Sharon Vosmek (Astia) - The Path to More Inclusive Innovation

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

Stanford eCorner

Business, Life Lessons, Creativity, Startups, Strategy, Thought Leadership, Education, Stanford University, Leadership, Challenges, Journey, Culture, Etl, Innovation, Founders, Stanford, Entrepreneurship

4.5 • 740 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2013

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Astia CEO Sharon Vosmek shows how behavior shifts in entrepreneurial ecosystems can lead to more robust levels of inclusive innovation. Vosmek also highlights research on how access to business networks, expertise and capital play out across gender lines.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series, brought you weekly by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.
0:10.0	You can find podcasts and videos of these lectures online at eChorner.standford.edu.
0:16.0	Today's speaker is very special, and we're delighted that she's going to close out the quarter.
0:23.6	Sharon Boswick is the CEO of Astya, which is a community of experts committed to building
0:29.6	women leaders and accelerating the funding and growth of high-level, high growth women-led startups.
0:36.6	Astya's community includes investors, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders across North America,
0:44.3	Europe, South America, and India.
0:47.3	Please join me and welcoming Sharon.
0:49.3	Thank you.
0:50.3	Thank you.
0:52.3	Thank you. Thank you, Tina, for the kind introduction and for inviting me.
0:57.0	I'm joining quite an illustrious group, and I look forward to coming to next quarter's
1:03.0	lectures because you have some amazing conversations happening.
1:07.0	I am the CEO of Astia, and we'll get to more of that shortly, but let me find out about you if I might.
1:12.6	It'll just help me frame my talking points for you.
1:16.6	Raise your hand if you are sitting next to a woman.
1:19.6	Okay.
1:22.6	Raise your hand if you are not a man.
1:26.6	Okay? That's helpful. Raise your hand if you are not a man.
1:29.0	Okay, that's helpful.
1:32.1	Raise your hand if you are an entrepreneur already while you're here and studying.
1:35.9	Okay, raise your hand if you hope to be an entrepreneur.
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