Smart Funding Strategies for Female Founders: Real Talk on Bootstrapping, Raising Capital, and Scaling Big Dreams with Lori Harder, Veena Jetti, Janice Omadeke, and Kelly Kussman
Powerhouse Women
Lindsey Schwartz
4.9 • 912 Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
You can have the dream, you can have the vision, but if you don't have the money…? Today, I'm joined live on stage with four brilliant women who have scaled different types of businesses in different types of ways: Lori Harder, Veena Jetti, Janice Omadeke, and Kelly Kussman! We get into powerful funding strategies for female founders, so you can lean into the best one that works for your business. Our expansive conversation will provide the money habits, operations, and systems we wish we had known sooner to scale faster and smarter. Whether it's bootstrapping for as long as possible, fundraising for the first time ever, or finding the right investor, you'll discover how to finance your big dream!
HIGHLIGHTS
00:00 Meet the women behind the 2025 PW Event Finance Panel with Lori Harder, Veena Jetti, Janice Omadeke, and Kelly Kussman!
15:40 The top three priorities to bootstrap a product-based business.
20:15 What made Lori decide to fundraise for glōci?
24:30 One operational system to help you scale faster.
31:50 What do investors look for beyond the numbers?
38:50 When is the right time to take on money + what should you look for in outside investors?
44:45 Preparation steps for when you know you're ready to start fundraising.
53:55 Realistic funding paths for a service-based business.
RESOURCES + LINKS
Join the waitlist for the 2026 Powerhouse Women Event HERE
FOLLOW
Lori: @loriharder
Veena: @veenajetti
Janice: @janiceomadeke
Kelly: @kelly_ward_kussman
Powerhouse Women: @powerhouse_women
Lindsey: @lindseymarieofficial
Visit the Powerhouse Women website: powerhousewomen.co
Join the PW Community Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/powerhousewomencommunity
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The Powerhouse Women event is coming back for 2026th, August 14th, 15th, and 16th. |
| 0:06.8 | And for one week only, we're giving you early access plus $300 off tickets. |
| 0:13.3 | So head to powerhousewomen event.com between now and December 2nd and grab your ticket, save your spot, save that $300, and get ready to |
| 0:24.3 | join us for the biggest powerhouse women event to date. |
| 0:28.2 | 2026 is going to be our 10th event. |
| 0:30.2 | So you already know we're going big. |
| 0:33.0 | One of the things that we're doing to celebrate this milestone is that if you secure your ticket |
| 0:39.4 | before December 2nd, you're going to automatically be entered into a drawing to win roundtrip |
| 0:44.3 | airfare from wherever you're traveling to Scottsdale from and a two-night stay at the |
| 0:49.6 | JW Marriott Camelback Inn where the event is hosted. So head to powerhousewomen event.com. |
| 0:55.5 | Between now and December 2nd, that is your last chance to get early access and $300 off tickets. |
| 1:03.0 | I cannot wait to see you there. |
| 1:06.8 | How many of you are building your first business? |
| 1:09.8 | Yay! |
| 1:10.5 | That's the best feeling in the world. |
| 1:11.6 | Bottle it and savor it, but also roll up your sleeves. |
| 1:14.6 | Let's get to work. |
| 1:15.6 | If you feel stuck because of money, there are other ways to go about it. |
| 1:21.6 | It's so important for us to have these conversations as women, have them openly, |
| 1:25.6 | because that is how we all go further faster. |
| 1:28.3 | I only raised a couple hundred thousand dollars. I won't say that. I raised a couple |
| 1:32.3 | hundred thousand dollars. |
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