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The Jasmine Star Show

Lessons I Learned Being The Only Woman In The Room

The Jasmine Star Show

Jasmine Star

Business, Social Curator, Business Strategy, Business Tips, Instagram Growth, Photography, Online Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Jasmine Star, Marketing, Social Media, Social Media Strategy, Start A Business, Photographer

4.92.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

It hit me out of nowhere like a drive-by bullet… “Selfish, money-driven women like you who adopt are shameful.” And that was just a small part of a lengthy DM I got after sharing my experience of being the only woman in a group of founders at a mastermind event to my stories. (I share the stories and full DM in this episode.) What I didn’t expect was that the very same experience at the mastermind that I was criticized for, prepared me to handle the DM in a way I wouldn’t have before. In this...

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0:00.0

Oh, Welcome to the Jasmine Star Show where we talk a little bit about life in

0:19.1

business but today we're going to be talking a lot about life into business.

0:24.0

So two crazy things happened rather recently.

0:26.4

I was able to hike the Phoenician desert.

0:30.3

Yeah, in Phoenix, went hiking in the month of October, traditionally,

0:36.2

uh, some of the hottest months of the year. So that was delightful and

0:40.3

there's nothing like staring out into a Phoenian basin and realize like hey just how small you are.

0:46.4

I was there with a group of founders I'm a part of a mastermind called Hampton and there was about

0:51.6

33 people there and I was the only woman which is

0:56.7

interesting and of itself but I was welcomed with open arms and I went through the

1:01.2

entire event and I wanted to share a little bit about what I was learning when I was there.

1:05.0

So I was posting on social media updates, things that I was learning.

1:09.0

And at the end of one of the stories, I posted the following, and I'm going to read it here because I

1:15.0

want to be very clear about what I said because the story is going to fall into it.

1:19.5

Quote, for those who asked yes I was the only female founder in attendance. That needs to change.

1:26.0

Less than 2% of venture capital goes to women and less than 0.5% to women of color.

1:32.0

I don't want to be alone in these rooms, so I create content

1:35.2

to share my experiences to help other women

1:37.2

and underrepresented founders.

1:39.1

It's a labor of love, but also a way

1:40.9

to leave the door open for anybody who's willing to follow.

1:44.8

I put that out and then a couple hours later.

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