhower fellow.
1:51.0	She's also been named but Inc. Mag is one of the most influential
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