Kathryn Finney: ...how to start a successful business if you’re not a rich white guy

Nobody Told Me!

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.2 • 671 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Our guest on this episode is Kathryn Finney, author of the new book, "BUILD THE DAMN THING: How to Start a Successful Business If You’re Not a Rich White Guy".

Her website is https://www.kathrynfinney.com/

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0:00.0	Welcome to Nobody Told Me.
0:10.9	I'm Laura Owens.
0:12.1	And I'm Jan Black.
0:13.3	You may not realize it, but women are the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs in the United States today.
0:19.2	Yet, according to a recent tech crunch study,
0:22.1	female founded companies receive a mere fraction of venture capital investments
0:26.2	compared to an all-male founded company.
0:29.0	Our guest on this episode, Catherine Finney, is working to change that.
0:32.1	Catherine is the managing general partner and founder of the Genius Guild,
0:36.8	a $20 million venture fund. She's also the founder
0:39.8	of Digital Undivided, a tech incubator for underrepresented women, and the founder of the
0:45.3	Dooney Fund, a micro investment fund for black women owned businesses. And if that's not enough,
0:52.4	she's also the author of the new book, Build the
0:55.1	Damn Thing, How to Start a Successful Business if you're not a Rich White Guy.
1:00.5	Catherine, we thank you so much for joining us.
1:03.2	Great. Thank you so much for having me. I'm excited to talk with you.
1:06.3	Why did you decide to write this book and who do you hope will read it?
1:10.9	Well, I hope everyone will read it.
1:14.8	Smart businesswoman, yeah.
1:16.7	Right.
1:18.0	You know, I wrote this book because I would travel around to all different conferences and meetings and such, which is what you do when you are an entrepreneur yourself and then become a venture capitalist, which is what I currently do.
1:32.1	And I would meet these amazing founders and amazing people who would tell me about their businesses.
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