Piloting your Life

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Terri is taking a break from Piloting Your Life (the podcast) to focus on her YouTube channel
She shares her thoughts on how we can use this time to plant the seeds for what we want in the world moving forward
Terri is planting seeds for a more equitable and just society
Stay safe and healthy, my friends

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Think about what you want to keep from this time of sheltering in place and the big reset.

References in the Podcast

* Terri Mead YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPDlEQPOq3\_sBGKmSMyjMZQ

Contact

You can find Terri on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPDlEQPOq3_sBGKmSMyjMZQ

You can purchase *Piloting Your Life* (the book) on Amazon at http://bit.ly/PYL-Amazon, or you can go to https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/ to choose your preferred format and retailer and see other goodies.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.  

Terri is active on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/terrihansonmead/

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

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Crystal explains what a death doula does, how they are difference from hospice care and how they complement each other
Terri asked about who pays for a death doula and who tends to bring one in
Crystal shares her experience with the death of her parents and how it led to her becoming a death doula and how through death, she learned about living
Crystal talks about the different ways in which people use death doula services and the different services that are available
Crystal explains why we need death doulas and how we are getting back to death and dying being part of the human experience
Crystal explains that death doulas meet the dying person and their families where they are at

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Through death and grieving, we can learn how to live.

References in the Podcast

Piloting Your Life (the book): https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/

Contact

You can purchase Piloting Your Life (the book) on Amazon at http://bit.ly/PYL-Amazon, or you can go to https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/ to choose your preferred format and retailer and see other goodies.

Crystal can be reached through her website, www.thegratefuldeath.org and by email crystal@thegratefuldeath.org.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

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Terri is focusing on self-care and finding peace within this month
Terri shares what she’s been listening to the past two weeks
Terri talks about how Melinda Gates influenced her to change her investing thesis to focus on the startups who have products and services that expand the influence and power of women
Terri purchased a new sports bra from Bloom Bras and is focusing on getting fit before 50
Terri talks about recapping 2019 and planning for 2020 in all aspects of her life
Terri offers to be a part of book club conversations in 2020
Terri is looking to do more library talks in 2020 and is open to suggestions and connections
Terri shares her plans for the Terri Hanson Mead YouTube channel
Terri talks about her 2019 investments including SendaRide, Astarte Medical, Via Global Health, Silk + Sonder, SMBX: Bernal Cutlery, CrowdFund MainStreet: Absinthia, and Jane VC.
Terri reminisces about Slush in Helsinki in 2016 and 2017.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

The holiday season is a great time to focus on finding peace within.

References in the Podcast

Piloting Your Life: https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/
It’s Been a Minute: https://www.npr.org/2019/11/15/779757232/alicia-menendez-wants-women-to-stop-falling-into-the-likeability-trap
The Secret Lives of Black Women: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/stitcher/the-secret-lives-of-black-women
Likeability Trap by Alicia Mendez: https://www.harperacademic.com/book/9780062838766/the-likeability-trap/
Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250313577
ReedsyDiscovery: https://reedsy.com/discovery/book/piloting-your-life-terri-mead
E. Flores: https://ceflores.com/
Magnus Chase series: http://rickriordan.com/series/magnus-chase-and-the-gods-of-asgard/
Bloom Bras: https://www.bloombras.com/
SendaRide: https://www.sendaride.com/
Astarte Medical: http://astartemedical.com/
Via Global Health: https://www.viaglobalhealth.com/
Silk + Sonder: https://www.silkandsonder.com/
SMBX: https://www.thesmbx.com/
Bernal Cutlery: https://bernalcutlery.com/
Absinthia: https://www.absinthia.com/
CrowdFund MainStreet: https://crowdfundmainstreet.com/
Jane VC: https://www.janevc.com/
The Coven: https://thecoven.com/
Slush: https://www.slush.org/events/helsinki/
Slush panel on Shifting Demographics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP-1LQ3838s&feature=emb_logo

Contact

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

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Emma shares why she is so interested in improving our ability to process grief and support others
Emma talks about how we can better support our friends and family members as they are grieving for lost loved ones
Emma talks about how it is reasonable to feel angry, or guilty, and extraordinarily sad when someone is no longer in our life
Emma says that every grieving person she talks to says they hate the platitudes; that we don’t need to put a positive spin on death and loss
Terri asks Emma about supporting grieving teenagers
Emma explains grief.coach and who can benefit from the text based service
Terri asked about grieving when family members are older or there were longer declines before death
Emma talks about how her work with grief has expanded her risk tolerance and has fueled her determination to live life to the fullest

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Extra kindness matters.

References in the Podcast

Piloting Your Life: https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/
Coach: www.grief.coach

Contact

Emma can be reached through the website www.grief.coach and on Instragram @grief.coach.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

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70-80% of caregivers are women and caring for aging parents is the new ‘mommy shaming’
Candice talks about how difficult it is to be in the position of taking care of an aging or disabled parent because of the decisions made by or the actions of a parent
Candice shared that the average caregiver journey for a senior or someone with a serious illness, is four years
Candice shared the statistics around the caregivers in the workplace and what is happening to women in senior leadership and the impact on women’s financial situation
Terri asked if anything is being done to address the gaps in caregiving
Baby boomers are driving change in this space because they recognize the gaps in caregiving for the aging
Women want to continue to have the choice around caring for their aging parents
Terri asked about how employers are viewing this issue and whether they are becoming more sensitive to the issues
Candice talks about how difficult this time is when you know you are going to lose the battle and feel like you are failing at work and at home and with your aging parent.
Candice talks about why she created Caregiven based on her experience with her own father’s life ending
Candice shared the gap in caregivers and those who need it
Terri asked how we can better support our friends who are struggling with the caregiving and Candice offered some practical suggestions

Terri’s Key Takeaway

By having this conversation, we can begin to make positive changes toward addressing the gaps in caregiving and the negative impact on women.

References in the Podcast

Piloting Your Life: https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/
Death Over Dinner: https://deathoverdinner.org/
Caregiven: https://caregiven.co/

Contact

Candice can be reached by email at candice@caregiven.co or through the Caregiven website https://www.caregiven.co

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com

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De’Anna shares why she loves to work with women to encourage them to be explorers of their own truths in finding their life’s purpose
Terri asks De’Anna about the roadblocks or mental blocks women encounter in midlife in achieving personal freedom
De’Anna believes we are all born worthy and shares why
De’Anna believes that we shouldn’t bring the troubles from our 20s and 30s into our 40s and 50s and beyond
De’Anna explains how we can go in and out of the state of consciousness to tap into our creativity and suggestibility to move into a more purpose-driven state
Coaching prompt after taking a breath and closing your eyes: what did I make it mean that it doesn’t?
Terri asks De’Anna about how important it is for women to get back to a heart connected space, especially in a male-dominated world
Terri shares how she’s been motivated by fear but is exhausted and wants a healthier, more value-aligned way to be motivated
De’Anna believes that when we aren’t heart-centered, we cannot be fulfilled
Coaching prompt after taking a breath and closing your eyes: based on the past, based on my struggles, what do I now value?
De’Anna shares her FIT method: focus, inward target to create meaningful goals and heart-centered peak performance

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Anyone with a goal is worthy of the goal – De’Anna Nunez

References in the Podcast

Piloting Your Life: https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/
Letting Go by David Hawkins: https://veritaspub.com/product-category/dr-hawkins-published-books/

Contact

De’Anna can be reached through her website wakeupyourbest.com, by email deanna@deannanunez.com, or by phone 619-993-9855.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

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Naama explains that Gen Z covers people born between 1997-2010/2012 but it’s not just the year they were born.
Naama shares that Gen Z grew up after 9/11, in an era of war, during the financial crisis, and with technology
Naama explains that Gen Xers grew up after Watergate, with high divorce rates for their parents, and grew up to be cynical; this influences the way Gen Xers parent their kids along with having access to technology and resources on parenting
Naama said that the data shows that Gen Z is the largest generation in terms of numbers, is the most diverse, is shaping up to be the best-educated, is very socially-minded, and is less trusting of institutions
Naama said that the data shows that Gen Z tends to stay at home more, gets into less trouble, starts having sex later, has fewer teen pregnancies, do less drugs and drink less, but they do feel lonelier and are more depressed.
Terri asks Naama about Gen Z and the gender spectrum
Naama shares what she and her team have learned about what girls are looking for and why they’ve created an app for them
Terri asks Naama for ideas to get her second child to interact and socialize in real life with their friends

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Even though her second child isn’t getting out more to meet with their friends in real life, the interaction that they are having in chats, through Facetime and other means of communicating are just fine to build relationships and feel connected to others.

References in the Podcast

Piloting Your Life: https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/
Telle App: https://telleapp.com/

Contact

Naama can be reached at naama@telleapp.com or through their website www.telleapp.com.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

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Erin provided her background and the trends she is seeing in divorce and how divorce has changed over the last 15 years
Erin said that women want to feel alive and make deliberate choices; we want to live more intentionally
Erin shared the following:
- It takes 5-7 years of relationship trouble or contemplating divorce before a woman files for divorce
- 75% of divorces are filed by women
- Women want to feel alive, we want to make deliberate choices, and we want to live more intentionally
- Women want to model positive relationships for their children
- The divorce industry is $50B/year
Divorce is the dissolving of the most complicated financial contract we will be involved in
Divorce does not mean failure; a lot of relationships don’t work out; people shouldn’t feel terrible and ashamed if they get divorced
Erin talked about how the fear of the unknown is terrifying in divorce; the fear can turn into anger and a messy divorce which can be avoided through education, self-care, and goal-setting for after the divorce
Terri asked Erin for ways in which we can better support our friends and family going through divorce
Erin talked about how millennials love their pets and there are pre-nups, post-nups that address this in relationships

Terri’s Key Takeaway

There are healthier ways to end marriages than in years past with a shift from attorney-centered to individually centered and leveraging the services of divorce coaches, co-parenting coaches, financial planners, and other non-legal resources.

References in the Podcast

Piloting Your Life: https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/
Hello Divorce: https://hellodivorce.com/
Divorceify: https://divorceify.com/home
Breaking Free: A Modern Divorce podcast: https://www.breakingfreepod.com/
F It, Get a Divorce: The Guide for Optimists by Steven Kane: https://www.amazon.com/F-Get-Divorce-Steve-Kane/dp/1794600795/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1572114806&sr=8-3
October Crew Chat topic on Money: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead/piloting-your-life-crew-chat-money-beeba0ffa570
Sluts and Scholars: Spooky Sex with Dr. Amie Harwick: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/123-spooky-sex-with-dr-amie-harwick/id1223781930?i=1000454766632
Finding My Yum: https://www.facebook.com/findingmyyumpodcast/

Contact

Erin can be reached by email at hello@hellodivroce.com, through LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinlevine/ and on Twitter @hellodivorce.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

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Stephanie shares what she is seeing with the midlife women she works with as a Certified Financial Planner and how they are asking, “Where am I going next?”
Stephanie includes your mental health, physical health, spiritual health, financial health when defining your financial life
Stephanie believes the first step to taking charge of your financial situation is to be aware of the need to do so
Stephanie shares the four steps for women to take charge of their finances and wealth in midlife
- Create a master inventory of your assets, debts, insurance policies, employee benefits, wills, etc.
- Define your life vision
- Shore up your health and wellness
- Identify and close the gaps
Terri shares her quarterly financial summary process and how she has a death binder to capture her family’s inventory
Terri asks Stephanie about how to handle the emotional baggage we might have around financial planning or money in general
Stephanie offers up some suggestions for how to view your wealth, and some tools to help with it, when you don’t feel wealthy

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Our financial health includes our mental health, physical health, spiritual health, and our finances.

References in the Podcast

Piloting Your Life: https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/
LGBTQ Midlife Money Gal podcast: https://lgbtqmidlifemoney.com/category/podcast/
Stephanie Sammons CFP blog: https://sammonswealth.com/blog/
Funerals360: https://www.funerals360.com/
Death binder alternative: https://www.everplans.com/
True WELLth podcast: https://www.brightonjones.com/podcast/true-wellth

Contact

Stephanie can be reached through her website https://sammonswealth.com/or https://lgbtqmidlifemoney.com/.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

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Susan shares how she decided on the title ‘Trusted Hot Sex Advisor to Millions’
Susan answered Terri’s question about how to get our sexy back in midlife
Susan shares the differences between estrogen driven and testosterone driven humans
Susan shares some things we can be doing as women to wake up our inner sex kitten
Susan emphasizes the need for a sexual soulmate pact to create trust in the bedroom
Susan talks about libido, desire and arousal
Terri asks about rebuilding trust in the bedroom in long term relationships
Susan shares her favorite vibrators and the results of a 30-day masturbation challenge
Susan goes into detail about the entire clitoris and the importance of self-pleasure
Terri summarizes opportunities for women in midlife:
- Let go of body image issues
- Ask for what we want
- Self-pleasure
- Sexploration
- Getting the blood flowing (engorgement)

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Women follow a monthly cycle while men adhere to a daily cycle.

References in the Podcast

Piloting Your Life: https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/
PYL008: Piloting Your Life interview with Andrea Barrica of O.School : http://www.terrihansonmead.com/podcast/2017/10/2/piloting-your-life-episode-8-andrea-barrica
Susan Bratton: https://susanbratton.com/
Sexual Soulmates by Susan Bratton (includes the sexual soulmate pact): https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/sexandrelationships
Finding My Yum podcast episode with Amy Harwick: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rebroadcast-15-theres-doctor-in-house-dr-amie-harwick/id1446362861?i=1000452164707
Lady Bi Vibrator: https://us.funfactory.com/en/vibrators/lady-bi/
LiftNotDrag 31 Day Challenge: https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead/liftnotdrag-31-day-challenge-6395dc27e37b
Pinterest #LiftNotDrag 31 Day Challenge: https://pin.it/62iluqdk226qal

Contact

You can follow Susan Bratton on Instagram @susanbratton, on YouTube on her Better Lover channel, and learn more on her website www.personallifemedia.com.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

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Meha talks about how we learn from our community and are able to apply these learnings within our own lives
Meha suggests giving time and space to yourself to reflect on your own needs
Terri and Meha discuss the grounding effect of daily journaling
Meha shares how journaling helped her get out of a vicious spiral of negativity
Meha discussed the research around the healing power of bringing pen to paper
Terri and Meha discuss the power of community, listening to others and the importance of reflection, intention and action
Meha encourages women to take the pressure off the long term when defining your purpose and meaning (ikigai) and appreciating the small things
Terri emphasizes the importance of women focusing on their own journeys and learning through exploration, experimentation, and failure
Meha reminds us that happier women make for a happier world.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Bringing pen to paper slows the brain down.

References in the Podcast

Piloting Your Life: https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/
Silk & Sonder: https://www.silkandsonder.com/
LiftNotDrag 31 Day Challenge: https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead/liftnotdrag-31-day-challenge-6395dc27e37b
Pinterest #LiftNotDrag 31 Day Challenge: https://pin.it/62iluqdk226qal

Contact

Meha Agrawal can be reached through Instragram @mehaagrawal and @silkandsonder and through the Silk & Sonder website silkandsonder.com. Or by email at info@silkandsonder.com.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

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Terri and Annie talk about the importance of actively supporting and promoting other women
Terri raises the challenge for all of us women to do one thing every day in the month of October: #LiftNotDrag
Terri and Annie discuss ways in which we can provide lift for other women each and every day during the month of October in ways that might just become second nature.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

It’s time for us to actively look for opportunities to promote and lift other women.

References in the Podcast

Piloting Your Life: https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/
Unraveling Pink podcast: https://unravelingpink.com/blog/
Piloting Your Life book signing event on October 5, 2019 at Pomegranate Seeds in Redwood City: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-signing-with-terri-hanson-mead-author-of-piloting-your-life-tickets-72151050735

Contact

You can follow Annie on Twitter https://twitter.com/AnnieRogaski and reach her through her personal website http://www.annierogaski.com/ and the podcast website https://unravelingpink.com/ .

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Terri and Jacqueline discuss the power of transitions
Terri and Jacqueline discuss how we as women can claim our power as women beginning with voting with the #powerofthepurse
Terri and Jacqueline talk about how the world is generally not designed by or for women and how we continue to adjust and adapt to fit in
Terri is encouraging women to claim our space in the startup and investor ecosystem and come together to create a more inclusive and diverse ecosystem
Jacqueline talks about her story about not being good with money
Terri encourages women to be unapologetically ourselves and asks, “What if we don’t give a shit?” We are here; get used to it.
Terri encourages women to support, believe and stand up for other women; don’t be a drain on other women
Terri rejects the notion of a zero sum game
Terri wants every woman to do one thing for one woman every day in the month of October #liftnotdrag

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Ladies, like Dorothy, we had the power all along.

References in the Podcast

Piloting Your Life: https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/
Midlife Money Gal podcast: https://midlifemoneygal.com/category/podcast/
Unraveling Pink podcast: https://unravelingpink.com/blog/
Darryl Grant (Inspiring Connectivity) PYL episode: http://www.terrihansonmead.com/podcast/pyl064
Invisible Women: https://amzn.to/2kuXvds
Brotopia: https://amzn.to/2kJ39Jb
Dame Magazine: https://www.damemagazine.com/
Jennifer LeBlanc: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferleblanc/
Dough: https://www.joindough.com/
@HeyBerna: https://www.youtube.com/user/HeyBerna
Teri Ijeoma: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teri-ijeoma-3aa0757/
Laura Lippman Whole 60: https://longreads.com/2019/07/16/whole-60/
Kiki Mwiti: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kikimwiti/
Women’s Venture Summit: https://www.womensventuresummit.org/
Women’s Startup Lab: https://www.womenstartuplab.com/

Contact

You can purchase Piloting Your Life (the book) on Amazon at http://bit.ly/PYL-Amazon, or you can go to https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/ to choose your preferred format and retailer and see other goodies.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.

You can follow Jacqueline on Twitter @TipsyCopilot and Instagram @jacqste.

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley

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Terri talks about how Flight Plan came about and how to use it to explore, experiment, and achieve our goals in midlife
Terri and Jacqueline share how they use vision boards (spoiler alert: they view them differently)
Terri completes a Flight Plan for putting together a plan to get as healthy as possible by the time she turns 50
Terri and Jacqueline talk more about being intentional about connecting with other people, Snapchat filters, and video calls with friends
Weekly challenge: create a flight plan, share it out on social media, tag @PilotingYourLife on IG, and learn from each other
Get planning!

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Create your Flight Plans and begin exploring and achieving!

References in the Podcast

Piloting Your Life: https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/
Susan Bratton: https://susanbratton.com/
More Sexual Vitality: https://moresexualvitality.com/
Lioness: http://bit.ly/PYL092019 Use the code: PILOT to save $25.
True WELLth Podcast: https://www.brightonjones.com/podcast/true-wellth/gretchen-rubin/
Get your own Flight Plan: https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/flightplan
Get Marlow: https://getmarlow.com/
Piloting Your Life (the book) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/277389409608299/
Piloting Your Life IG: https://www.instagram.com/pilotingyourlife/

Contact

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.

You can follow Jacqueline on Twitter @TipsyCopilot and Instagram @jacqste.

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri and Jacqueline talk about how loneliness is harmful to your health and shared research around this along with how friendships improve your health
Jacqueline talks about how it can feel so good to tap into the empathy in celebrating a friend’s success
Terri will be digging into why women have trouble supporting other women and launching an October challenge to actively support other women daily
Terri and Jacqueline talk about how expressing gratitude daily reprograms your brain
Crew chat idea: conduct a friend audit and discuss ways to be grateful for certain friendships, where there are gaps and what are we bringing to our friendships
Terri and Jacqueline talk about the importance of understanding our Love Languages and those of our friends to have better relationships (Note: it doesn’t look like there is a quiz for friendship, but I did the singles one and found out mine)
Terri shared how her self-imposed exile in the winter 2018/2019 was not healthy for her
Terri shares the concept of the Crew Chat outlined in the book and suggests this month’s assignment is:
- Assemble a flight crew (max 4-5 women)
- Schedule 2-3 hours together this month
- Do the love language assessment
- Discuss your friendships, what you are grateful for, gaps, what you are bringing to your friendships
- Post a pic on IG story and tag @pilotingyourlife #crewchat #flightcrew and/or share in the Piloting Your Life (the book) FB group
Go get friendly!

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Investing time in friendships is time well spent.

References in the Podcast

Piloting Your Life: https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/
Lioness: http://bit.ly/PYL092019 Use the code: PILOT to save $25.
Life Reimagined: http://www.barbarabradleyhagerty.com/life-reimagined
Amy Gross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amycgross/
Maria Malavenda: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mmalavenda/
Mandi Bateman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandibateman/
Kiki Mwiti: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kikimwiti/
Love Languages: https://www.5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/
Piloting Your Life (the book) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/277389409608299/
Piloting Your Life IG: https://www.instagram.com/pilotingyourlife/

Contact

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.

You can follow Jacqueline on Twitter @TipsyCopilot.

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri shares why she wrote Piloting Your Life (the book) and what it’s all about
Terri and Jacqueline talk about what to expect this season on Piloting Your Life (the podcast)
- Deeper dives into topics including sex, health, purpose, self-confidence, gynecology,
- Crew chats
- Stories from inspiration women who embody the notion of being the pilots in their own lives
- Areas not covered or just touched upon in the book (parenting younger kids in midlife, divorce, never having been married, etc.)
Terri and her second child Rei have started a French food cooking journey and have started blogging on Medium under #ThymeandChampagne
Terri asks the listeners to be on the ready to share their stories of being the pilots in their own lives each week
Terri talks about her next book, Piloting Your Health, to cover health for midlife women
Terri shares the idea of House Parties and how we can come together as women to build community, to begin to break the taboos and normalize the conversations around midlife.
Terri asks for reviews on Amazon and Goodreads, asks for feedback, and asks for follows on Instagram @pilotingyourlife, Twitter @PilotingLife, and Facebook Piloting Your Life (the book). Soon: Pinterest and YouTube.
Terri loves being 49 years old and learning something new and being able to bring all of her experience and knowledge and curiosity together to create her next big thing. It’s all coming together.
Terri asks her audience to add Piloting Your Life to book club reading lists. Terri is available to speak at book club events either in person or virtually.
Piloting Your Life is not just a book, it’s a movement.
Terri reminds the audience that she is still consulting, doing expert witness work, and investing in digital health.
Jacqueline comments on the challenges associated with guiding Terri’s marketing strategy since Terri has an octopus approach to life.
Terri announced her first signing event at Pomegranate Seeds in Redwood City on Sunday September 8th from 3-5 PM.
Terri suggested that listeners purchase Piloting Your Life (the book) as gifts for friends. Terri is willing to personalize, sign, and wrap in the cutest wrapping paper.
Check out the book for the Flight Plan!

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Piloting Your Life is not just a book, it’s a movement.

References in the Podcast

Piloting Your Life: https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/
Lioness: http://bit.ly/PYL092019 Use the code: PILOT to save $25.
Katie Cross Ghostwriting: http://katiecrossghostwriting.com/
Ironhorse Vineyards: https://www.ironhorsevineyards.com/
Lizzo on VMA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo0RK_olDb4
Missy Elliott: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missy_Elliott
Hells Belles Burlesque: https://www.hellsbellesburlesque.com/
Hello Divorce: https://hellodivorce.com/
Julie Gordon White: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliegordonwhite/
Susanne Biro: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanne-biro-executivecoach/
True Wellth Podcast: https://www.brightonjones.com/podcast/true-wellth/
Molly Alliman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mollyalliman/
Bev Joyce, MD: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverly-joyce-md-84292475/
Manisha Thakor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manishathakor/
Beverly Ryle: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverly-ryle-4310a04/
ThymeandChampagne: https://medium.com/@thymeandchampagne
Imene Maharzi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/im%C3%A8ne-maharzi-439294/
Elle-a-Table: https://www.elle.fr/Elle-a-Table
Rachel Khoo: https://www.rachelkhoo.com/
David Lebovitz: https://www.davidlebovitz.com/
It’s Been a Minute: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510317/its-been-a-minute-with-sam-sanders
Lisa Health: https://lisahealth.com/
Genneve: https://genneve.com/
Pomegranate Seeds: http://www.pomseeds.com/

Contact

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.

You can follow Jacqueline on Twitter @TipsyCopilot.

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri clarifies the purpose and premise of Piloting Your Life the book; it’s not just for investors and founders, and it’s not just about menopause
Terri shares that she will include resources on the PilotingYourLife.com website (coming soon)
Terri interviewed over 35 women from around the world for the book and conducted research for the book to, as Jacqueline says, connect the ideas in the book
Terri talks about sharing the book with 17 beta readers and incorporating the feedback and identifying chapters for future editions
Terri shares the writing process and how she battled imposter syndrome
Jacqueline asks Terri about how the book came to be
Terri shared what most surprised her about writing the book

Terri’s Key Takeaway

It’s never too late to do something for the first time.

References in the Podcast

Women’s Startup Lab: https://www.womenstartuplab.com/
Deb Morandin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/%E2%9C%B4deborah-m-5566577/
Laraine McKinnon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larainemckinnon/
BizChix: https://bizchix.com/
Katie Cross Ghostwriting: http://katiecrossghostwriting.com/

Contact

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri celebrates episode 100 talking about losing her way, losing her why, and the power of vision boards. She talks about getting comfortable with saying no and asking for what she wants, and learning to let go.

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Terri talks about feeling insignificant in her efforts and how she’s created a vision board to help manifest what she wants in her life.
Terri shares her vision boarding experience and how she wants to feel.
Terri shared the brief and tender moment with her son that ended with him laughing at her as she cried.
Terri comments on midlife as a challenging time of transition and opportunities

Terri’s Key Takeaway

It’s ok to feel the feels.

References in the Podcast

All Raise: https://www.allraise.org/
Portfolia: https://www.portfolia.co/
Pipeline Angels: pipelineangels.com
Solutions2Projects, LLC (Terri’s consulting company): http://www.terrihansonmead.com/solutions2projects

Contact

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri talks with Dr. Samantha Nazareth about the evolution of our gut microbiomes, the importance of diverse data in gut research, and ways for us to improve and monitor our gut health.

**Who is** **Samantha Nazareth****?**

Dr. Samantha Nazareth, MD, FACG is double board-certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology/hepatology, who practices in New York City. She is also a noted researcher, writer, and speaker on nutrition, wellness, and the microbiome. Dr. Nazareth has research published in The New York Times and continues to be sought out by the media as an authoritative source on a wide range of topics that include eating, wellness and gastrointestinal health. Her work has been featured on CNN, Huffington Post, US News & World Report, Women’s Health, Bustle, POPSUGAR, Shape, and Reader’s Digest, to name a few. She is also a medical advisory board member for Women’s Health magazine

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Sam talks about the various microbiomes and how the gut microbiome is the body’s first interaction with the outside world
- Sam explains how delivery at birth, how you were feed after birth, and the other factors that continue to shift our microbiomes
- Sam talks about age 3 when the gut microbiome reaches its ‘adult’ state
- Terri and Sam talk about the importance of diverse data in the research and tech around the gut microbiome and how we need to move away from self reporting
- Sam shares her tips for women to better and proactively manage our health through adding more plants to your diet, reducing sugar, and checking out your poop
Terri’s Key Takeaway

Younger people are dying from colon cancer and screening starts at age 45 now!

References in the Podcast

Floragraph: http://www.floragraph.me/
- uBiome: https://ubiome.com/
- Viome: https://www.viome.com/
- Jessica Campbell, MS, NTP: https://foodfoundation.guru/
- HITLab: https://www.hitlab.org/
Contact

You can reach Sam through her website www.drsamnazareth.com and on Instagram/Twitter: @drsamnazareth.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Who is Jessica Campbell?

Jessica Campbell, MS, NTP is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner with a master’s degree in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine. She sees patients at the Freyja Clinic in Redwood City and Love Heal Thrive in San Carlos. Jessica runs seasonal detoxes to help you fall in love with your food, your body, and your life. You can find her blog at http://foodfoundation.guru where she shares holistic health tips and healthy recipes for families that love comfort food. Jessica speaks yoga, Ayurveda, paleo, keto, ancestral diets, microbiome, mindfulness, and her superpower is the language of dance.

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Jessica shares her journey into human nutrition and functional medicine
- Terri and Jessica talk about lifestyle changes we can make to improve our health and the importance of reducing the stress in our lives by getting our bodies into parasympathetic response
- Jessica talks about the work she does with her patients to help them improve their health and how she works with them
- Jessica and Terri discuss hormone changes in perimenopause/menopause and how we need to talk about this and do more to help our bodies better deal with the changes
- Jessica talks about how our bodies are bombarded and are having trouble with dealing with the bombardment
- Terri asks about how Jessica’s services are paid…out of pocket or with insurance and they discuss health inequities
- Jessica loves working with postpartum, working moms to design programs that work for them and fits within their lives with their families
- Terri comments on how confused we are about what is healthy and what we should be consuming, and Jessica goes on to talk about how our bodies don’t recognize certain foods any longer

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Making small and incremental lifestyle changes can have major impact on our lives.

 **References in the Podcast**

Planned Parenthood: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/facts-figures
University of Western States: https://www.uws.edu/
Article on listening to Mozart reducing allergic response: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14977243/
- Article on how being outside is good for your health: http://bit.ly/HealthBenefitsArticle

Contact

You can follow Jessica on Twitter @JessicaFoodF, on Facebook @foodfoundationguru and her blog http://foodfoundation.guru.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri asks Adam about turning 18, looking forward to college, and working with his therapist for the last year
Adam shares the four truths he knows about himself and how he’s learned to feel and display his feelings
Terri encourages Adam to seek help when he needs it in college
Terri comments on how, as GenXers, she and her husband have parented by providing love, support, and have been intentionally more permissive
- Adam talks about being an outlier, playing a part in life, and shares his thoughts on hype beasts (Urban Dictionary: a hype beast is a kid that collect clothing, shoes, and accessories for the sole purpose of impressing others)

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Life is going to be pretty dull in the Mead household when Adam goes off to college.

 **Contact**

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Rei shares their experience as a GenZ non-binary kid in a public high school in Silicon Valley and their drive to learn
Rei talks about teenage stress, anxiety, the importance of having positive friends, and being comfortable talking about mental health
Terri asks Rei about their health journey and impact of changes in health habits
Rei explains why they think they are part of the GenZ maker generation and why it’s import to share content they have created
- Rei and Terri talk about what it’s going to be like when Rei’s brother Adam goes off to college

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Terri is much more optimistic about the future if it is full of teenagers like Rei.

 **Contact**

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Ann explains why we are hearing so much about perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause
Ann explains the various phases of a woman’s life beginning with pre-menopause, perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause
Ann and Terri talk about the importance of removing the taboo around menopause and aging and opening the conversations around this time in women’s lives
Ann shares her background and what she is doing in women’s health with Lisa Health
- Terri asks Ann about how women of different cultural, ethnic and socioeconomic experience the menopause transition
- Ann discusses why employers should be paying more attention to the health of midlife women in the workplace and why they should be providing greater and better support
- Ann wishes the menopause transition conversation was out in the open so that women don’t fee like they have to go it alone

Terri’s Key Takeaway

 We need to begin the conversation around menopause for women earlier to better educate and prepare women.

References in the Podcast

Lisa Health: https://lisahealth.com/
Genneve: https://genneve.com/

Who is Ann Garnier?

Ann Garnier, founder and CEO of Lisa Health, is a seasoned healthcare leader, helping to create, launch, and scale innovative tech companies and products that have improved patient outcomes and access to care. At Lisa Health, Ann leads the team to enhance the well-being of midlife women. She is passionate about women’s health and advancing research beyond pregnancy and fertility to reduce the serious and costly health risks that women face as they age and help them celebrate the start of something great. Ann sits on the advisory boards for FemTech Collective and the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association Bay Area chapter and is a CSweetener mentor.

Contact

Ann can be reached via email at ann@lisahealth.com.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Jen talks about her role in patient engagement at Duke Health in the Digital Strategy Office and why patient engagement is important
Jen shares why patient engagement is important not only for Duke Health in healthcare delivery but more importantly for us as patients (and consumers) in managing our health and healthcare
Terri asks Jen about the pathway into health systems for innovation
- Jen talks about the opportunities for patients to augment their healthcare in-between visits with in-home solutions and ways to optimize patient time and visits
- Terri and Jen talk about the importance of data privacy and how the regulations make it difficult to effectively manage the health for loved ones and even our own health

Terri’s Key Takeaway

We have an opportunity to leverage technology to create optimal care for patients in a way that reduces challenges for patients.

 **References in the Podcast**

Duke Health: https://www.dukehealth.org/
MyHealthTeams; https://www.myhealthteams.com/
Katie McMillan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-donohue-mcmillan-mph/
- Watkins Conti Products: http://www.watkinscontiproducts.com/
- BWom: https://www.b-wom.com/en
- Ellvie: https://www.elvie.com/shop/elvie-trainer
- Genneve: https://genneve.com/
Who is Jennifer Maddocks?

Jennifer Maddocks PT, MMCi is a board-certified healthcare professional who transitioned to the technology team at Duke Health in 2015.  She is a member of the Digital Strategy Office at Duke and focuses on patient engagement and the patient experience as it relates to technology. She really enjoys learning from patients and working with health system partners to identify opportunities to continuously improve digital patient interactions and positively impact health outcomes for patients and their loved ones.

Contact

Jen can be reached via email at jennifer.maddocks@duke.edu.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri shares why she is writing the book Piloting Your Life and her goals for the book including normalizing conversations and feelings around midlife and removing taboos.
Terri wants to make sure that other women coming up behind her are not blindsided, like she was, by midlife and would like those approaching 40 to be able to more effectively prepare for midlife.
Terri and Jacqueline debate the drive for happiness and discuss the happiness curve.
Terri and Jacqueline talk about ‘choosing you’ and being who are you and not who you are supposed to be
- Tips for being in transition in midlife
Recognize it’s ok to be where you are at
Be more intentional during this transition
Be kind and gentle with yourself
Find ways to choose you
- Find ways to feed the ‘greedy girl’ inside
- Normalize the conversations around midlife topics

Terri’s Key Takeaway

In midlife it is so important to be who you are and not who you think you are supposed to be

 **References in the Podcast**

Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes: http://theyearofyesbook.com/
Waking Up in Winter by Cheryl Richardson: http://www.cherylrichardson.com/waking-up-in-winter/
There are No Grownups by Pamela Druckerman: https://pameladruckerman.com/there-are-no-grownups/
- It’s Never Too Late to Begin Again by Julia Cameron: https://juliacameronlive.com/books-by-julia/its-never-too-late-to-begin-again/
- Piloting Your Life (the book) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/277389409608299/
- Piloting Your Life Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pilotingyourlife/

Contact

Jacqueline can be reached through her website https://www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com/ and can be followed on Twitter @TipsyCoPilot.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri talks with Genneve CEO Jill Angelo about the highlights of the Women’s Digital Health Roundtable sponsored by ACOG at the HiMSS conference in Orland in February 2019. The attendee list included representatives in innovation, healthcare delivery, and system integrators who were all inspired to come together and take action to improve women’s health.

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Jill shared why she attended the Women’s Digital Health Roundtable sponsored by ACOG at HiMSS in Orlando in February 2019 and what she learned
- HIMSS is a global, cause-based, not-for-profit organization focused on better health through information and technology. HIMSS leads efforts to optimize health engagements and care outcomes using information technology.
- Terri and Jill talked about how do better design clinical trials and use bring data and findings to demonstrate efficacy for various women’s health innovation solutions to advance women’s health
- Jill and Terri talk about the need for new reimbursement codes around women’s health in general, and menopause specifically. This will look very different for women than for men.
- Terri talks about how siloed women’s health is and Jill said this was not a topic of conversation at the round table and thinks this is the next area to focus on. She emphasizes the importance of treating the body as a system.
- Jill talks about the challenges for companies like Elvie which is based in Europe in their move to the US because of lack of reimbursement for the product.
- Jill shared some of the innovation discussed during the roundtable
- Jill shared what was discussed around veteran women and the VA
- Jill talked about the final presentation at the event around data and data privacy to instill some urgency around data security
- Jill talked about how excited everyone was when they left because the conversations are happening to advance women’s health
Terri’s Key Takeaway

Women’s health needs to be a central focus at all future digital health, life sciences, healthcare, and other related conferences.

References in the Podcast

Genneve: https://genneve.com/
- HiMSS: https://www.himss.org/
- ACOG: https://www.acog.org/?IsMobileSet=false
- Katie McMillan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-donohue-mcmillan-mph/
- Kerry Rupp: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerryrupp/
- Access circles: https://accesscircles.com/
- Nadia Ramey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadia-ramey-a019449/
- MobiHealth News article on FDA Pre-Cert program: How many companies stand to benefit from the FDA pre-cert program
- Babyscripts: https://www.getbabyscripts.com/
- Embr Wave: https://embrlabs.com/
- Elvie: https://www.elvie.com/
- As a Woman podcast: http://www.nataliecrawfordmd.com/thepodcast
- Maven Clinic: https://www.mavenclinic.com/
- Wildflower Health: https://www.wildflowerhealth.com/
- Jessie Health: https://www.hellojessie.com/
- Emmanual Fombu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuel-fombu-md-mba-789a93117/
- Digital Twins and the New Gig Economy: https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/digital-twins-and-the-new-gig-economy-cecd3c1333a7
- Shubhra Jain: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drshubhra/
- Unity Stoakes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/unitystoakes/
- Startup Health: https://www.startuphealth.com/
- Jessica DaMassa: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicadamassa/
Contact

Jill can be reached via email jill@genneve.com.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri talks about the onerous journey in trying to get to resolution for her daughter’s daily pain and the navigation through the fragmented health system and signing up for MDVIP to pay for concierge healthcare
Terri shares the stories and statistics around how the healthcare system is failing women through underdiagnosis or lack of diagnosis
Jacqueline and Terri talked about how we women know our own bodies and doctors need to listen to us
Terri emphasizes the need to investor more dollars into women’s health, diagnostics, and treatments
- Terri and Jacqueline talk about how you can advocate for your own health and for the health of your loved ones
- Terri talks about the lack of visibility into all the medical records for herself and for her kids as Terri can’t see the doctor’s notes
- Terri and Jacqueline discuss how you can be an advocate for your own health or the health of your loved ones
- Terri shares recommendations for changes as suggested by Maya Dusenbery in Doing Harm
Terri’s Key Takeaway

Terri has come to believe that the journey with her daughter is a sign from the universe (along with her professional experience) that she needs to take a greater role in advocating for better healthcare for women.

References in the Podcast

Dr. Bev Joyce: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverly-joyce-md-84292475/
- Hemalee Patel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drhemalee/
- PCOS: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pcos/symptoms-causes/syc-20353439
- Doing Harm: https://www.mayadusenbery.com/book
- Tilted Lean In Podcast with Serena Willams: https://leanin.org/podcast-episodes/why-women-get-overlooked-in-healthcare-with-serena-williams
- MDVIP: https://www.mdvip.com/
- Advocating for Your Health: https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead/advocating-for-your-health-5051753fd4d

Contact

Jacqueline can be reached through her website https://www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com/ and can be followed on Twitter @TipsyCoPilot.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri and Jacqueline get spicy in a conversation about exploring all aspects of yourself in midlife including sex, starting over as a beginning without expectations, new and improved technology, and the importance of loving and accepting yourself to maximize your pleasure.

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Terri and Jacqueline talk about how exciting it is in midlife to be able to explore in all aspects of life, including in your sex life, and starting over as a beginner without expectations

They talk tech, toys, data, and orgasms for midlife women in the age of connected devices and improved technology
Terri and Jacqueline discuss how body image and how we feel in our own skin impacts our ability to enjoy sex and pleasure
Terri talks about the importance of education and normalization of discussion around women’s sexual health and body parts

Terri’s Key Takeaway
Midlife sexual exploration for women is good for our bodies, our minds, and our souls. But leave the baggage and expectations behind.

References in the Podcast
Rosy App: https://meetrosy.com/
Kerry Rupp: https://www.kerryrupp.com/
True Wealth Ventures: https://truewealthvc.com/
Jessa Zimmerman’s interview with Susie Rosenstein on Women in the Middle: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-35-midlife-mindfulness-and-sex-with-jessa-zimmerman/
Lioness: https://lioness.io/
Core (meditation device): https://www.hellocore.com/
Genneve: https://genneve.com/
TASL: http://www.lovelifetoys.com/Kegels
Elvie: https://www.elvie.com/
BWom: https://www.b-wom.com/en
Yoni Egg review by Liz Klinger of Lioness: https://blog.lioness.io/i-tried-yoni-eggs-to-see-if-they-made-my-orgasms-magical-dd29c6d9b8cd
Lioness article on women in midlife and sex: https://blog.lioness.io/the-newest-sexual-wellness-products-for-midlife-and-menopause-you-need-to-know-about-b3e8719be038
Dr. Bev Joyce: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverly-joyce-md-84292475/
Sciton Diva Canadian approval announcement: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/diva-by-sciton-receives-approved-indication-for-the-treatment-of-genitourinary-symptoms-of-menopause-gsm-by-health-canada-300795513.html
Lora DiCarlo: https://loradicarlo.com/
Pulse: https://lovemypulse.com/
Watkin-Conti Products: http://www.watkinscontiproducts.com/
Vagina Vulva mansplaining article on Scary Mommy: https://www.scarymommy.com/vulva-versus-vagina-twitter/
O.School: https://www.o.school/
Lioness article on Sensation Play: https://blog.lioness.io/what-is-sensation-play-7f287da78d3f
Addyi: https://addyi.com/
Sex Without Stress: https://sexwithoutstress.com/book/
Dame Products: https://www.dameproducts.com/
Maude: https://getmaude.com/
Zumio: https://myzumio.com/

Contact
Jacqueline can be reached through her website https://www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com/ and can be followed on Twitter @TipsyCoPilot.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.
To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Who is Jessa Zimmerman?

Jessa Zimmerman is a certified sex therapist and couples’ counselor. She specializes in helping couples who have a good relationship but who are avoiding sex because it’s become stressful, negative, disappointing, or pressured. She is the author of Sex Without Stress, the host of the Better Sex Podcast, and is a regularly featured expert in the media, including Refinery29, Business Insider, Mind Body Green, and Marriage.com.

Show Highlights

Jessa talks about our work as humans and the clarity we have in midlife and the risks we should be taking to improve and transform our relationships
- Jessa talks about the need to redefine sex not just as we get older but from the very beginning
- Jessa talks about the myth of soul mates who are expected to complete us, consensual non-monogamy, affairs, and cheating
- Terri asked Jessa to share the resources she recommends for couples looking to improve their relationships and sex in midlife

Terri’s Key Takeaway

 Your relationship and intimate life are like a garden that needs to be tended.

References in the Podcast

Better Sex Podcast: https://bettersexpodcast.com/
Sex Without Stress: https://sexwithoutstress.com/book/
- Susie Rosenstein interviews Jessa on Women in the Middle: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-35-midlife-mindfulness-and-sex-with-jessa-zimmerman/
- The Breaking Point: https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Point-Midlife-Transforming-Hardcover/dp/B010EWAQQ6
- The Real Reason Women Cheat: https://www.thelist.com/32795/real-reasons-women-cheat/

Contact

Jessa can be reached through her website https://sexwithoutstress.com/

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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The Breaking Point: How Female Midlife Crisis Is Transforming Today's Women

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Who is Kerry Rupp?

Kerry Rupp is General Partner at True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage VC fund investing in women-led businesses in consumer health and sustainability. She teaches for the NSF I-Corps program, mentors startups, and consults on innovation and strategy. Kerry was previously CEO at DreamIt, a Top Ten US startup accelerator and VC fund. She founded Holiday Golightly, a group travel service for women. Kerry holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Duke.

Show Highlights

Kerry shares why women’s health is interesting to her from an innovation and a funding perspective, her path into venture capital, and what True Wealth Ventures is all about
Kerry talks about True Wealth Venture’s focus on the broad definition of women’s health and how little research and emphasis has been on women and women’s bodies and brains
Kerry and Terri share the view that awareness, research and innovation in women’s health are critical right now
Kerry shares what she is excited about in women’s health and both Terri and Kerry talk about the difficulty in choosing the ones to invest in
Terri and Kerry talk about the gap between the startup innovation and the healthcare providers and how to bridge the gap
Kerry shares how to connect with her and Sara at True Wealth Ventures if you have a startup within their investment thesis

Terri’s Key Takeaway

We need to be doing more to bring together the healthcare providers and healthcare innovators earlier in the process.

References in the Podcast

DreamIt Ventures: https://www.dreamit.com
True Wealth Ventures: https://truewealthvc.com/
Sara Brand: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saratbrand/
Lisa Health: https://www.lisahealth.com/
Genneve: https://genneve.com/
Mighty Menopause: https://www.mighty-menopause.com/
Pandia: https://www.pandiahealth.com/
Lemonaid Health: https://www.lemonaidhealth.com/
Braincheck: https://braincheck.com/
Katie McMillan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-donohue-mcmillan-mph/
Springboard: https://sb.co/

Contact

Kerry can be reached through LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/kerryrupp or her website www.kerryrupp.com.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Who is Allison Conti?

Allison Conti is an Oklahoma-based entrepreneur who was raised in an entrepreneurial environment where she witnessed the formation and creation of sustainable businesses. The industries ranged from oil & gas exploration and development to retail, cattle ranching and commercial real estate. Allison began her professional career in print media marketing and advertising. She then transitioned to a successful career in the radio and television industry. Allison also owned and managed a small business in the construction trades.

In 2015, as a mother of three, she conceived a solution for involuntary urine leakage, an issue that affects over 498 million women, worldwide. The passion and drive for this venture is based on personal experience. She designed, patented, engineered and manufactured this non-invasive, comfortable and easy to use solution that is entering the FDA approval process.

Allison is dedicated to the innovation and development of affordable, effective solutions for common life-altering difficulties faced in today’s environment. Recently named Top 20 under 40 in Business Times Magazine!

Show Highlights

• Allison talks about what stress incontinence is, who it impacts, and why don’t women don’t want to talk about it, and why she is passionate about creating a better solution for women.

• Allison shares the other options available to women and why she developed YoniFit as another alternative for women.

• Allison talks why women would be willing to participate in the clinical trial at NYU.

• Allison created LeakyLady.com to make the topic easier for investors to discuss and for women to share their stories to remove the stigma around stress incontinence.

• Allison talks about the team bringing this product to market and surrounding herself with an experienced team.

• Terri asks about Allison’s fundraising experience and the reactions from investors.

• Allison talks about protecting her technology through patents and trademarks and expanding into global markets.

• Allison shares her personal story around her condition, how many women are affected by this condition, and how it has changed her life and how she wants to change the lives of other women as well.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

So much of how we have approached women’s health has been about what is wrong with our bodies and with shame and we need to start talking about the conditions affecting so many women to remove the stigmas, shame, and get to better solutions.

References in the Podcast• Leaky Lady: http://www.leakylady.com/
ContactAllison can be reached via email at Allison@watkinscontiproducts.com. You can follow on Instagram @YoniFit. Read stories from other women and share your own at www.leakylady.com and sign up for email updates.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Who is Katie McMillan?

For 10 years, Katie D. McMillan, MPH has dedicated her career to imagining and building technology to improve healthcare for patients and providers. Her experience spans multi-national global health organizations, lean software start-up companies, and large academic medical centers. Katie’s latest venture is the creation of the Mobile App Gateway at Duke University Health System. Launched in the summer of 2017, the MAG serves as the hub for digital health at Duke and provides product consulting services to clinicians and researchers, monthly events and workshops, and content exploring the many facets of the health tech industry. Katie has been involved in the ideation and creation of over 75 apps. In her free time, Katie microblogs at her Well Made Health account on Instagram (@wellmadehealth exploring creativity, digital design, and Fem Tech.

Show Highlights

Katie shares how she developed an interest in women’s health and FemTech
Katie talks about how she’s seen women’s health and technology change over the last 10 years
Katie shares why we are seeing an explosion in technology for women’s health and why she started micro-blogging under Well Made Health with #FemTechFriday
Terri asked Katie about evidence-based solutions for women’s health and talks about matching up FemTech companies with researchers to generate clinical device and inform the science around the solutions
Terri raises the issue of the price point and focus on middle class white woman for these solutions and the importance of making available to a broader group of women
Katie is highlighting Lemonaid Health this week on @WellMadeHealth for #FemTechFriday

Terri’s Key Takeaway

We women hold different roles in our lives and have different seasons in our lives which is very different from men and therefore our healthcare needs are very different as well.

References in the Podcast

Atlantic article: The Doctor Doesn’t Listen to Her but the Media is Starting To: http://bit.ly/DoctorDoesntListen
PitchBook article: Why Women Investing in Women Matters: http://bit.ly/WomenInvestingInWomen
Duke Health: https://www.dukehealth.org/
Marketwatch article: http://bit.ly/WomensHealthTherapeuticMarket
Genneve: https://genneve.com/
Willow Pump: https://shop.willowpump.com/
Hello Jessie: https://www.hellojessie.com/
Qurasense: https://qurasense.com/#/site/home
Pumpspotting: https://www.pumpspotting.com/
Mahmee: https://www.mahmee.com/
Maven Clinic Blog: Back to Work: The Billion Dollar Opportunity for Companies: http://bit.ly/MavenClinicBillionDollarOpportunity
Tara Health Foundation: https://tarahealthfoundation.org/
Lemonaid Health: https://www.lemonaidhealth.com/
Icon Undies: https://www.iconundies.com/
Thinx: https://www.shethinx.com/

Contact

Katie can be reached via email at wellmadehealth@gmail.com , on Twitter @KatieDMcMillan @Wellmadehealth and DukeMobileApps and on Instagram @Wellmadehealth.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Show Highlights

Terri talks about what the JP Morgan Life Sciences conference is all about, what she learned, who she met, and some of the trends and innovations in women’s health.
Terri talks about the importance of normalization language and conversations around women’s health and wellness, including sexual health and wellness.
Terri and Jacqueline talk about changing the norms around aging, especially around body image, and taking charge of our health in our midlife in setting ourselves best for life after 65.
- Terri is excited about how digital health is being embraced within biotech and pharma in various areas including medication adherence, better patient targeting, better clinical trial design, and better leveraging of data to optimizing drug development and delivery.
- They talk about data and data ownership being a big topic in 2019 and the ramifications of deals like 23andMe and GSK.
- Terri and Jacqueline discuss the $8.1B invested in digital health in 2018, and what is included in digital health including the blurring of lines between health and wellness.
Terri’s Key Takeaway

We need to normalize the language and conversations around women’s health, wellness, and body parts.

References in the Podcast

TechCrunch article on CES / female sex-tech: https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/08/ces-revokes-award-from-female-founded-sex-tech-company/?sr_share=facebook&utm_source=tcfbpage
- More Men Named Michael Present at JP Morgan (2018): https://www.statnews.com/2018/01/07/jpm-gender-diversity/
- JP Morgan Life Sciences conference: https://www.jpmorgan.com/global/healthcareconference
- Panty Prop: https://www.pantyprop.com/
- RESI: http://www.resiconference.com/
- Startup Health: https://startuphealthfestival2019.splashthat.com/
- Healthcare Innovation Popup: https://medium.com/humble-ventures/teaming-up-with-mount-sinai-co-lab-for-open-innovation-in-healthcare-pop-up-ec3852b4bcb5
- Humble Ventures: https://humble.vc/
- Ogilvy: https://www.ogilvy.com/
- Biotech Showcase: https://ebdgroup.knect365.com/biotech-showcase/
- Springboard: https://sb.co/
- True Wealth Ventures: https://truewealthvc.com/
- Lisa Health: https://www.lisahealth.com/
- Genneve: https://genneve.com/
- Mighty Menopause: https://www.mighty-menopause.com/
- Madorra: http://www.madorra.com/
- Pulse: https://lovemypulse.com/
- B8ta: https://b8ta.com/
- Astarte Medical: http://www.astartemedical.com/
- Watkins-Conti Products: http://www.watkinscontiproducts.com/
- Prima-Temp: http://www.prima-temp.com/
- Ceek Women’s Health: https://ceekwomenshealth.com/
- JLabs: https://jlabs.jnjinnovation.com/
- Saama: https://www.saama.com/
- Rock Health article on digital health: https://rockhealth.com/reports/2018-year-end-funding-report-is-digital-health-in-a-bubble/
- Sandstone Diagnostics: https://trakfertility.com/
- MyHealthTeams: https://www.myhealthteams.com/

Contact

You can follow Jacqueline Steenhuis on Twitter @TipsyCopilot or through her website https://www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com/.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com.

Check out Terri’s new Medium publication: https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri talks about changing up the podcast for the first part of 2019 to focus on women’s health (FemTech). Terri shares why she has hope and optimism for women in 2019.
Terri and Jacqueline expand on the opportunities in women’s health and the importance of focusing on health and body and environment holistically.
Terri shares some of her research for her book Piloting Your Life on the need to normalize ‘mid-life’ and see it as a beautiful time of exploration and growth and opportunity and not a ‘crisis.’
- Terri and Jacqueline talk about what they are excited about in 2019.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Give yourself permission to choose to add more joy into your life.

 **References in the Podcast**

Sarah Knight: http://sarahknightbooks.com/
Terri’s write up on The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck: https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead/the-life-changing-magic-of-not-giving-a-f-ck-top-10-takeaways-94f7db241838
Terri Hanson Mead Publication: https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead
- Dan Kendall: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dankendall/
- Digital Health Today: https://digitalhealthtoday.com/podcasts/
- Beverly Ryle: https://www.beverlyryle.com/
- The Faces of Digital Health podcast: https://medium.com/faces-of-digital-health
- Frog / Yona: https://www.frogdesign.com/work/yona
- Maven Health: https://www.mavenclinic.com/
- Girl Boss Radio interview with Kate Ryder of Maven Health: https://podtail.com/podcast/girlboss-radio/kate-ryder-founder-and-ceo-of-maven/
- CBInsights: https://www.cbinsights.com/research/briefing/wellness-trends-to-watch-in-2019/
- Carrot Fertility: https://www.get-carrot.com/
- Lisa Health: https://www.lisahealth.com/
- Genneve: https://genneve.com/
- Addyi (women’s Viagra): https://addyi.com/
- Year of Yes (Shonda Rhimes): http://theyearofyesbook.com/
- Sallie Krawcheck: http://salliekrawcheck.com/
Contact

You can follow Jacqueline Steenhuis on Twitter @TipsyCopilot or through her website https://www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com/.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com.

Check out Terri’s new Medium publication: https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Show Highlights

Terri and Jacqueline talk about value and creating win-win situations. It’s important for every woman to know her value.
Terri talks about how she is planning to operate as an angel investor in 2019.
Terri shares why she is doing the podcast and what to expect through the rest of the 2018/2019 year and what she is planning to ask the investors she is interviewing.
- Jacqueline asks if shows like Shark Tank and The Pitch create unrealistic expectations for people who start businesses or have an idea.
- Terri wonders what 2019 will look like with the state of the economy and startup investing and investors getting antsy for exits for the companies that have had unrealistically high valuations.
- Terri argues for additional funding for women’s health instead of funding electric scooters.
- Terri and Jacqueline brainstorm questions for Piloting Your Life interviewees for 2019 and ask listeners to share some of their questions.
Terri’s Key Takeaway

2018 was a strange roller coaster of a year and expects 2019 to be another wild ride.

References in the Podcast

* Xandra Laskowski: http://www.terrihansonmead.com/podcast/pyl082

Alicia Castillo Holley: http://www.terrihansonmead.com/podcast/pyl071
Jenny Kassan: http://www.terrihansonmead.com/podcast/pyl081
Gabrielle Katsnelson: http://www.terrihansonmead.com/podcast/pyl075
Nancy Hayes: http://www.terrihansonmead.com/podcast/pyl072
- Cyan Banister: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cyanb/
- Knot: https://www.knotcity.com/en/
- Allianz Accelerator: https://www.allianz.fr/accelerateur/en/

Contact

You can follow Jacqueline Steenhuis on Twitter @TipsyCopilot or through her website https://www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com/.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com.

Check out Terri’s new Medium publication: https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Who is Xandra Laskowski?

Xandra Laskowski is a startup consultant with over 25 years of entrepreneurial experience with large multinational tech companies as well as startups as founder, investor, advisor and board member. She has held positions as Worldwide Commodity Manager and National Major Accounts Managerial roles before moving into the angel investment and startup worlds. She founded OSEA Angel Investors in 2017, a women focused angel investment group based at the UC Irvine Cove, UCI Applied Innovation. OSEA Angel Investors is a partner angel group with Tech Coast Angels and Angel Syndication Network.

Show Highlights

Xandra shares her journey into investing beginning in 2012 including some of her favorite investments and how they are faring.
Xandra talks about her investment philosophy which has evolved since she started investing. She makes sure they are in revenue and that she is strategically aligned to be able to provide support before she writes her first, small check.
Xandra’s leverages her professional experience and network in addition to her experience managing her family’s asset as an angel investor.
She created Osea Angels to help other women in her community learn about investing in startups and get access to deals to make those investments. She is bringing education, inspiration, and connections to her members for startup opportunities.
Xandra saw a need to support small businesses in Orange County that need access to resources to build and grow their businesses and she partnered up with someone to provide these services.
Xandra most felt like the pilot in her own life when she took over her family’s finances to better manage her family’s wealth.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

It’s time for women who are building the female founder / female investor ecosystem begin to benefit financially.

References in the Podcast

Hera Venture Summit: https://www.heraventuresummit.com/
Osea Angels: https://www.oseaangelinvestors.com/Page/Home
Liquid Biosciences: http://www.liquidbiosciences.com/
Tech Coast Angels: https://www.techcoastangels.com/
UC Irvine Cove: http://innovation.uci.edu/the-cove/
First Republic Bank: https://www.firstrepublic.com/
Changing Tides: https://thinkresultsmarketing.com/books/changing-tides/
AngelList: https://angel.co/
Jane VC: https://www.janevc.com/

Contact

Xandra can be reached by email at xandra@oseaangelinvestors.com.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri talks to Jenny Kassan about alternative funding mechanisms for female founders and small business owners and how she works with them to provide tailored fundraising strategies.

**Who** **is** **Jenny** **Kassan****?**

Jenny Kassan has over two decades of experience as an attorney and advisor for mission-driven enterprises and is a certified coach. She has helped her clients raise millions of dollars from values-aligned investors. She is the author of Raise Capital on Your Own Terms: How to Fund Your Business without Selling Your Soul (Berrett-Koehler, October 2017).

She served on the SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies and submitted the petition to the SEC that led to the passage of the 2012 JOBS Act.

Before becoming a securities lawyer, Jenny worked for eleven years at a nonprofit community development corporation in Oakland, where she served as staff attorney and managed community economic development projects including the formation and management of several social ventures designed to employ and create business ownership opportunities for low-income community residents.

Jenny is a fellow at Democracy Collaborative and the co-founder of the Force for Good Fund, is the President of Community Ventures, and co-founded the Sustainable Economies Law Center. She was a director of Berrett-Koehler Publishers and is a member of the Content Advisory Panel of Conscious Company Magazine and serves on the advisory boards of Lioness Magazine and Investibule.

Jenny earned her J.D. from Yale Law School and a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of California at Berkeley.

Show Highlights

Jenny talks about her journey into working with startups and businesses on tailored fundraising strategies and the importance of Title III of the JOBS Act.
- Jenny talks about how her frustration with fundraising options and meeting Michelle Thimesch led to the recent launch of CrowdFund Main Street to take advantage of Title III of the JOBS Act.
- Terri and Jenny talk about how crowdfunding can fit into a startup’s fundraising strategy and how the definition of success for a startup is not based on funding rounds.
- Jenny is now focusing on the investor side and educating a lot of Americans on investing opportunities through her new organization called Angels of Main Street.
- Terri talks about how important it is for some us to see the direct impact of their investments and/or time.
- Jenny talks about how she works with her clients to structure their financing strategies in alignment with their goals, values, and short/long term strategies. She also talks about the various options available to founders.
- Jenny felt most like the pilot in her own life when she went out on her own with her own firm. She now has the business of dreams.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Taking the first step is important to opening up new opportunity paths.

**References in the Podcast**

 * CrowdFund Main Street: https://crowdfundmainstreet.com/

JOBS Act, Title III: https://www.sec.gov/spotlight/jobs-act.shtml
Gabrielle Katsnelson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielle-katsnelson-6a73958/
SMBX: https://www.thesmbx.com/
- National Venture Capital Association:
- Changing Tides: https://thinkresultsmarketing.com/books/changing-tides/

Contact

Jenny can be reached through her website http://www.jennykassan.com/

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Who is Tawana Murphy Burnett?

Tawana Murphy Burnett, former consultant turned startup employee and entrepreneur, is now a global marketing leader at Facebook helping the top 30 Global Advertisers like Estée Lauder and Johnson & Johnson become the best mobile marketers. Prior to Facebook, Tawana led brand and product teams at Intuit, LeapFrog, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson, leading P&L, Brand Growth, integrated marketing strategies and new product innovation for brands like Listerine, Advil, and ChapStick.

Since 2017 Tawana has become an active investor in women and women of color owned businesses primarily through Portfolia and as a Member and Due Diligence Lead with Pipeline Angels. She has served on numerous Diversity and Inclusion councils, most recently joining Digital Undivided as an Advisory Board Member for StartUp Newark.

**Show Highlights**

Tawana talks about being inspired to get involved in angel investing because of what Terri shared with her about her desire to get more capital into the hands of female founders when they met in the Lufthansa lounge in Frankfurt.
Tawana joined Pipeline Angels and shares her experience learning about angel investing, leading a deal, and getting more involved to invest in more women of color.
- Tawana has made 9 investments since she started less than two years ago. She talks about being excited about the community building piece, hosting more events, and getting involved with Digital Undivided in Atlanta and Startup Newark.
- Terri talks about leveraging AngelList as a ‘poor woman’s VC’ to be able to bring deals together and give women who are leading these deals some sort of compensation for the work associated with this. She also talks about the importance of building the ecosystem but also finding ways for women to get compensated for all the work we are doing for free.
- If Tawana could wave a magic wand, she would improve the public education system in the US and make sure it is financially supported.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

 Be open to conversations with people; be open to new ideas; be open to education.

References in the Podcast

4YFN: https://www.4yfn.com/
Mobile World Congress: https://www.mwcbarcelona.com/
- Joanne Wilson (Gotham Gal): https://gothamgal.com/
- Portfolia: https://www.portfolia.co/
- Pipeline Angels: http://pipelineangels.com/
- Kishau Rogers: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kishau/
- Mented: https://www.mentedcosmetics.com/pages/ourstory
- Sephora Stands Accelerator: https://www.sephorastands.com/accelerate/
- Nancy Hayes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyhayes2/
- Fempire: https://www.fempiregroup.com/
- Digital Undivided: https://www.digitalundivided.com/
- Project Diane: https://www.inc.com/kathryn-finney/innovating-inclusion-digitalundevided-and-project-diane.html
- AngelList: https://angel.co/
- Lynn-Ann Gries: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynn-ann-gries-44440/

Contact

Tawana can be reached through LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tawanaburnett/

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Who is Maren Bannon?

Maren is Co-Founder and Partner at Jane VC, a venture fund to invest in female-led technology startups. Maren is an entrepreneur at heart who has been building tech businesses for the past 15 years. Previously, she was CEO and Cofounder of LittleLane. Her operating experience also includes leadership roles at health tech startups as well as leading consumer marketing for a $1B product at Genentech. She is the mother to three young daughters and feels energized each day by her vision of creating a different world for them. She has an MBA from Stanford and an Engineering degree from Dartmouth.

**Show Highlights**

Maren talks about joining forces with one of her fellow Stanford grads, Jennifer Neundorfer, to create a new fund, Jane VC, to not only get more capital into the hands of female founders, but to activate more female investors.
Maren shares the journey from reconnecting with her partner Jenn in January 2018 and leveraging AngelList to quickly create and raise the fund by bringing on supportive people in their network.
Terri asked Maren about Jane VCs plan to get access to deal flow, being open to anyone, and their plan to provide transparency to the VC process to work towards leveling the playing field.
Maren shares their plans for Jane VC in providing transparency, investing in women, and actively looking for investing opportunities outside of the Silicon Valley.
With Jane VC, they are focused on investing in pre-seed and seed stage rounds, but they will also invest in Series A. With Maren based in London, they will have the opportunity to focus on startups not only in the US, but also in Europe including London, Berlin, Paris, and the Nordics.
- If Maren could wave a magic wand, she would shift the power dynamic to make it more equitable for women.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

To shift the power dynamic and improve the world, we need to activate more female investors and invest in more female founders.

 **References in the Podcast**

Jane VC: https://www.janevc.com/
Jenn Neundorfer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jkneundorfer/
Lynn-Ann Gries: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynn-ann-gries-44440/
- Komae: https://www.mykomae.com/
- Women’s Startup Lab: https://womenstartuplab.com/
- Joanne Wilson (GothamGal): https://gothamgal.com/
- Sallie Krawcheck: https://www.ellevatenetwork.com/team/sallie-krawcheck
- AngelList: https://angel.co/
- Guy Fawkes Day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism: http://www.beacon.org/White-Fragility-P1346.aspx
- Becoming by Michelle Obama: https://becomingmichelleobama.com/
- Red Table Talk with Jada Pinkett Smitth: https://www.facebook.com/redtabletalk/videos/343064719835818/
Contact

Maren can be reached by email at hello@janevc.com.

Founders interested in pitching to Jane VC can do so here: https://www.janevc.com/contact-us

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

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Who is Mary Ray?

Mary Ray, cofounder and COO of MyHealthTeams, has a deep understanding of consumer behavior and social networking, which drives unmatched engagement among MyHealthTeams’ more than 1.6 million members across 29 communities serving people living with chronic conditions. Her innovative vision for people-first digital health solutions and laser focus on user experience, authentic connections and scalable platforms has helped the company quickly address 90% of the chronic condition population since its launch in 2012.

Drawing from her personal experience with friends and family members living with chronic conditions, she is passionate about building communities that empower individuals, families and caregivers to share experiences, resources and lifehacks that help them actively manage health and wellness while living with a chronic condition. Previously, Mary has held executive positions with established leaders such as IAC and Sony as well as with innovative startups across the mobile, digital media and consumer technology landscape.

Mary is a graduate of the College of William & Mary School of Business and George Mason University. A serial entrepreneur, Mary is an advocate for women in technology and has served as a SXSW mentor for up-and-coming female leaders. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband and son.

Show Highlights

Mary takes us through her background and her entrepreneurial journey into being the co-founder/COO of MyHealthTeams. This journey started in 2nd grade selling Pac Man trading cards.
- Mary talks about meeting her co-founder Eric Peacock and how they decided to start MyHealthTeams as a spin-out from Insider Pages.
- MyHealthTeams is no longer a startup and is now in the growth stage. Mary talks about where they are today and the plans to go deeper in their segments and provide greater benefits to their members.
- Terri asks about their strategy for creating new social networks and why they don’t roll out for lots of conditions at the same time. Mary answers and shares some of their biggest surprises in the MyHealthTeams social network rollout and usage.
- Mary’s favorite founder resources include connecting with others through LinkedIn groups, female founder groups, and Harvard Business Review.
- If Mary could wave a magic want, she would change it so that people sincerely understand each other and act accordingly.
Terri’s Key Takeaway

Listen to your customers to learn about ways to improve your product in unexpected ways.

References in the Podcast

* MyHealthTeams: https://www.myhealthteams.com/

Insider Pages: http://www.insiderpages.com/
Ning: https://www.ning.com/
Hidden Brain: https://www.npr.org/series/423302056/hidden-brain
Hidden Brain: Nature, Nurture and Your Politics: https://www.npr.org/2018/10/03/654127241/nature-nurture-and-your-politics
- How We Judge the Mistakes of Male vs Female Leaders: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-leadership/how-we-judge-the-mistakes-of-male-vs-female-leaders/2012/09/24/71e3ada0-066d-11e2-afff-d6c7f20a83bf_story.html?utm_term=.fae92b904ff3

Contact

Mary can be reached by via email mary@myhealthteams.com, Twitter @marycray and LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryray/

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Who is Lynn-Ann Gries?

Lynn-Ann Gries has spent her career in the financial arena. From investment banking to venture capital she has experience working with a wide range of companies, from start-ups to those in the Fortune 1000.

She began her career in the mid-80s working for two investment banking firms in New York, Smith Barney and Morgan Stanley. When marriage brought her to the Midwest she began working for the regional firm McDonald and Company, now part of KeyBank. At McDonald she was primarily responsible for helping companies access capital through the public equity markets, but also assisted

companies in the processes of raising growth capital or transitioning ownership through sales or mergers.

In 2001 she began working in venture capital, managing a small venture development fund with a mission to invest in tech-based start-ups. Over the course of 12 years she and her team invested $30M in 80 companies, all located in Northeast Ohio, including CoverMyMeds (sold to McKesson for $1.1 billion), CardioInsight (sold to Medtronic for $90 million), Wireless Environment (recently sold to Ring for an undisclosed amount) and OnShift, one of the Northeast Ohio region’s premier software companies.

As of July 2018, she is the newly hired Managing Partner of the First Check Fund, the newest in a family of 15+ funds managed by Alumni Ventures Group. She also runs her own consulting firm providing a variety of business services including management of a women’s angel network, financial analysis, market research, and advisory services to entrepreneurs seeking capital. She currently serves on the boards of the Smith College Club of Cleveland, Summer on the Cuyahoga

and In Counsel with Women.

Lynn-Ann received her MBA from New York University (Stern School of Business) and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Smith College where she majored in Economics. She is mom to two grown children and resides in Shaker Heights with her husband, a sixth generation Clevelander, high school lacrosse coach and devoted Cleveland sports fan who has successfully managed to turn a Jersey into a Cleveland Indians superfan.

Show Highlights

* Lynn-Ann shared her background starting in New Jersey and ultimately in Cleveland, OH including her time investment banking and early stage investing in the Midwest. Lynn-Ann goes into detail on economic redevelopment in Ohio and her work with Jumpstart and the Ohio Third Frontier Program.

Lynn-Ann talks about how she used to think that women didn’t need any preferential treatment to get funding until she saw the data. This prompted her to share a female founder deal with her successful female friends that led to syndicating her first deal. Her goal was to get the women she knew in her community with big jobs, at big corporations, where there is no intersection with an entrepreneur, to bring them together with the female led startups looking for capital.
Terri and Lynn-Ann talk about the importance of getting more women to invest and the difference in risk tolerance between men and women and how this affects investing by women.
Terri and Lynn-Ann discuss doing the work for free to support the female founder and female investor ecosystem and investigating options to monetize the time spent building it.
Lynn-Ann talks about the women starting very small funds to build track record to be able to raise bigger funds at a later date.
- If Lynn-Ann could wave a magic wand, she would make universal healthcare coverage a reality.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

We need to continue to build the connections between investors interested in female-led startups to make it easier for them to get access to capital.

 **References in the Podcast**

Komae: https://www.mykomae.com/
Jumpstart: https://www.jumpstartinc.org/#1
Ohio Third Frontier Program: https://development.ohio.gov/bs_thirdfrontier/
Sallie Krawcheck: https://www.ellevatenetwork.com/team/sallie-krawcheck
- Feminist Fight Club: https://www.feministfightclub.com/
- Jane VC: https://www.janevc.com/
- AngelList: https://angel.co/
- SendaRide: https://sendaride.com/
- FemPire: https://www.fempiregroup.com/
- OseaAngels: https://oseaangelinvestors.com/Page/Home
- First Check Fund: https://www.avgfunds.com/first-check/
- Alumni Ventures Group (AVG): https://www.avgfunds.com/
Contact

Lynn-Ann can be reached through LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynn-ann-gries-44440/

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Who is Cécile Villette?

Cécile Villette is the CEO of Altaroad. A telecommunication engineer by degree, she spent 10 years as a Digital Strategy consultant deploying connected devices and new services globally for large Telco and Energy companies, before joining up forces with Bérengère Lebental in 2015 during her MBA in HEC to launch the connected road project that would become Altaroad. 

Show Highlights

* Cécile talks briefly about her background, the evolution of IoT, why telecom and IoT were/are interesting to her, and why she chose industrial IoT for her startup AltaRoad to reduce carbon dioxide emissions

Cécile shares how she found her co-founders and the characteristics and aspirations she was looking for
Terri talks about the false narrative around women not being able to have children and be founders in a startup
Cécile goes into greater detail on what Altaroad does, how their technology works and where they are as a company
Terri asks Cécile what she has been most surprised about as a founder of a startup and how her co-founding team splits and shares responsibilities of the company
- They discuss the impact of autonomous vehicles on how cities and roads are designed and how Altaroad will be a part of it
- Cécile shares her experience in fundraising thus far in raising from extended friends and family
- Cécile’s favorite founder resource is her network. She emphasized the importance of asking for help when you need it.
- If Cécile could wave a magic wand, she would fix global warming. This keeps her up at night.
Terri’s Key Takeaway

If you don’t ask, the answer will always be no.

References in the Podcast

Altaroad: https://www.altaroad.com/
- Imène Maharzi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/im%C3%A8ne-maharzi-439294/
- Bérengère Lebental: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bereng%C3%A8re-lebental-7219b97/
- Eiffage: https://www.eiffage.com/en/home
- SendaRide: https://sendaride.com/
- Invest in Bavaria: http://bavaria.org/
- 4YFN: https://www.4yfn.com/
- Deep Tech (per TechWorks): We define Deep Tech as technology that is based on tangible engineering innovation or scientific advances and discoveries. Deep Tech is often set apart by its profound enabling power, the differentiation it can create, and its potential to catalyze change.

Contact

Cécile can be reached through LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/cécile-villette/

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Who is Gabrielle Katsnelson?

Gabrielle Katsnelson is co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of SMBX. She has a decade of financial accounting, strategy, and operations experience; including: managing the loan portfolio of the Artists Community Federal Credit Union; the restricted royalty funds of TuneCore, a digital distributor of music; and architecting financial infrastructure for countless startups and SMBs.  

Dedicated to creating a surplus ecosystem, Gabrielle believes that giving SMBs access to capital while creating an engaging and empowering investing experience for people is the means.

Show Highlights

Terri and Gaby talk about how they met at a Draper University blockchain pitch day and gravitated towards each other over common interests
Gaby shared her journey from accounting into biotech in New York and ultimately into FinTech in San Francisco in early 2017
Gaby met her co-founder of SMBX at one of the crypto, blockchain and ICO meetups she went to; he was always asking the interesting questions.
- Their company, SMBX is built on a private Etherium network and takes advantage of Title III of the JOBS Act to help small businesses issue bonds so that investors can invest in businesses they are interested in providing a secondary market for investors.
- Gaby and Terri talk about where blockchain is from a maturity perspective and the future of blockchain.
- Gaby explains equity crowdfunding and the differences between Title II, Title III and Title IV. Terri and Gaby talk about using crowdfunding to democratize funding and how we are still in early days.
- If Gaby could wave a magic wand to change something in this world, she would change mindset and personal responsibility for your own mindset.
Terri’s Key Takeaway

It is important to maintain a sense of fun. It doesn’t have to be so serious all of the time.

References in the Podcast

SMBX: https://www.thesmbx.com/
- Jane VC: https://www.janevc.com/
- OwnYourCash: http://site-1317096-1533-8422.strikingly.com/
- Skydeck: https://skydeck.berkeley.edu/
- Wilson Sonsini (WSGR): https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Default.aspx
- Draper University: https://www.draperuniversity.com/
- Fred Wilson’s blog post on blockchain infrastructure: https://avc.com/2018/10/the-appsinfrastructureappsinfrastructure-cycle/
- JOBS Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumpstart_Our_Business_Startups_Act
- JOBS Act Title III: http://www.finra.org/investors/alerts/crowdfunding-and-jobs-act-what-investors-should-know
- Terri’s Medium post on blockchain, crypto and ICO resources: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead/cryptocurrency-and-ico-resources-55766cae29e
- Crowdfund Main Street: https://crowdfundmainstreet.com/
- Republic: https://republic.co/
- WeFundr: https://wefunder.com/discuss
- SeedInvest: https://www.seedinvest.com/
- Investibule: https://investibule.co/
- FinTech Collective: http://www.fintech.io/
Contact

Gabrielle can be reached via email gabrielle@thesmbx.com; Twitter: @gabykatsnelson and through LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielle-katsnelson-6a73958/.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

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Who is Joanne Wilson? Joanne Wilson is a New York City based investor and has had many careers. She started out in retail, eventually moving to the wholesale arena. She then transitioned to the media side of the technology world, before once again reinventing herself as an investor. She is currently an active angel investor with a portfolio of over 90 companies such as Food52, Sweeten, Vengo, Nestio, Shippabo, Flip, Clutter, and Union Station. She has been involved in numerous real estate transactions from beginning to end and continues to make investments in that world. Joanne is an investor in a few restaurants in the New York area.

In addition to these endeavors, Joanne has been involved in various education projects and has served as chairperson at Hot Bread Kitchen, a non-profit committed to increasing access to the culinary industry for woman and minority entrepreneurs. She currently sits on the board of The Highline and is the co-chair of Path Forward.

Joanne has maintained her blog, www.gothamgal.com for 15 years and has recently taken her talents to the airwaves on her podcast, "Positively Gotham Gal". She loves to bake, cook, throw a good party, travel, read, collect art, do the crossword and stay on top of what's happening around the globe and in NYC.

Joanne believes her most successful venture is being married to her best friend, Fred, and raising their three kids Jessica, Emily and Josh  

Show Highlights

Joanne shares her journey into angel investing and how she is able to see things coming down the pike
Joanne talks about what she invests in and how her investing has changed over the last 12 years
Joanne comments on some of her investments that are undercapitalized and the frustration she has around getting other investors excited about the startups and the founders.
She looks for tenacious, smart, scrappy people as founders who can articulate their vision from now until what it can be.
In, 70% of the companies she’s invested in, Joanne was the first money into the companies. Joanne talks about how she works with her founders to get access to capital and resources and help them build their businesses.
Joanne and Terri talk about various different funding mechanisms and getting access to capital.
If Joanne could wave a magic wand, she would change the animosity in society that people have towards each other. She would make sure everyone has healthcare, a roof over their heads, food on the table, and access to education. With these fundamental needs met, she believes that they may have better caring for their fellow man.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

It’s difficult to be a generalist as an angel investor; it’s better to choose a vertical that is most interesting to you and become familiar with the space.

References in the Podcast

Joanne’s website: https://gothamgal.com/
Fred Wilson’s interview on A16Z on Tech Trends and Disruption: https://a16z.com/2018/09/23/tech-trends-disruption-innovation-internet-crypto/
Fred Wilson: http://www.usv.com/about/fred-wilson
Union Square Ventures: https://www.usv.com/
Serendipity: https://www.guildserendipity.com/
Jason Calacanis: http://calacanis.com/
Laura Fleet: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-brookins-fleet-49aa9a54/
SendaRide: https://sendaride.com/

Contact

Joanne can be reached through her website https://gothamgal.com/.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri talks to Laura Fleet about how a personal experience gave her the idea and inspiration to start SendaRide and that she is both loving the roller coaster ride of entrepreneurship and challenged every day.

**Who** **is** **Laura Fleet****?**

Laura Fleet is a leading expert in health care and regulatory law, having represented health insurers, providers and hospital systems for more than twenty years. Her professional career as legal counsel, lobbyist and Executive Director for numerous non-profit Associations in the health care sector has given her a unique perspective into our health care delivery system. Having successfully identified an opportunity to bridge one of the many gaps, she launched and Co-Founded SendaRide.

During her career she has continually been at the frontline of our ever-evolving healthcare delivery system, shaping and interpreting the laws that providers, insurers and hospitals operate within. She is identified as an industry expert and thrives on solving the many problems the healthcare industry faces – whether regulatory, legal, legislative or implementation. 

Show Highlights

Laura talks about her company, SendaRide, and why she started the company.
Laura continues to talk about being a smaller player in a bigger market, her go to market strategy and differentiating factors.
Laura has become very comfortable with the word ‘pivot’ and being uncomfortable. SendaRide started as a B2C LLC and is now a B2B Delaware Corp.
Laura has become comfortable with being the face and brand of SendaRide.
Laura’s favorite founder resource is her network of female founders who have gone before her, and investor resources who are willing to make introductions and be available to answer questions and bounce around ideas.
Laura was accepted into Springboard and shared what she is looking to get out of the time with her advisory group.
Laura has been surprised by how much she is enjoying being a founder of a startup and the variety of skillsets she has developed over her time as CEO.
If Laura had a magic wand, she would make chocolate and champagne have no calories and carbs. She would also have people stop in their tracks and not make judgments and not look at stereotypes when they make decisions.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Don’t become a founder because it’s cool; you have to be 100% committed.

 **References in the Podcast**

SendaRide: https://sendaride.com/
Women’s Startup Lab: https://womenstartuplab.com/
Springboard: https://sb.co/

Contact

Laura can be reached through LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-brookins-fleet-49aa9a54/ and via email at Laura.Fleet@SendaRide.com.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Who is Nancy Hayes? Nancy Hayes is an active angel investor focused on women-led companies. She has invested in 22 companies and serves as advisor to entrepreneurs and as a management consultant and coach to executives in for-profit and nonprofit corporations. Nancy left the IBM Corporation, where she was a senior executive, to become CEO of the STARBRIGHT Foundation, an innovative nonprofit organization that used technology and media to help seriously ill children and subsequently was President and CEO of WISE Senior Services, a social services agency which served frail elderly and disabled adults. Nancy was named Dean of the College of Business at San Francisco State University in 2005 and after six years in that role, was CFO and Chief Administrative Officer of the university for 2 years. In 2013, Nancy cofounded MoolaHoop, a rewards-based crowdfunding site for women with small businesses. She was Managing Director of the Silicon Valley chapter of Golden Seeds, a national angel group that invests in women-led companies, for over 3 years. Nancy has an MBA with a concentration in Finance from the University of Chicago and resides in San Francisco. Show Highlights * Nancy shares her journey into angel investing after helping women with small businesses and seeing the funding challenges. * Nancy talks about various financing options available including revenue-based financing and the statistics around the number of companies started each day. * Angels join groups to minimize risk. * Terri and Nancy talk about the ways in which women can (and should) become active angel investors. Spoiler: just jump in and do it. * Nancy talks about her value in advising startups and her favorite investments. * Nancy would wave a magic wand to get advice and mentorship to more female founders earlier.

Terri’s Key Takeaway As women, we think we need to take one more class or get one more degree but with angel investing, we just need to get started. References in the Podcast * WABA: Women Angels of the Bay Area * Golden Seeds: https://goldenseeds.com/ * RESI: http://www.resiconference.com/ * JP Morgan: https://www.jpmorgan.com/global/healthcareconference * Jenny Kassan: http://www.jennykassan.com/ * CrowdFund Main Street: https://crowdfundmainstreet.com/ * JOBS Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumpstart_Our_Business_Startups_Act * Lighter Capital: https://www.lightercapital.com/ * Kim Folsom: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimtfolsom/ * Carol Sands class on angel investing: https://continuingstudies.stanford.edu/courses/professional-and-personal-development/angel-investing-for-the-serious-investor-an-introduction/20181_BUS-204 * Venture Deals: https://www.venturedeals.com/ * Angel the Book: https://www.angelthebook.com/ * Wingpact: https://www.wingpact.com/ * Wingee Sin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wingee/ * Suzanne Andrews: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzannemandrews/ * Porfolia: https://www.portfolia.co/ * Pipeline Angels: http://pipelineangels.com/ * NextWave Ventures: https://nextwaveimpact.com/ * Venture Deals online course: https://kfatechstars.novoed.com/#!/courses/kfa-venture-deals-fall18/flyer * My90: https://www.textmy90.com/ * Kona Shen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/konashen/ * Tempo Automation: https://www.tempoautomation.com/ * Cirrus Identity: https://www.cirrusidentity.com/ * Dedra Chamberlin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dedrachamberlin/ * Tyler Lynch PYL episode 2: http://www.terrihansonmead.com/podcast/pyl002/tyler-lynch

Contact Nancy can be reached by email at nancy@nkhgroup.com, via Twitter at @nancyhayes and through LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/nancyhayes2. You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com. To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri talks to Alicia Castillo about her circuitous path into angel investing that started in a rural town in Venezuela that has landed her in Silicon Valley and how her global experience has made her realize how important it is for us to acknowledge that we, as people, are more similar than we are different.

Who is Alicia Castillo?

Alicia Castillo Holley is an international expert in creating wealth and is passionate about prosperity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. She is an active angel investor and the creator of the 10-week online program called Women Get Funded.
Alicia’s career started as a young scientist and professor on Agronomy before becoming involved in product development for a Bayer-Shell joint venture and eventually turning into an entrepreneur and angel investor.
As an entrepreneur, she has started nine companies -successfully exiting from five of them- and two non-for-profit. She played a pivotal role in the development of the entrepreneurial curriculum and the Venture Capital industry in Chile, where she lived between 1996 and 2002. She has also consulted, mentored, or coached hundreds of entrepreneurs worldwide, is a prolific author and speaker, and pushes academic institutions to reinvent business education.
Philanthropically, she supports organizations that foster education, social entrepreneurship and prevent and turn domestic violence into harmony. A global trotter, she has visited over 100 countries, and has lived in Venezuela, Chile, Australia, Denmark, Switzerland, and the US and currently resides in Menlo Park.

Show Highlights
Alicia shares her journey into angel investing. Her journey started in a socialist household in a rural town in Venezuela and took her to all parts of the world.
Terri and Alicia talk about bias and chemistry in decision making.
Alicia talks about how she operates as an angel investor, what areas she focuses on and the characteristics of the founders she looks to back.
Alicia talks about her 10-week, online program called Women Get Funded to educate women on how to get their companies funded.
If Alicia could wave a magic wand to change something in the world, she would change war. She would get people to realize that we are more similar than different.
Alicia’s favorite founder resources include two of her books How to Fund Your Million Dollar Idea and The Ten Unwealthy Habits and Rich Dad Poor Dad.

Terri’s Key Takeaway
It’s important to build channels of trust regardless of gender.

References in the Podcast
Alicia Castillo Holley: http://www.aliciacastilloholley.com/
Sand Hill Angels: http://www.sandhillangels.com/
Women Get Funded: https://womengetfunded.com/
How to Fund Your Million Dollar Idea: http://www.aliciacastilloholley.com/books/
The Ten Unwealthy Habits: http://www.aliciacastilloholley.com/books/
Rich Dad Poor Dad: https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle/dp/1612680003/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Contact
Alicia can be reached on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliciacastilloholley/ or through her website http://www.aliciacastilloholley.com/.
You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.
Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.
To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Who is Imène Maharzi?

Imène Maharzi is a French based professional, who started working in the French Private Equity space 18 years ago. She started out her career as an auditor with Arthur Andersen, and then became an investment professional with Butler Capital Partners where she had the opportunity to explore several sectors, geographies, investment sizes and targets.

In 2013, she created Butterfly Partners, a company which invests time and money in start-ups and subject matter experts which demonstrate a social or environmental positive impact. In 2014-2015, she took over a majority stake in a school transportation company dedicated to exceptional children with autism, Down syndrome, etc.. As the CEO, she transformed a 15-year family business into a social business, with a resolution to trigger a positive social impact on both employees and beneficiaries, through a strong user-centric, quality-driven approach.

As she moved through her professional career, she noticed that there was a problem in getting access to capital for female founders that she saw resulted in a massive waste of both economic and social value. This led her to create OwnYourCash this year. OwnYourCash is an educational platform, both online and IRL, to train women (and men) to become Business Angels. By opening a conversation on biases, gender-lens investing and impact investing, OwnYourCash will contribute to smoother access to capital for projects co-founded by women.

With OwnYourCash, she is committed to training 2000 new female business angels by the year 2020. The mission of OwnYourCash is to foster economic independence for women leading to true male/female equality

Show Highlights

Imène shared her professional journey into private equity and ultimately starting her new company OwnYourCash to educate and train 2000 new female business angels by 2020.
Imène talks about social entrepreneurship in France…creating a social return and a financial return.
Imène shares the details on OwnYourCash and how the time is right to educate new business angels and create a new business angle network and how the change in the tax laws in France this year will be a positive thing for new business angels.
If Imène had a magic wand, she would make the ‘plain vanilla’ investing be impact investing with everyone going after economic return along with a social or environmental return.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Investing is an information business.

References in the Podcast

Techstars Paris: https://www.techstars.com/programs/paris-program/
OwnYourCash: http://site-1317096-1533-8422.strikingly.com/
Arlan Hamilton: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arlanhamilton/
Backstage Capital: https://backstagecapital.com/
Shannon Grant: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-grant-6164139/
Serendipity: https://www.guildserendipity.com/
Sephora Stands Accelerate: https://www.sephorastands.com/accelerate/
Nancy Hayes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyhayes2/
Maxie Koven: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxine-kozler-koven-7573633/
Shira Ronen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shira-ronen-590297/
Odile Roujol: https://www.linkedin.com/in/odileroujol/
Suzanne Andrews: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzannemandrews/
Linnea Roberts: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnea-roberts-10078570/
Kezia Wright: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kezia-wright-bb3755127/
Amaranthine Partners: https://amaranthine.vc/

Contact

Imène can be reached via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/im%C3%A8ne-maharzi-439294/.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri talks to Fran Dunaway of TomboyX about how she and her partner and wife Naomi Gonzalez started TomboyX in 2014 to create a better shirt and ended up launching an underwear company. Fran and Naomi recently raised a Series A and Fran shares their journey to this point and where she sees TomboyX going in the next few years.

Who is Fran Dunaway?

Fran likes to call herself the accidental entrepreneur. In 2013, she had a great life as partner in a media strategies firm with big budgets, lots of vacation time, regular exercise, and excellent sleep habits. She and her wife, Naomi Gonzalez, started a little side business because they wanted some cool button-down shirts like a Robert Graham for women. They picked the name TomboyX because they thought it was cute.

When the name started resonating with women and girls around the world, they knew they had an instant brand. It turns out that the word 'tomboy' opens the door to a conversation about being whoever it is you want to be. Women were SO elated to have a brand that saw them for who they are at their core. So, when customers started begging for TomboyX to design the first boxer briefs for women, Fran and Naomi obliged. 

In September 2014, they pre-sold two styles of boxer briefs designed for women and sold out in two weeks. They have never looked back. TomboyX has since refocused solely into the underwear/loungewear market and is thriving on the fact that people of all shapes and sizes want to be part of a brand that stands for values they share. Their customers continually prove that there is a toughness required to express your individuality – the defining characteristics of a tomboy.

Show Highlights

Fran shares the story behind TomboyX and the evolution of the TomboyX brand
Fran continues to talk about how difficult it has been to raise funds to fund the business and what it’s like to run out of inventory as an apparel brand.
Terri and Fran about the shifting landscape for female founders and the economic opportunity in investing in these founders.
Fran explains how she went from a job in corporate to being a founder and focusing on TomboyX 100%
Fran talks about how she and Naomi have evolved as founders and leaders and the evolution of their team as the company as grown and matured
Terri asks Fran about how she sees the company evolve over the next few years
If Fran could wave a magic wand, she would change the lens with which we see each other; to be less judgmental of each other and to have greater clarity as to who we are as individuals.
Fran’s favorite founder resources are Loose Threads (podcast), Leap Frog (the book) and founders stories in general.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Money is power and to shift the power dynamic, we need to shift the economic dynamic.

 **References in the Podcast**

TomboyX: https://tomboyx.com/
CPB Group: http://www.cpbgroup.com/
MergeLane: https://www.mergelane.com/
Katica Roy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katicaroy/
Rain Dove: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_Dove
DapperQ Fashion Show: https://www.dapperq.com/
TomboyX ad with Rain Dove: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKnbum7v1aw
Loose Threads (podcast): https://loosethreads.com/podcast/
Leap Frog: The New Revolution of Women Entrepreneurs: http://leapfroghacks.com/

Contact

Fran can be reached through the TomboyX website https://tomboyx.com/, on Twitter @fdunaway and via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/frandunaway/

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Who is Shannon Grant?

Shannon Grant is an investor, community builder and startup advisor. She leads knowledge programs for the best and brightest minds in tech to facilitate high-level knowledge transfer and create powerful experiences for time-strapped leaders.

In 2014 she developed the Salon Series events at MKThink focusing on the future of education, and she helped build a membership organization of over 80 mission-driven CEOs with The Tugboat Group. She has coached founders to create original talks for CEO summits, hosted Jeffersonian dinners for awesome engineers and connected tech founders with the people or information they need to grow.

To support this vision, she started Deus Capital to invest in companies with billion-dollar market opportunities that have at least one female founder.

Her social impact work includes converting a liquor store into a children's writing center in the heart of San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood with 826 Valencia and building a new model for charity with Mama Hope.

**Show Highlights**

Shannon shares her journey through venture capital into angel investing.
We talk about our shared interest in getting more women to invest and invest in female founders including the statistics around this.
We discuss the importance of getting girls to see what is possible by exposing them to investing, startups, entrepreneurship, and technology.
We talk about this being an economic opportunity and the importance of encouraging men to join us in investing in women and encouraging more exemplar men in this awakening.
If Shannon could wave a magic wand and change something in this world, she would encourage people to speak; your voice is needed.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Investing in women will create trillions of dollars in economic opportunity. It is not a zero sum game.

 **References in the Podcast**

MKThink: http://www.mkthink.com/
Tugboat: http://www.thetugboatgroup.com/
Robyn Fisher: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynsuegoldman/
Smitten Ice Cream: https://www.smittenicecream.com/
StitchFix: https://www.stitchfix.com/
Katrina Lake: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmlake/
Learn Capital: http://learncapital.com/
Accenture Ventures: https://www.accenture.com/us-en/innovation-architecture-accenture-ventures
First Round Capital Study: http://10years.firstround.com/
Darya Shaked: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darya-henig-shaked-361539a9/
Wonder Ventures: https://www.wonderventures.com/
Dear Madam President: https://www.dearmadampresidentbook.com/
Brazen Global: https: https://brazenglobal.com/
Jennifer Ehlen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferehlen/

Contact

Shannon can be reached via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-grant-6164139/.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

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Terri talks to Jennifer Ehlen of Brazen Global about her focus on supporting the advancement of women-led companies including why she created Brazen Global, a for-profit company, to better serve female founders.

Who is Jennifer Ehlen?

Jennifer Ehlen is the founder of Brazen and Prosper Women Entrepreneurs (PWE), two organizations aimed at advancing women-led companies. She is the CEO of Brazen Global and a Managing Partner of the PWE Startup Accelerator. Before making the entrepreneurial leap to focus on Brazen and Prosper full-time, Jennifer was a Director at Thompson Street Capital Partners, where Jennifer worked with senior management to help source and evaluate investment opportunities for the St. Louis based $1.5B+ private equity firm. Prior to joining Thompson Street, Jennifer was the Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Saint Louis University.

Jennifer is an angel investor and invests in early stage ventures. She is also a member of Golden Seeds (NYC chapter). Jennifer serves as a coach, mentor and advisory board member for companies ranging in size from pre-revenue to $200M+.

Jennifer’s favorite and most important venture is raising her four children with her partner Craig.

**Show Highlights**

Jennifer shares her path from a small town in mid-Missouri in a socio-economically challenged family that provides a unique perspective where she has worked in and with the top 2% in private equity.
Jennifer has been fascinated by intersectional feminism in entrepreneurship. She worked at the St. Louis University, has been an investor, raised a fund, worked in private equity and saw the differences between men and women in entrepreneurialism.
Jennifer saw some research in 2012 about the state of women-owned businesses and saw that St. Louis came in dead last, tied with San Francisco. She and her colleagues had worked very hard at getting women a seat at the table and they were very frustrated by the reality and the study results.
Jennifer, through Prosper, raised a $3M fund to invest in women and they built an accelerator.
Realizing that the power is in the peer advisory groups, they decided to create Brazen to build the tools to create better peer groups and allow for global scaling.
Brazen operates in 7 cities including St. Louis, Chicago, Dallas, Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, and Philly. Their goal is to expand into more cities this year.
Brazen’s flagship program is the peer advisory groups (growth groups). 7-9 women are in each group and meet every month. They use Brazen’s proprietary software that provides a rigorous structure that allows the participants to feel like they are fully understood before their peers start to provide guidance and support.
Brazen is a for-profit organization and they license to franchisees. They have 50 cities that could foreseeably be a new Brazen market, but it comes down to the director and who is delivering the program.
At Brazen, they feel strongly about making sure that the directors understand startups/entrepreneurship/growth process at a deep level. They need to be able to speak about gender parity in an articulate, evidence-based way. The directors need to have a good network in the market already.
Brazen has found that the software for the peer groups is applicable across sectors…not just for entrepreneurs.
Jennifer shares what has been most surprising about her journey over the last year.
Jennifer talks about how quite a few of their investors are men as they see the financial opportunity in this space.
Terri asks Jennifer about what she is doing to temper the founder roller coaster. Her response is a lot of self-care and she is no longer following her competitors in order to be focused on what she is trying to accomplish. Her team follows them for her.
Terri talks about how when she was going through a tough spot her executive coach reminded her that regardless of what ‘failures’ occurred or ‘down times’ existed in the past, I was able to recover, and this is so important to remember when we encounter tough times.
Terri shared what she discussed with her executive coach about the comparison game and how easy it is to lose sight of your own goals. It is important to focus on your own journey and not someone else’s.
If Jennifer could wave a magic wand to change something in this world, she would create true, total equity in the early stage capital space and have more women investing.
Jennifer’s favorite founder resource is Brazen Global (of course) and recommends becoming a Brazen member.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Some of the best entrepreneurial ideas come from anger or angst.

References in the Podcast

AmericanExpress article on women owned businesses: https://www.americanexpress.com/us/small-business/openforum/articles/2012-american-express-open-state-of-women-owned-businesses-report/
Paul Heirendt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulheirendt/
Prosper Women Entrepreneurs: http://www.prosperstl.com/
Brazen Global: https://brazenglobal.com/
Brazen Vault (resources); https://brazenglobal.com/category/blog/
Golden Seeds: https://goldenseeds.com/
Pipeline Angels: http://pipelineangels.com/
Portfolia: https://www.portfolia.co/
Astia: http://astia.org/

Contact

Jennifer can be reached via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferehlen/ or through the Brazen Global website https://brazenglobal.com/.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

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Who is Lesley Jane Seymour?

Lesley Jane Seymour. Lesley is a media entrepreneur and founder of CoveyClub, a new club for lifelong learners that she launched in February of this year. The CoveyClub is for women over the age of 40 and has virtual salons, a monthly magazine, a daily blog, and a weekly podcast for women to bond over issues of interest and concern.

Lesley was named Editor-in-Chief of More Magazine in 2008 and was Editor-in Chief and Social Media Director of More.com. Before More, she served as Editor-in-Chief of Marie Claire and Redbook magazines, and teen book YM. She was Beauty Director of Glamour and Senior Editor at Vogue. She is author of two books, On the Edge, 100 Years of Vogue, and I Wish My Parents Understood. In 2013 she was named Chair of the Editorial Advisory Board for Duke Magazine and a Global Ambassador for Vital Voices. She is a trustee at Dana Hall School in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

**Show Highlights**

Lesley shares what CoveyClub is and why she created it. She expands on how women over the age of 40 are disenfranchised and being left out of the conversations.
Terri comments that technology has increased the sense of loneliness and how ironic it is that Lesley is using technology to reduce the loneliness and bring women together.
Terri talks about the importance of getting together in person to fill her soul.
Lesley observes that there are no longer places for people to come together like offices, town squares, religious institutions, and community centers.
Lesley named the company CoveyClub after a small group of birds. She wants the groups to be small and provide ways for women to get to know who is in the room.
Lesley talks about having a significant career and an amazing life and wants to be able to help women connect and help their dreams come true.
Lesley knows that if you want better content, you’ll have to pay for it and she believes that others are looking for this.
Lesley comments that right now our politicians in Washington DC don’t stay in town to eat together, to get to know each other, to see the humanity in each other, to be able to reach across the aisle to work together.
Terri comments that we need to be intentional about coming together in person to connect as humans. Terri loves how her city, Redwood City, makes a lot of effort to bring people together at various events around town.
Terri talks about how quickly women over the age of 40 are overlooked and easily dismissed. Lesley talks about how when we were in our 20s, we were seen as T&A and now she would like us to be seen for our $19T in assets that have control over.
If Lesley had a magic wand, she would make Donald Trump go ‘poof’ and disappear. Terri talks about the fear from the patriarchy who are trying to keep things as they were, and she hopes that we take this as an opportunity to slingshot forward. We need to drag everyone we know to the polls to make a difference in November.
Lesley’s favorite founder resources are Hello Alice and the group that she is created to provide her with support (the red cup club).

Terri’s Key Takeaway

 Technology rather than bringing people together is leading to a sense of loneliness and isolation and it is time to reconnect in person.

References in the Podcast

CoveyClub: https://www.coveyclub.com/
Hello Alice: https://helloalice.com/
CoveyClub podcast on reinvention: https://www.coveyclub.com/podcast/

Contact

Lesley can be reached via email at lesley@coveyclub.com or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesleyjaneseymour/.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Who is May Samali?

May Samali is an investor at the Urban Innovation Fund, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm. May has had extensive experiences advising both early-stage startups and large companies across the U.S. and Australia. Prior to her current role, she was a Director at Tumml, an urban ventures accelerator in San Francisco. She also served as a Strategy Consultant at a boutique venture firm and as an attorney at Herbert Smith Freehills in Sydney. 

May earned her MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School and her economics and law degrees from the University of Sydney. She is also an Australian John Monash Scholar, a Gleitsman Leadership Fellow at the Harvard Center for Public Leadership, and an Australian American Young Leadership Dialogue delegate. 

**Show Highlights**

Terri shares how she met May on the Connected Homes pitch panel at Launch Festival in 2017 which was an all-women panel.
May shares her journey from Australia to the Silicon Valley.
May started in law but fell in love with the idea of using social entrepreneurship to solve the world’s problems.
May answers Terri’s question about how the tall poppy syndrome has influenced May in her life.
May is working on bringing the best parts of the Silicon Valley to Australia.
My comments on how helpful people have been to her in getting into investing. May has taken the opportunity to reach out to people in a very intentional way and follow up after meeting at events.
Terri discusses the importance of saying ‘why not me?’ instead of ‘why me?’ especially for women.
Terri observes that May’s natural authenticity is very attractive and charming and hard to resist.
May talks about how being of the Baha’i Faith influenced her view of the world from day one and later started to live them as a result of her personal choosing when she was in her twenties.
Terri talks about the importance of taking the leap without having it all figured out.
May shares what she started to do when she was overanalyzing a situation. She said that she would sit across from herself at the table and provide herself with her own advice.
If May had a magic wand, she would make all of us more human and compassionate and living life in the moment.
May’s favorite investor resources are Venture Deals and Information.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

If you believe you can do it, you can do it.

References in the Podcast

Terri’s Due Diligence Event with Spero Ventures on 8/1/18: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/due-diligence-digging-in-with-investors-tickets-47146445287
Women Get Funded: http://www.womengetfunded.com/
Urban Innovation Fund: http://www.urbaninnovationfund.com/
The Jolly Swagman podcast with May’s interview: https://thejollyswagmen.com/new-blog/maysamali
Tall poppy syndrome: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome
Ada: https://www.ada-accelerator.com/
Feminist Fight Club: https://www.feministfightclub.com/
Silicon Allee: http://www.siliconallee.com/
Venture Deals: https://www.amazon.com/Venture-Deals-Smarter-Lawyer-Capitalist/dp/1119259754/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1532047043&sr=8-1&keywords=venture+deals
The Information: https://www.theinformation.com/reporters/jessica-e-lessin

Contact

You can follow May on Twitter @maysamali or reach her via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/msamali/

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife

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Who is Darryl Grant?

Darryl Grant is a New York native, born in Harlem. He has 20 siblings and is uncle to over 50 nieces and nephews. He has been a Bay Area resident for the last 4.5 years and enjoys family time with his wife and 2.5 year old son, supporting his clients’ needs, sports (former Div-I Greco-Roman wrestler), reading, traveling, cooking, and supporting diversity and inclusion.

Darryl is Managing Director of Merrill Corporation and Founder of Inspiring Connectivity. He has over 19 years of financial communication experience with the top three financial printers. Darryl began as a Customer Service Project Coordinator in Manhattan and later assumed various managerial roles and engineered XBRL operations for two Manhattan offices. Before assuming his role as Managing Director of Sales where he co-leads Merrill’s Bay Area Capital Markets team, Darryl spent 6 years as a Capital Markets Account Manager leading teams and working directly with C-level execs, law firms, corporate finance and legal departments to manage IPOs, mergers, spin-offs along with all routine SEC filing requirements. He has also managed three of the largest mergers in stock market history and over 20 prominent IPO’s in industries ranging from Tech, e-commerce, transportation, motion pictures, Biotech, retail and broker exchange services.

Show Highlights

Darryl starts off by talking about the event he puts on with his team called Inspiring Connectivity and why he, as a man, is putting on an event for women.
Darryl talks about growing up in New York and about his mom who noticed a trend where children were being left behind. This led her to adopting 18 children and raising a total of 21 of which Darryl was one of those adopted by her.
Darryl shares how he worked with a coach who taught him that because he was having trouble with who he was, he was having trouble coming across authentically.
Darryl was inspired to create an event for women because of the 2016 elections, the issues women were facing that were coming to light, and a conversation with a friend who fully supported him creating the event. He was inspired by what his mother created around community.
Terri comments on how important it is for Darryl to set the example for other men to create these kinds of events to support the change for women in society. This is a human issue; not a women’s issue.
Darryl observes that solving problems begins with community.
Terri talks about her experience at Inspired Connectivity with Barbara Tien and how Barbara introduced her to the other women at the event. This made Terri realize that she is having an impact even though she doesn’t always see it.
Terri commented that a lot of founders don’t take the time to get to know her and how important it is to be seen as a person and not just as a checkbook.
Terri asked Darryl about tribalism in a global community and he responds with the importance of connecting and community.
Darryl talks about the importance of getting out of your own head when designing an event and thinking about what the guests are going to want.
Terri asks Darryl if people give him a hard time for not focusing on women of color or people of color and he says that for the most part, no.
Darryl talks about breaking down the platform, the panel, the awards and focus on the people at events.
If Darryl could wave a magic wand, he would use it to genuinely connect people without bias.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Creating and building connections and community will be the key to solving our societal issues.

 **References in the Podcast**

Inspiring Connectivity: https://inspiringconnectivity.splashthat.com/
Merrill Corporation: https://www.merrillcorp.com/en/
Barbara Tien (Ponga): https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbaratien/
Vanessa Grant: Instagram: @beautysecretary

Contact

Darryl can be reached through LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/darryl-grant/.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

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Terri talks about having to complete her professional education hours for her PMP (project management professional) certification. She talks about writing some blog posts and putting on a webinar on planning a technology project which is covered in this episode.
The presentation Terri provided covers the following areas (link in references):
Project charter
Project document
Project plan
Agreements
Preparing for kick off
Terri talks about how she is assuming that the lead candidate has been identified and the system is either business critical, a major enterprise project, or needs to be validated to meet 21 CFR Part 11 requirements.
Terri shares that she is a believer in right-sizing the planning of a project.
Terri talks about starting with a project charter to get the stakeholders on the same page regarding the project and shares details about what goes into the charter.
Terri talks about creating a project document for the larger projects she works on which is the guidebook / playbook for the project.
Terri shares why it is important to establish the acceptance criteria and success criteria for the project at the beginning of the project to be able to objectively assess the success of the project at the end of the project.
Terri explains to Jacqueline why a project plan is wrong as soon as it is generated but you need to start someplace when it is good enough.
Terri emphasizes the importance of NOT signing agreements with vendors until the project is planned.
Terri talks about the practical aspects of managing and planning the overall project and the importance of understanding the motivations of all of the stakeholders.
Terri shares her concerns about SaaS solutions and the assumption that they are plug-and-play without taking into account the integration within the business processes. Terri is concerned about operationalizing the new system and associated processes.

References in the Podcast

Link to the Presentation: https://bit.ly/2t7VeG4
PMP: https://www.pmi.org/certifications/types/project-management-pmp
PMBOK: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/framework

Contact

Jacqueline can be reached through her website at https://www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com/ or via Twitter at @andYoureaGirl.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

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Terri, Jacqueline and Anne talk about Serendipity. Serendipity is anything but the typical conference. There will be more than 80 speakers sharing their skills and expertise. Attendees are limited to 500 women.
Terri talked about the salon she is hosting at Serendipity at Bolt VC for female accredited investors to learn more about investing in startups. This will be limited to 40 female accredited investors.
The houses include:
Starting Something
Leadership
Equality in the Workplace
Voice Sessions
Coaching
Story Powerhouse
Thought Leadership
Social Responsibility
Founders Meet Funders
Emerging Tech
Unplugging, Health and Wellness
Women’s Health
Investing
There are 40 different sessions and each attendee can choose 4 different sessions over the two days. Everyone will have a different, tailored experience but will be able to have a shared experience and connect with other women.
There will be an opportunity to fill out your Guild profile, connect with women before the event, and then have a 15-minute call to help determine which sessions to attend.
There will be happy hour on night one and the second night, there will be dinners hosted by various community members including discussions. You must buy a dinner ticket and a session will be recommended based on your interests.
Anne is looking for volunteers to help with the conference who want to contribute to the event and participate on a very, special level.

References in the Podcast

The Guild: http://www.letsguild.com/
Anne Cocquyt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annecocquyt/
Serendipity: https://www.guildserendipity.com/
Bolt VC: https://bolt.io/
Kate McAndrew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kateprestonmcandrew/
Svetlana Saitsky: https://www.linkedin.com/in/svetlanasaitsky/
Denise Brosseau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denisebrosseau/

Contact

Anne can be reached through The Guild website www.letsguild.com or via email at anne@letsguild.com. Or through the Serendipity website: www.guildserendipity.com.

Jacqueline can be reached through her website at https://www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com/ or via Twitter at @andYoureaGirl.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Who is Anne Cocquyt?

Anne Cocquyt is originally from Germany where she studied computer sciences and got her undergrad and master’s degree. She left Germany for Australia and ultimately landed in Switzerland where she started her career in the IT industry for Detecon Switzerland leading multi-million-dollar IT outsourcing projects across Europe and Asia with clients like Philips, Shell and Deutsche Telekom. She launched her first NGO in Switzerland, organizing high-end events to fundraise for charitable projects in Zambia, South America and Switzerland. She then ventured into the business of art, which she discovered was not her forte, before launching her own IT strategy consultancy company in the UK and Switzerland. After some time on Route 66, she got married, moved to San Francisco, and joined Genentech managing the execution of 12,000 educational programs and then leading commercial partnerships all the while advocating and implementing digital health innovation across the company. Simultaneously, she founded and sold a small consumer product company, Bezl LLC. In 2016, Anne decided to take the leap and transform her knowledge in data science, her commitment to women leaders and her close connections to the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Silicon Valley to support her new venture: The GUILD.

Show Highlights

Anne shares her journey from Stuttgart, Germany which was fairly conservative, and she knew she wanted to get out into the world. After she finished her MBA, she booked a trip to Australia which was on the other side of the world from where she was living.
While in Australia, she worked a number of odd jobs until she realized that she needed to get back into the real world. She moved into IT transformation consulting out of Switzerland.
The work ultimately didn’t align with her values so she started a non-profit organization with a friend and put on large, high-end events for fundraising for organizations or projects they cared about.
Anne shared her grandparents’ story that influenced how she operates in the world in terms of the importance of building community. Her grandmother was pushed out and she had to create a new home. Anne decided to find her own home.
Anne shared her journey through South America and how traveling taught her that whenever she thought she was at the end, or that she was stuck, that there are ways out. She learned to trust in herself and in serendipity.
Terri talked about the importance of traveling and putting herself in uncomfortable positions to build resilience, adaptability, and self-reliance.
Anne says new is scary, but this doesn’t seem to hold her back.
Anne believes that networks are so important.
When she was in South America, she got a call to do a consulting project in Europe. She started a company in England and Switzerland to support the project.
Anne came to America and rented a red convertible to drive Route 66 to drive west which turned out to be her route to freedom. She felt like there was something waiting for her at the end of it.
She ended up in LA with a friend and two months later she was married and living in San Francisco.
She loves the SF ecosystem which is crazy, and you can ideate, and people are always saying yes, and…
Anne talked about being new to the area and knowing absolutely no one. She attended lots of events to meet people but knew that there were a lot of people in the groups that had something in common. She started connecting them and realized that she had a passion for something that feels really good.
She started a consumer product company as a side hustle with her husband and started working for Genentech. She saw there was no support system in place for women, so she started Bubbles and Biz.
Her experience at Genentech focused on neural networking led to an idea to create an algorithm to find the ways that people connect leveraging AI. She took her hypothesis tested it out.
Anne quit her job at Genentech and took the leap to create the Guild. She recently added video chat options to the in-person meeting options. They now have members from almost all states on the platform.
Terri asked about who the ideal Guild member is, and Anne responded that it is any women from 18-90. The algorithm considers many aspects of a woman’s life and interests and so it is not limited to professional women. It can help other groups help their community members connect with each other and help companies connect their employees to each.
Terri talks about the importance of the women’s groups and organizations coming together to build a stronger, collective force.
If Anne could wave a magic wand, she would have people take a moment, before they do or say anything, to think about the effect of their actions on other people.

Anne’s Recommended Funder Resource

Hello Alice is a great resource, especially for female founders.

She also recommends taking a look at founder groups including the former YC group on Facebook and Founder Network.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

New is scary but it shouldn’t hold you back.

**References in the Podcast**

The Guild: http://www.letsguild.com/
Watermark: https://www.wearewatermark.org/
The Boardlist: https://theboardlist.com/
Athena Alliance: https://athenaalliance.org/
Hera Labs: https://www.heralabs.com/
Hello Alice: https://helloalice.com/
Founders Network: https://foundersnetwork.com/

Contact

Anne can be reached by email at anne@letsguild.com or through The Guild website at http://www.letsguild.com.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

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Terri talks with Jacqueline about her work consulting with biotech, medical device, diagnostic, and digital health companies providing IT strategy and IT compliance services.

**Show Highlights**

Terri and Jacqueline start out with some discussion about end of school year and the beginning of summertime.
Terri talks about her consulting work with Solutions2Projects and that she is still consulting, despite a recent comment by someone that they didn’t realize she was consulting.
Terri started her consulting company, Solutions2Projects, 13 years ago.
Terri does higher level IT strategic and compliance work within biotech, medical device, diagnostic, and digital health companies. This has included IT strategy, IT compliance, IT system selection, IT project management, and vendor audits within life sciences companies.
Terri works with companies that have 30-300 people, moving towards or in Phase III clinical trials and/or getting ready for market approval and commercialization. Terri likes to come in during Phase II to help the companies plan out their IT strategies in advance of when they need the systems in alignment with their corporate strategies.
Terri talks about how biotech companies outsource certain systems and processes early on and then later decide to bring in house and how the planning for this should be aligned with the corporate strategy.
Terri talks about computer validation and 21 CFR Part 11 (electronic records / electronic signatures) in an FDA regulated industry.
Terri works with systems and processes across an organization including clinical, regulatory, quality, financial, manufacturing, distribution, quality, HR, payroll, budgeting, business performance management, lab systems, etc.
Terri is a business person who understands technology and compliance. Solutions2Projects’ value is in considering business, technology, and compliance requirements and needs.
Terri talks about the importance of data integrity in life sciences and how we use computer validation to demonstrate data integrity and control over the data and the systems.
Terri talks about the challenges associated with the introduction of SaaS in life sciences.
Jacqueline asked Terri about her first system selection and validation. Terri talks about how she fell into life sciences a year after the 21 CFR Part 11 regulation was released (1997) and her first implementation and validation of JD Edwards at Coulter Pharmaceuticals following GAMP4. GAMP5 has since been released and computer validation has evolved over the last 20 years.
Terri is a believer in taking a risk-based approach to computer validation and tailoring to each company’s risk tolerance and approach to the system.
Computer validation is all about defining what you want, testing to confirm you got what you wanted, training people to effectively use the system in a consistent manner, and then maintaining the system in a controlled manner. To Terri, this makes good business sense.
Terri talks about the evolution of computer validation and some project and client stories.
Terri talks about GDPR.
Terri shares her concerns about potential litigation in the life sciences space between SaaS companies and life sciences companies because of computer validation and potential exclusion of data from regulatory submissions or complete response letters. She is starting to see more warning letters and 483’s around data integrity.
Terri talks about blockchain in the life sciences space.
Solutions2Projects is ideally suited for situations where this is an internal lead or project manager and Terri provides guidance, structure, and templates to help them with their processes. Terri can help guide the business through the changes related to the new system implementations.
Terri has some project managers she likes to work with whereby she plans the project and then they are able to manage the projects with high level advisory and guidance from Terri.
Everything comes down to process and technology. Terri’s favorite part of her work is to aligning corporate strategy with the system strategy. When she can help life sciences companies see systems as business enablers and meet compliance requirements she is a happy camper.

References in the Podcast

GAMP5: https://ispe.org/publications/guidance-documents/gamp-5
GDPR: https://www.eugdpr.org/
Arena Solutions: https://www.arenasolutions.com/slc/
John English: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johntenglish/
Lisa Scotch: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisascotch/
Lighthouse: https://lighthouseis.com/

Contact

Jacqueline can be reached through her website at https://www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com/ or via Twitter at @andYoureaGirl.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Who is Christine Tao?

Christine Tao is the CEO/Co-founder of Sounding Board, a VC-backed startup bringing personalized, continuous leadership development to the $40B+ leadership & training industry. Prior to co-founding Sounding Board Christine was a Senior Vice President of Developer Relations at Tapjoy, a venture-backed, leading mobile advertising platform. She led the growth of Tapjoy’s network business from $0 to over $100 million in revenues in less than 3 years.  She has also advised several venture-backed startups including Flyby Media (acquired by Apple), Immersv & Comprendi. Prior to that she led e-commerce partnerships and strategy at YouTube. Christine holds an MBA in Marketing & Operations from Wharton and a BA in Business Administration from UC Berkeley.

Show Highlights

Christine shares her experience growing up in a family business and how that has influenced her professionally and how she operates as the CEO/Founder of Sounding Board.
Christine shares the importance of thinking big when starting a business and making sure there is a strong sense of purpose for the employees to believe in and subscribe to. She gives her dad credit for this thinking.
Christine talks about the importance of providing employees with purpose and opportunities for growth. This is important right now because there is a war for talent and you want to attract the best talent.
Christine explains her personal journey that led her to start Sounding Board.
Terri talks about her experience working with an executive coach and how valuable the experience has been for her.
Sounding Board is all about democratizing coaching for employees throughout the organization so that they can grow and scale at a rate they aren’t able to do on their own.
Christine turns the tables on Terri and asks her for one of the major takeaways from working with a coach. She responded in how she recommends approaching working with coaches.
Terri shares how her experience working with a coach helped her not only professionally but personally as well. The work she did applied across her life.
Christine talks about how coaching has shifted and how Sounding Board uses tech to scale coaching.
If Christine could wave a magic wand, she would change people’s assumptions and have them come into conversations thinking the best of the other person or people in the conversation.
Bonus questions (new): Christine’s recommended founder resource is the podcast The Startup Chat.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Dream big and ask for what you want.

 **References in the Podcast**

Sounding Board: https://www.soundingboardinc.com/
Tapjoy: https://www.tapjoy.com/
Women’s Startup Lab: https://womenstartuplab.com/
The Startup Chat (podcast): https://thestartupchat.com/

Contact

Christine can be reached via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineptao/.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Who is Stan Mirzayev?

Stan Mirzayev is a serial entrepreneur and an auto enthusiast in Phoenix, Arizona. He is CEO of Parts Detect and COO of his family’s business, In & Out Lube and Repairs. Stan is also on the board of advisors at the Arizona automotive institute and has invested his knowledge into his craft, community and industry.

Show Highlights

Stan was born in the former Soviet Union and his family migrated to the US when he was 4. They had a choice between the US and Israel. They had to leave everything behind and start from ground zero.
Stan talked about growing up in New York City. His father worked 20 hours a day to provide for his family and ultimately got into the automotive industry.
Stan works with his dad in one of the family’s automotive shop in Phoenix, Arizona where they moved to 13 years ago. Stan talks about the move to Phoenix from NYC when he was in high school.
Stan talks about his father being his hero. He was inspired to start his own businesses because he saw his father doing it.
He knew that if he failed, he could treat it as an opportunity to learn and that he could always start over again. Seeing what happens is half of the excitement.
Stan started a new venture with his cousin, Alex after reviewing lots of ideas with Alex and Alex finding agreeing that the idea was THE idea. The company is to simplify the parts logistics for auto shops.
They created an MVP and took it to some vendors and then did some research. They got a great response and then they ran with it. They are converting the current product onto the blockchain.
Stan shares the story behind the name of his company, PartsDetect. The journey to the name involved testing it out on his dad and making sure he could say the name.
Stan’s dad thinks he owns 50% of the company because Stan is his son. His dad is coming around the slowly to the idea of the company but is somewhat old fashioned when it comes to work and productivity.
Stan and Alex share their experience as new entrepreneurs.
Stan has a sister with a daughter named Bella who is 7 who is his heart and joy.
If he could wave a magic wand and change something in the world, he would remove irrational fear.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Failure is an opportunity to learn.

 **References in the Podcast**

PartsDetect: http://www.partsdetect.com/

Contact

Stan can be reached via Linked at https://www.linkedin.com/in/stan-mirzayev-14028970/ or by email at Stan@PartsDetect.com. You can follow him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/partsdetect/ or on Twitter at https://twitter.com/PartsDetect

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri talks to Marquesa Finch about Marquesa’s journey into population health and the work that she is doing in blockchain to further better health for all. Marquesa advocates for eliminating barriers to equity to increase innovation which is ultimately great for business.

**Who** **is** **Marquesa** **Finch****?**

Marquesa is a Founding Partner at P2Health Ventures, a startup ecosystem and venture fund supporting entrepreneurs building public health tech solutions. She is the Blockchain Health Lead for the Silicon Valley Blockchain Society where she works on their blockchain health investments and initiatives, and is an active thought leader in leveraging blockchain technology to improve equity and access. Marquesa has worked on improving diversity and inclusion in tech through entrepreneurship at the Kapor Center for Social Impact and at the American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA). She disseminated global health interventions in the Palestinian West Bank. Upon returning from the Middle East, she continued to work in digital health at Kaiser Permanente, building their first app analytics program.

Marquesa studied Art History and Biology at the University of California, Santa Barbara and earned her Master’s in Public Health (MPH) in Global Health at The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health in Washington, D.C.  She is a San Francisco native, a classical pianist, and ballerina.

**Show Highlights**

Marquesa walks us through her journey into population health through global health and what global health is.
Marquesa was very interested in studying the effects of maternal and child health during a war and post conflict. After grad school she worked in the Middle East.
Marquesa and her team were trying to figure out why there was such a high incident of breast cancer in the West Bank. They found there were political and cultural issues that needed to be addressed.
To address the problem, they leveraged SMS to send messages to the target and educate the influential women. This was Marquesa’s first introduction to digital health.
Marquesa came back and worked for Kaiser on their technology solutions in their Mobility Centers of Excellence in 2012 and helped build out their mobile analytics platform.
Terri and Marquesa talk about how Kaiser adopts and deploys digital health technology and some misconceptions about the lack of integration within Kaiser by region.
Terri talks about the difficulty in implementing technology in a regulated industry.
Marquesa explains what population health is and why it is fascinating to her and why she is focusing on it.
Marquesa talks about the importance of focusing on digital health outside of the doctor’s office and hospitals.
Marquesa explains what social determinants of health are and why it’s important to take them into consideration when focusing on population health and individual health.
Terri and Marquesa talk about how these healthcare solutions and tools get paid for and funded. Marquesa’s VC fund, P2Health, is focused on just this. Marquesa talks about the misconceptions about assuming that government is responsible for paying for these solutions.
Marquesa shares that what Omada Health is doing is rooted in population health concepts and is a VC backable company.
Marquesa talks about her journey into blockchain and how the understanding of the foundational elements led to an ‘aha’ moment for her and the potential use cases in healthcare.
Marquesa went into details around some of the potential blockchain applications in the healthcare space.
Terri shared her experience three years ago when she was first introduced to blockchain and immediately saw the use case in drug traceability and medical device serialization and traceability. It’s still early days and the blockchain isn’t mature enough for prime time.
If Marquesa could wave a magic wand, she would change the barrier to equity. We live in an inequitable world and this prevents us from moving forward as a society. This would allow people to contribute optimally to society. There’s a lot of talent in some communities that is not being tapped that could be very useful to others in the community and in the world. Innovation is suffering as a result of the barriers to equity.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Eliminating inequities will provide all of us with an opportunity live better lives.

 **References in the Podcast**

American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA): https://www.anera.org/
P2Health: http://www.p2health.vc/
Omada Health: https://www.omadahealth.com/

Contact

Marquesa can be reached through LinkedIn via https://www.linkedin.com/in/marquesafinch/

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri and Jaqueline sit down over a cup of coffee (not bubbly) to talk about Terri’s approach to due diligence, why she does it, when she does it, and what she looks for. She also encourages founders to do their own due diligence on potential investors.

Show Highlights

Terri talks about how founders should pull together a deal room in advance of fundraising to make it easier to share information with investors during the due diligence process. It sends good signal and looks professional.
Founders can’t be prepared for everything but have an organized and complete deal room will set a solid foundation and leave time to deal with the additional requests for information.
Terri describes a deal room and the importance of keeping track of who gets access to it. Create the structure and then add to it over time.
Terri’s level of due diligence depends the size of the deal, the size of her check, and if she is bringing other investors into the deal. She believes in right-sizing due diligence and has a checklist she works from.
Terri uses the due diligence process as an opportunity to build a relationship with the founding team.
Deal information: terms, term sheet, use of funds, milestones, existing investors in the round, side letters/special treatment. Terri cross checks this against what she has been told or what is in the pitch deck.
Financial: financial statements, projections, assumptions, management team, references, key personnel, board members and advisors, contact information, capital and equity structure both current and projected cap table, financial obligations, agreements and restrictions.
Organizational: entity formation and maintenance documents, founders, prior acquisitions or mergers, failed transactions, consulting agreements, compensation, advisors, contact information, facility agreements.
Intellectual Property/Technology: patents, copyrights, trademarks, proprietary invention agreements, license agreements.
Product Marketing and Sales: product list, marketing collateral, marketing plan, go-to-market strategy, anticipated customer acquisition cost, anticipated lifetime value of each customer, align to projections, major customers (to do reference customers), sales team, forecasts, backlog, pipeline, distribution channels and agreements, competition, production process and costs, suppliers, exclusivity, geography of suppliers or software developers, R&D projects.
Terri spends 4-6 hours to review all this information (with a glass or two of wine) and she enjoys this but has to set aside the time to do it. Her background as an auditor (financial and vendor) lends itself well to this work along with her experience negotiating agreements for herself and clients.
Terri prefers not to outsource this to someone else because she doesn’t do it very often and likes to get to know the company and the business through the process. She also uses the Q&A process to build the relationship and get a sense of what it is like to worth with the founder.
Terri also asks around and talks to other founders, investors, and might do background checks.
What should founders do as part of their due diligence? First of all, do it. Ask other founders and investors about them. Find out what happened when the startup didn’t go well as to how the investor reacted and either helped or didn’t. Make sure they are going to be a good fit; it’s hard to get rid of them later. Reputation of the investor is important because a bad investor on the cap table can be a bad signal to other investors.
As a founder, where does one start? Create the deal room and start to populate it with the static documents or documents as they are requested. For the dynamic documents, put in the most recent version.
Founders should not ask for a signed NDA from a potential investor; you have to assume good intent. If you aren’t comfortable, don’t share. Investors can’t keep track of all of the signed agreements and terms.
Final tips: investors should look at due diligence as an investment in supporting the value of the deal and the founders can see it as something to build a relationship with the investors. Founders should respond quickly to questions asked by potential investors and be transparent to build the relationship.

References in the Podcast

Women’s Startup Lab: https://womenstartuplab.com/
AngelList: https://angel.co/
Venture Deals (online class): https://www.kauffmanfellows.org/online-course-venture-deals/
Brad Feld: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bfeld/
Jason Mendelson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonmendelson/
Venture Deals (the book): https://www.feld.com/archives/2016/10/venture-deals-third-edition.html
Angel (the book): https://www.angelthebook.com/
Jason Calacanis: http://calacanis.com/
SendaRide: https://sendaride.com/
Laura Fleet: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-brookins-fleet-49aa9a54/
Crunchbase: https://www.crunchbase.com/
Y Combinator Series A Due Diligence Checklist

Contact

You can follow Jacqueline on Twitter @andYoureaGirl or go to her website at https://www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com/.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri talks to Leigh Koechner about her journey to becoming a spiritual teacher. She now works with others to help them find greater meaning in their lives and answer the questions as to why they are on the planet and what they are meant to do.

Who is Leigh Koechner?

Leigh Koechner is a writer, speaker, and spiritual teacher (who likes doing the splits and sipping martinis). She inspires by being unapologetically who she is and maintains an open mind and heart. She is the parenting expert for Deepak Chopra’s Global Wellbeing App JIYO, Executive Producer on The Mindfulness Movement Documentary, and launched her most recent Facebook Live Series on April 11th called Coming Home, 33 Days of Self-Care.

She has appeared on Oprah Winfrey’s “Your Own Show”, The Comebacks, and her One-Woman Show “Miss Junior Overland Park” on the Oxygen Network.

Leigh is a stand-up comedic who has graced the stages of Flappers and The Comedy Store.

Leigh resides in the City of Angeles with her beloved husband, actor David Koechner, and their five beautiful children.

Show Highlights

Leigh explains what a spiritual teacher is and her journey to became one.
In working with a life coach, she found the language that spoke to her soul and decided to attend the University of Santa Monica for a Master’s in Spiritual Psychology.
She wanted to get an answer to these two questions: Who in the hell am I and why am I on this planet? She learned that she was on the planet to shine her light.
Leigh spoke at an event in Aspen on manifesting and ended up sitting next to a gentleman at the bar who had created a global wellbeing app with Deepak Chopra global called Jiyo. After he returned to India, he reached out and asked her to be the parenting expert for the app because she was living the life.
Leigh got past her own self-judgment and agreed to do it. She owned her own hard work.
Terri observed that Leigh seemed to have learned to express, and embrace, who she was while attending the University of Santa Monica.
Leigh was asked by another dad at her kids’ school about participating in a mindfulness documentary and she had to go look up the word. Mindfulness is giving all your attention to the present moment without judgment. She is now co-producer of the mindfulness documentary with Deepak Chopra.
Leigh does month-long Facebook programs on topics like mindfulness, finding your gift, owner-shit, and manifesting.
Leigh comments on how we have a choice in how we show up and we can choose to be happy.
Leigh believes that when we are good inside, things are better outside.
Terri talks about how we are rewarded for being ‘busy’ and how we can miss the magical moments in our lives.
Terri talks about how she was raised by two parents who had very different views regarding life: her dad emphasized the importance of planning for the future and her mom emphasized the need to pay attention to today. It was quite the tug-o-war. Terri is focused on living now and preparing for the future.
Leigh talks about how any time you are holding things or worrying about things that you are hurting your body. Don’t live in fear. Do your work and then enjoy life like looking both ways and then crossing the street.
Terri talks about how she realized how much time she spent planning for every eventuality and how she was missing out on the current moment. Terri realized that as a recovering control freak, that it was her way of establishing some level of control in times when everything was uncertain and out of her control.
Leigh’s mom was not involved in her life growing up so when her first child was born, she found that she was a blank slate. She had to learn behaviors that she had no basis from her own experience.
Leigh learned from her mom that she just wanted to be seen and heard and realized that this is what parenting is all about.
If Leigh could wave a magic wand, she would wave so it sprinkles like pixie dust into people’s hair, and when it touches them, that they have a flash of their greatness; that for a second, they could feel their power. Once you feel it, you can’t stop it.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

We can choose to be happy; we can choose how we show up in the world.

References in the Podcast

University of Santa Monica: http://www.universityofsantamonica.edu/
Jiyo: https://jiyo.com/home
Deepak Chopra: https://www.deepakchopra.com/
Holly Ruxin: http://montcalmtcr.com/

Contact

Leigh can be reached through her Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/LeighKoechner33/

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Who is Amanda Lettmann?

Amanda Lettmann, a US Air Force Veteran, is an executive and serial entrepreneur with 20 years of global Business Operations and Transformation expertise for startups and Fortune 500 companies in the HiTech, InsurTech and FinTech industries. She has an extensive M&A background with $4B in acquisition execution in the past 10 years. As the Founder and CEO of Kardia Ventures, Amanda is an advisor, consultant and Angel Investor for tech startups. She is also the Co-Founder and COO of SimpleDisability Inc, a data analytics InsurTech startup in Silicon Valley. Amanda holds an MBA in Technology Management, she is a Business Advisor at The Founder Institute and EvoNexus, and Board Advisor at Girls in Tech San Diego and SmartMoney Veterans.

Show Highlights

Amanda was active duty Air Force and separated in 2000. She realized she didn’t want to be a flight nurse for the rest of her career
Amanda was recruited by someone in semi-conductor in 1999 by an esteemed colleague and was a business operations manager and then pursued her master’s degree in technology in 2000
She consulted at the Pentagon which led to consulting with other parts of the government. Her company was acquired by EMC so she went from a small firm to a massive firm.
At EMC, she proposed a new business plan that was ultimately accepted and moved her to Orange County to lead the West Coast consulting practice.
She then got recruited by Adobe and moved up to San Jose.
Terri comments on how Amanda takes advantage of and creates opportunities for herself.
11 years ago, Amanda was an athlete in good health and started getting ill. After collapsing she found out that a virus had attacked her blood and ultimately led to her organs shutting down. She was in the hospital for 6-9 months.
She later learned that her heart valves were damaged by the virus and that they were failing which lead to open heart surgery
Amanda was a medical anomaly because of the virus and the treatment, and she had many people studying and following her.
Amanda shares who was there to support her during her illness and recovery. She had to embrace vulnerability.
Amanda remembers her life before the illness. Her essence didn’t change but she found herself seeking high quality, deep substance people with heart. Her life before was all about competency. Her life after became more about heart and not just skill, which ended up changing her life.
She became more recognized because of her personal story which she uses to inspire others. People now get to know her for more than her skills.
Amanda is working with ESPN BisTalk Radio. She wants to do an inspirational series for women to share their stories.
She is creating a speaker series on ‘Women of Impact’. She finds that women talk about taking action to inspire others, to be proactive, to turn their potential into action. She thinks others are looking for this deep, inspiration.
Terri talks about why she started her podcast, Piloting Your Life, to give a platform for these voices and stories and inspire these same people.
Amanda has a consulting company called Kardia which means heart in Greek. She advises and consults enterprises, entrepreneurs, and does angel investing.
Amanda invests in seed stage, technology startups and looks to co-invest in SaaS companies looking to disrupt the market using artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), ALP, big data, and predictive analytics. She looks for female founders and veteran founders.
She is now a mentor with a new program called SmartMoney Veterans sponsored by UCSD and SmartMoney Startups. The experience for veterans is different as they need to relearn skills after getting out of the military.
Terri has seen a few startups that are helping veterans bridge the gap between military and civilian work. Companies like Skillmil and Shift are helping with this.
Terri comments on how impressed she is with UCSD and its support of the startup ecosystem. Amanda said that UCSD also supports veterans. There is a significant number of veterans in the San Diego area.
Amanda is an advisor for EvoNexus (an incubator/accelerator) and the Founder Institute in San Diego.
Transformation is an important concept for Amanda. She has been through several transformations and which led to coaching others on transforming. She loves seeing both enterprise transformation (through M&A) and individuals transform.
If Amanda could wave a magic wand, she would create a future where entrepreneurs and businesses come in all varieties and embrace their responsibility to co-create for equality and social good.
Terri asks how we can help with this wish. Amanda said that companies should be filling out the diversity of their teams. As investors, we should invest in companies who are working towards more diverse teams and products.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

If the opportunities aren’t there, create them. If the opportunities present themselves, take them.

References in the Podcast

Kardia Ventures: http://kardiaventures.com/
Skillmil: https://www.skillmil.com/
Shift: https://www.shift.org/
SmartMoney Startups: https://www.smartmoneystartups.com/
SmartMoney Veterans: https://www.smartmoneyveterans.com/
EvoNexus: https://evonexus.org/
Founder Institute: https://fi.co/

Contact

Amanda can be reached via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandalettmann/ or through her website http://kardiaventures.com/

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri talks to Amy Chang about how at the age of 35 she had checked all life’s boxes but wasn’t completely fulfilled. She found religion to fill the void and was able to redefine success for herself. Amy talks about how this changed the way she operates in the world and how she wants to see more women angel investing.

Who is Amy Chang?

Amy C. Chang is the CEO of Delta Nutrassentials, a consumer health supplement company. Previously, she was VP of Strategy & Investor Relations for AMN Healthcare and prior to joining AMN, she held various leadership roles with other companies in operations, customer service and finance after beginning her career with KPMG.

Amy is an advisor, board member, and investor of various start-ups in San Diego, as well as a board member of Hera Angels and member of the Keiretsu Forum, Wharton Angel Network, and SheEO. She served as a board member of the National Investor Relations Institute - San Diego Chapter and has been a member of the San Diego YMCA Overnight Camps Board of Advisors. She is Chair-Elect of the San Diego YMCA Board of Governors and has been involved in homeless ministries and has served as a foster youth mentor and foster parent.

Show Highlights

Amy talks about being the driver’s seat of your life (similar to Terri talking about being the pilot in your own life) and not just letting life happen.
Amy talks about being driven and the importance of checking the boxes to achieve ‘success’ in her life and still being unfulfilled. She realized that she might have had the wrong measure of success in her life.
Despite checking all of the boxes, she realized she wasn’t happy enough. She became a born-again Christian at the age of 35 which has made the biggest difference in her life and has changed the way she looks at her life and the rewards she wants to get out of life.
Her definition of success has changed, and she worries about far fewer things as a result. She thinks that people are happier when they are living something beyond themselves.
Amy talks about what she looks for as an angel investor and some of the startups she’s invested in.
Three years ago, Amy didn’t know that angel investing was an option but has since invested in quite a few companies directly. She joined the Keiretsu Forum, the Wharton Angel Network and she is now on the board of Hera Ventures.
Amy likes to invest directly into a startup to help them fuel their growth which helps to create innovation and helps the local economy. She does caution that angel investing is not for everyone.
Amy talks about the importance of diversifying your portfolio and how networking has contributed to her deal flow. She has learned the most from other angel investors.
Terri talks about her experience in Sand Hill Angels being a great training ground.
Amy and Terri would like to see more female angel investors, and both shared the importance of being supported by other female angel investors.
Based on what she wishes she knew when she started investing, Amy recommends that women start with small checks and get to know the founders as much as you can.
If Amy could wave a magic wand, she would encourage people to get to know each other on an individual basis.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Founder integrity is critical when investing in a startup.

References in the Podcast

Venture Deals: https://www.feld.com/archives/2016/10/venture-deals-third-edition.html
JDoe: https://jdoe.io/
Delta Nutrassentials: https://www.deltanutra.com/
Keiretsu Forum: http://www.keiretsuforum.com/
Wharton Angel Network: http://www.whartonangelnetwork.co/
Hera Angels: https://www.heraangels.com/
Tech Coast Angels: https://www.techcoastangels.com/

Contact

Amy can be reached via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/amychang8/ or her company’s website, www.deltanutra.com.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Who is Tracy Warren?

Tracy is general partner of Astarte Ventures, an early stage investment firm focused exclusively on women’s and children’s health and wellbeing. The firm has made investments in eight companies with technologies focused on women and children, including Maven, Prima-Temp, Naya Health and Madorra. Through Astarte Ventures, Tracy and her co-founders came together to form Astarte Medical to dramatically impact the lives of preterm infants. As founding CEO, she leverages her experience of serial entrepreneurship and over 15 years as a venture capitalist and early stage investor to lead strategy and fundraising.

Prior to Astarte Ventures, Tracy served as general partner at Battelle Ventures and focused on investments in health & life sciences, as well as emerging energy technologies, with an emphasis on institutional-based transactions.

Show Highlights

Tracy shares her background starting as an investment banker, moving into venture capital, and then into investing in women and infant health.
Terri provides an explanation of FemTech and PediaTech. FemTech is not supporting female founders but is focused on women’s health. PediaTech is focused on children’s health.
Only recently have women been recognized as the focal point for decision making in healthcare.
80-85% of all household healthcare decisions are made by women.
Digital health / convenience technologies start to change the conversation around women’s health.
Healthcare must change to meet the needs of women and all of the things they juggle on a daily basis. Women can be early adopters of the tech to deliver the caliber of health women want and deserve.
Tracy and Terri are not seeing the momentum in the FemTech space. They are seeing a lot of good companies, but these companies are struggling due to lack of funding and there’s no obvious avenue to getting better access to the funding to truly grow and scale the companies to have the impact. It’s a catch-22.
Many people still see FemTch as evangelistic.
Terri commented on how VCs traditionally took greater risk investing but aren’t doing so now and she challenged the VCs to return to taking risks in this space where there is unmet need and demand and great opportunity.
Terri is seeing movement in the employer space to provide more female and family friendly benefits. Tracy agrees that employers are focused on employee retention and will be the first to put some stakes in the ground in this space.
Tracy says the challenge is greater culturally. Women’s issues have been largely attributed to just being a woman and not seen as treatable and real health issues. Examples include menopause and post-partum related issues.
Terri talks about how women are not heard when they visit healthcare providers. There’s no empathy, only pity. This is a healthcare provider training issue and women need to better advocate for themselves and not rely on the ‘doctor knows best’ myth.
Tracy talks about how women are now able to talk about things that our mothers didn’t talk about like periods, sex-related issues, and other female health topics. As the walls start coming down between women and culturally (like on TV) the solutions will become more mainstream and possible.
Terri asked Tracy if the openness that we have in California the same across the country and Tracy said no, not yet. The shift will occur with each generation. Education is a powerful thing.
Tracy shares how her daughter is a shrewd shopper about her health and the apps. There is self-advocacy now that didn’t exist even 15 years ago.
Tracy talks about some of her early stage investing in the FemTech and PediaTech space including Maven Clinic, PrimaTemp (infertility/fertility), Astarte Medical (improving pre-term birth outcomes), and Madorra (vaginal dryness).
If Tracy could wave a magic wand, she would find a way for people to be able to control their own healthcare. The US system was designed to cover everyone regardless of the choices they have made. Now that we move into preventive health, we need to rethink the model and blow it up and start it all over again. This would put women in charge.
Terri expands on the importance of getting childhood diseases under control to reduce the longer-term quality of life issues and the increase in cost of chronic disease treatment and management.
Tracy talks about the perverse incentives of the pharma companies to develop and sell the billion-dollar drugs to treat sickness rather than having investors invest in companies that are focused on preventive measures.
Tracy talks about gender-based trial design and there has been a significant amount of research around women at different lifecycles related to specific conditions. She thinks there will be a data play at some point that will consider these differences.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Data is out there; it will be liberated; and it will guide us to better care.

References in the Podcast

Stacy Feld: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacy-feld-0061141/
Ida Tin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/idatin/
Clue: https://helloclue.com/
Maven Clinic: https://www.mavenclinic.com/
Tammi Jantzen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tammi-jantzen-64066b32/
Girl Boss Radio: https://www.girlboss.com/podcast
Nicole Dahlstrom: FemTech Collective: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-dahlstrom-066a1042/
Lola: https://www.mylola.com/
ElleBox: https://elleboxco.com/
PrimaTemp: http://www.prima-temp.com/
Astarte Medical: http://www.astartemedical.com/
Madorra: http://www.madorra.com/
Tueo Health: http://www.tueohealth.com/

Contact

Tracy can be reached via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracy-warren-57a29/.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Who is Jillian Kaplan?

Jillian Kaplan is a trauma survivor, animal advocate, rainbow baby mama, former binge eater turned health and fitness coach. Jillian was hit by a car crossing a crosswalk and had emergency brain surgery to save her life. She also had a shattered pelvis, face, sacrum, and septum. She spent 3 months in a wheelchair unable to walk or stand but has now fully recovered, lives pain free, and is the mom to a healthy baby girl born in September 2017, 13 months after the traumatic injury.

Jillian has worked in corporate doing product management and marketing and is pursuing her passion around health as a coach for Beach Body which is part of her online health and fitness coaching business. She has a B.S. in Management and an MBA from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and lives with her amazing husband and daughter outside of Boston, Mass.

Show Highlights

Jillian talks about growing up in a healthy household and how she chose not to listen and ended up binge eating, addicted to diet pills, and struggling with her weight.
Four years ago, Jillian made the choice to be healthy and strong which ended up saving her life.
Jillian wants to share the message that you are beautiful the way you are, and that health is a lifestyle.
Jillian talks about walking her puppy and getting hit by a car in September 2016 where the doctors weren’t sure if she would survive let alone walk again.
She woke up after the accident and chose to let it be part of her story and to not define her. She has decided to make a ‘message’ out of the ‘mess.’
Jillian talks about the group Safe Roads Alliance that she works with in Massachusetts. She spoke at an event where she was the only living survivor of an accident like the one she was in.
Jillian talks about how being in good shape helped her body deal with the trauma she endured. She had two surgeries within two days of each other which were traumatic in and of themselves. She was not only physically fit but mentally fit which came from making the decision to become healthier and changing her habits.
Jillian’s husband was notified because of the number on her dog’s tag. She wasn’t carrying an ID and now she is an advocate for always carrying some form of ID.
Jillian talks about how rehab was so mentally challenging since she was very young compared to the other people there and that she had no one to talk to. She was alone a lot and was unable to get out of bed on her own. She stayed sane by being active on social media and sharing her story.
Jillian’s husband was incredibly supportive throughout this entire process.
Jillian avoids the crosswalk where the accident occurred but did go there on the one-year anniversary of her accident. She is cautious now when she is out walking.
Terri talks about the conversations she has with her children about being aware of drivers who are generally distracted and to remain vigilant when riding their bikes or walking out on the streets.
Jillian talks about how she had a miscarriage, was experiencing infertility and was scheduled to meet with specialists but then had the accident. She was fortunate to have a young, female surgeon who was sensitive to the fact that Jillian was a young woman when fixing her after the accident.
Jillian talks about how surprised she was to find out she was five months pregnant when she went in for a medical appointment and ended up delivering a healthy baby girl in the fall of 2017, thirteen months after her accident.
Jillian talks about being a Beach Body coach before and after the accident. She appreciates the physical and mental strength that she has gained from the program. She feels an obligation to pay it forward at this point for people who feel defeated or stuck.
Jillian likes to share the things she loves like Ipsy and Artic Zero ice cream and she pays for her products. Terri talks about how she hopes that Jillian ends up benefitting financially from promoting and supporting the products with her audience.
If Jillian had a magic wand, she would change the way people communicate. She thinks that a lot of the world’s problems could be solved if we just talked to each other (and not through text or email).
Brian Alvey introduced Terri to Jillian and they met through the adoption of their dog. Jillian talks about how she works with dog rescue organizations on fundraising. While she wasn’t raised with dogs, she ended up with a dog after a breakup and then wanted to foster dogs and ultimately providing support for dog rescues.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Carry some sort of ID when out and about in the event of an accident or emergency. You never know who might need to reach someone on your behalf.

References in the Podcast

Safe Roads Alliance: https://www.saferoadsalliance.org/
Beach Body: https://www.teambeachbody.com/jilliankaplan
Ipsy: https://www.ipsy.com/glambag#/
Artic Zero ice cream: https://www.arcticzero.com/
Brian Alvey: http://www.brianalvey.com/

Contact

Jillian can be reached through her website www.jilliankaplan.com or by email at fitresq@gmail.com. She is also active on Instagram and Pinterest.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri and Jacqueline sit down over a cup of coffee (not bubbly) to talk about the making of the Piloting Your Life podcast and the journey to get to episode 50. Contact You can follow Jacqueline on Twitter @andYoureaGirl or go to her website at https://www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com/.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri continues with her series on angel investing and goes into detail on what she looks for in a pitch from founders looking to her as a potential investor. Show Highlights * Terri looks at the following when she is listening to a pitch regardless of the length of the pitch: * + Problem being solved, how it is being solved, and why now is the time + Market opportunity and target market + Revenue and monetization strategy + Go to market strategy and scalability + How much the company will need to scale and exit? Is this a venture investable business? + What barriers are in place to prevent someone else from doing the same thing? + Competition + Management team and why they are qualified to bring the product to market or scale the business + How much are you raising? How long will it last? What are the plans for the use of funds? + What is the bigger vision and long-term strategy? + What is the exit strategy? How am I going to get my money back? * Every investor is going to have different requirements in terms of their decision-making process for investing * Terri uses the Q&A to get a general sense of the founder including how coachable they might be and how they react under pressure. * Terri looks to make sure that the founder is not just technically competent but is able to lead the business. * Terri invests in early stage companies which is heavily reliant on the team’s ability to execute so Terri generally invests in the ‘team’ and can make a decision to invest relatively quickly. Her level of due diligence after seeing the pitch depends on the size of the raise, the size of the check, and whether she is investing on her own or through a group or a syndicate. * Terri gets frustrated with founders who are unable to put together a decent pitch given the resources available online.

References in the Podcast * Terri’s Medium post on pitches: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead/pitching-to-angel-investors-or-at-least-to-me-30696345ebe6 * Niki Quinn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-quinn-a5435114/ * Guy Kawasaki: https://guykawasaki.com/how-to-create-an-enchanting-pitch-officeandguyk/ * YC pitching: https://blog.ycombinator.com/how-to-pitch-your-company/ * 500 Startups pitching: https://500.co/7-pitching-habits-for-founders/

Contact You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com. To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri talks to Eric Quon-Lee about he was drawn to the US from Canada because of his need to go faster. Terri and Eric talk about how globalization has shaken people’s foundations making them revisit their values which can be very uncomfortable and resisting bias takes effort.

Who is Eric Quon-Lee? Eric Quon-Lee is a seasoned cross-border management consultant currently based in San Francisco, CA with several years of management consulting experience primarily in finance, strategy and operations. Prior to his current role, Eric worked for several leading Canadian corporations in aerospace, telecom and financial services. In his spare time, Eric is highly involved in the startup ecosystem in the San Francisco Bay Area as well as globally as a “super-connector”. Eric has a MBA from the Rotman School of Management – University of Toronto. Show Highlights * If Eric could wave a magic wand, he would give more people more opportunity to do what they want to do and pursue their hopes and dreams. * Eric talks about how innovation looks different in geographic locations outside of the Silicon Valley which is good for innovation. * Eric thinks that other geographic areas shouldn’t simply copy and paste the Silicon Valley model but should encourage people to innovate and think differently. * Terri talks about mentoring the Ada program in Berlin, Germany and seeing what the mindsets are for those who aren’t raised in the Silicon Valley. * Eric’s mindset drew him to Silicon Valley from Canada where he grew up. He was always drawn to the US. He wanted to go faster. * Eric talks about an interesting tipping point and we should start to work more collaboratively * Eric comments on how in the US, we have more of a mindset of figuring it out as we go along versus in Canada, where society is based on peace, order and government (POG) which limits speed. * Right now in the US, people are having their mindsets and value sets challenged and we need to get people to think less about stereotypes and appreciate people as people. * Terri asked Eric if he heard the term ‘wanta-preneur’ which is a new term for her. * Eric’s book is Ideate Your Career and we will share a link in the show notes (see References). * Eric thinks the only way you get better is through practice and this leads to building your risk tolerance. We limit people’s ability to do this by expecting perfection and have scare people from taking risks. * Eric thinks that there are a lot of things that are funded in the Silicon Valley that shouldn’t be funded and perhaps we should focus on funding the really hard things. * Terri asks Eric if we have diluted the system by investing in non-billion dollar ideas. He said no because there are multiple layers and multiple models. * Eric talks about how patterns make us comfortable and this is where we fall down. It takes effort to break out of the patterns and resist the bias which is hard work. * Eric comments on how our education system doesn’t teach critical thinking which is a necessary skill especially in our society today. * We need to make it more comfortable for people to fall down and fail and learn how to get back up. * Terri talks about how she is encouraging her son to pursue philosophy or political science in college to learn how to think which has become a valued skillset. * Terri shares how bored her daughter was in school and how it affected her behavior and how they decided to do independent study for the rest of her 8th grade to provide more stimulating learning. * Eric writes in his book about everyone needs capability, experience and network to be a fully functional human being. * Eric talks about how much of the societal unrest is because people’s foundations have been shaken or cracked within globalization.

Terri’s Key Takeaway Globalization has led to some of the societal unrest as people have lost their individual or community foundations and need to find a different way to feel stabilized in the world. References in the Podcast * Ada: https://www.ada-accelerator.com/ * Ideate Your Career: https://www.amazon.ca/Ideate-Your-Career-There-Straight-ebook/dp/B078GSTPNF * Eric’s website: http://quon-lee.com/index.html * Eric’s newsletter link: http://quon-lee.com/newsletter.html

Contact Eric can be reached through LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/equonlee/ or through his website at http://quon-lee.com/index.html. You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com. To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

Ideate Your Career: Why There Is No Such Thing As a Straight Career Path and What You Can Do About It

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Terri and her producer Jacqueline sit down over a bottle of California bubby to talk about what Terri wanted to be when she grew up, growing up in a family business, being an identical twin, and what she would do with a magic wand. Show Highlights * Terri and Jacqueline are enjoying an Iron Horse Vineyard Ocean Reserve in celebration of Terri’s birthday * Terri and Jacqueline talk about the badass women they interviewed for upcoming podcasts and that Terri will not be actively looking for men to be on the podcast. * Terri commented on how contrasts can provide clarity on what is important in our lives for us to take action. * Terri shares how the last few weeks have re-enforced the need for her to recognize her value in all of her decisions. * Jacqueline talks about how difficult it is for her to feel comfortable getting paid for the work she is doing and the value she is bringing to other people’s lives. * Terri is wondering whether the startup advising she is doing is being valued because she is doing it for free. * Jacqueline asks what Terri wanted to be what she wanted to be when she grew up. * Terri talks about not wanting kids until she was around 22 when one of her ex-boyfriend’s sisters had twins and she got to spend a lot of time with them. * Jacqueline and Terri talk about daycare for their children. * Terri talks about her experience working on and off for her parents in their accounting firm between the age of 9 and 26. * Terri talks about working in a family business and the dynamics including marital dynamics, kid/parent dynamics, and founder dynamics. Terri talks about disappointing her dad by not taking over his CPA firm. * Terri’s diverse work experience came from working for all of her parents’ friends’ companies as she was growing up. * Terri talks about her relationship with her identical twin sister. They’ve always had a contentious relationship which continues to this day and makes Terri very sad. * Terri talks about how the universe gave her an older sister in Patty Nykodym who she met at the newborn parenting class when she was pregnant with her son. They ended up sharing a birthday and then delivering their first children (both boys) 4 hours apart at the same hospital by the same doctor. * Terri talked about having to learn, in college, how to be a good girlfriend to other girls because having an identical twin, despite how difficult the relationship was, gave her an automatic friend. * Terri talks about how hard it’s been to not have her sister active in her life because it feels like she’s lost a limb or part of her soul is missing. * Jacqueline asks what Terri’s big lesson learned: own your destiny and be the pilot in your own life. * If Terri could wave a magic wand, she would wave it over her family to eliminate whatever trauma or resentment exists in her family and create a new, functional and happy adult dynamic. * But she would truly, rather wave the magic wand to make her friends with some very sick kids, make the kids all better. * Jacqueline talks about how Terri built an amazing family atmosphere in her house that makes it fun to come over and hang out. It’s Jaqueline’s favorite co-working space.

Call to Action What would you do with a magic wand? Share your wish with Terri and Jacqueline at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com or on Twitter and tag @PilotingLife hashtag #PilotingYourLife. References in the Podcast * Iron Horse Vineyards: http://www.ironhorsevineyards.com/Shop-Wines/Sparkling-Wines * IEEE WIE: http://ieee-wie-ilc.org/agenda/ * Brian Alvey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianalvey/ * Clipisode: https://www.clipisode.co/ * Amanda Lettmann: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandalettmann/ * Cru: http://www.cruredwoodcity.com/

Contact You can follow Jacqueline on Twitter at @tipsycopilot or find her on her website at www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com. You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com. To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri continues with her series on angel investing with a recap of her activities over the last week including her regular, weekly startup advising, her first syndicated deal, what a syndicate is, and the convergence of her work in life sciences and her investing.

Show Highlights

Terri recaps why she is doing this series of podcasts: create a mesh network of like-minded investors to invest in the startups and founders who aren’t necessarily getting the attention from mainstream angel and venture investors despite having very promising and investable startups.
Terri talks in greater detail about syndicating her first deal on AngelList and what a syndicate is
Terri shares details about her regular advisory meetings, various meetings with startup founders and investors, and how her life in life sciences is converging with her angel investing

Call to Action

Subscribe to one podcast or one newsletter and get into the groove of listening and reading. Feel free to reach out to Terri if you have any questions or comments or other suggestions for resources for new angel investors. PilotingYourLife@gmail.com

References in the Podcast

The Guild: https://theguilded.org/guild/home/index.html#/
Quinn Style: https://www.quinnstyle.com/
Tech Futures Group: www.techfuturesgroup.org
AngelList: https://angel.co/
Sendaride: https://sendaride.com/
Bolt: https://bolt.io/

Contact

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

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Terri talks to Holly Ruxin about her journey into discovering her heart and getting out of her head to lead a more authentic life and help her clients at Montcalm TCR invest in alignment with their personal values.

Who is Holly Ruxin?

Holly founded Montcalm TCR, a female-led wealth management firm in San Francisco combining over twenty years’ experience in risk management on Wall Street with a transparent process that empowers clients. Holly has an extensive background in finances having begun her investment career at Goldman Sachs in the fixed income derivatives division, where she learned indelible lessons about risk management and cultivated an expert understanding of money. She later managed assets and led private client teams at Morgan Stanley, Montgomery Securities, and Bank of America.

Show Highlights

If Holly had a magic wand she would change the existing power infrastructure where everyone leads from their heads and have everyone lead from their hearts.
Holly talks about following your heart and your gut to be more grounded in your decisions.
Terri talks about having spent the last two years stripping out the adaptations and the accommodations to succeed in a man’s world
Holly shared her experience being on Wall Street where she was taught to be very good at leading from the head but later realized there was another way. She spent several years working with coaches to unravel ‘her head.’
She talked about the difference in the ‘masculine’ versus the ‘feminine’ values and how hard it is to undo the values one is trained to follow.
Terri talks about the current situation in the world presenting us with the perfect opportunity to shift in the way we operate in the world and embracing values that are no longer serving us in the world.
Terri talks about working with a coach over the summer to learn to embrace her intuition as the decisions she made intuitively have been some of her best decisions.
Holly talks about how women differ from men in having not only just fear/flight but having fear/flight and building of community.
Holly has spent the last few years learning to build new ‘super highways’ in her brain to operate in the world differently.
The contrasts in the world are providing people with the opportunities to speak up and say they want to come from a more authentic place.
She had her third child in 2008 when the financial markets were crashing and she had two other children at the time. Her oldest child started losing his motor skills and language and she couldn’t get a diagnosis even after having gone to a number of prominent medical facilities in the SF Bay Area. She resorted to looking to non-western medicine to get answers. This led her to start thinking about being more authentic in the world.
She saw that it was possible to bring this new way of thinking and this new value system into the financial world.
She thinks that love is about truth and authenticity. It is important to be grateful and not have judgment.
The nature of the C corporation is that legally it has fiduciary responsibility to the shareholders; they must make profits higher.
The B corporation must support people, environment and profits. With the change to B corps, there will be different motivations.
Terri talks about the need to redefine the definition of success.
Holly started her wealth management company Montcalm TCR to give…not just extract which is what was expected of her at Morgan Stanley and Bank of America.
Holly provides her clients with the opportunity to ask questions to engage and understand and feel empowered with her money and their investments.
Terri asked Holly about Stash Wealth for millennials to get better service as they are building their wealth and want to invest in things that aligned with their values.
Holly talks about how we have lost our community banking where there was connection in the community and one was able to borrow because they were known in the community.
Holly talks about how some of her very wealthy clients being very nervous about losing all of their money. People who are scared come from a scarcity perspective and she works with them to reduce that fear to create greater abundance.
Holly says that people are afraid because they really aren’t invested in their investments
Holly talks about the Last Mile and how it helps inmates in the criminal justice learn to code. She talks about NPX Investors and how it is providing a different and new way to have money flow and build sustainability for people.
Terri puts Holly on the spot in asking her about CNote. CNote is tied into community developed financial institutions. They give the investor a chance to be involved in the cash flows.
Holly continues to ask about how you can continue to focus on transformational behavior.
Jacqueline asks Terri to ask Holly about how to become a more heart-centered investor…Holly responds by encouraging you to ask questions. The questions are: What do I own? What do I owe? What do I earn? What do I need? These bring it out of your head and into your heart.
Terri talks about her semi-annual financial review to get her concerns out of her head and focus on the reality. It reduces a lot of stress for her.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

It is possible to collaborate and have all stakeholders win. Life is not a zero-sum game.

References in the Podcast

Stash Wealth: https://www.stashwealth.com/
Carolyn Leonard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolyn-leonard-2549631a/
SheInvests podcast with Carolyn Leonard: http://www.sheinvests.com/carolyn-leonard-quest-change-misconception-women-money-episode-15/
Last Mile: https://thelastmile.org/
NPX Investors: https://npxadvisors.com/
CNote: https://www.mycnote.com/
Suzanne Andrews: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzannemandrews/

Contact

Holly can be reached through her website http://montcalmtcr.com/ or through LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyziegelruxin/ or on Twitter @hollyruxin.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri answers Jacqueline’s questions about pitch events and demo days
Terri talks about the Ada program in Berlin to encourage more women to be founders and entrepreneurs where she will be a mentor in their first cohort.
Terri talks about the SwissNex event last year where she met Anne Cocquyt of The Guild where she had to ask to be on the all-male panel and the facilitator said they would be declaring the king of the evening. Terri had to shout out “or queen.” The winner ended up being a female founder.
Terri comments on how she dislikes pitch events where winners are declared but there’s no actual financial reward.
Terri attends events to learn about what is going on, the latest technology, and potentially find new startups to invest in. She also looks for founders/startups to help even if she doesn’t invest in the startups.
Terri clarifies her understanding of an evergreen fund for her own investing.
How long does it take a company to exit? Typically, 7-10 years. But it depends on the business and the exit strategy (IPO, acquisition).
What is an accredited investor? Terri talks about the discussions around investing in startups and the SEC requirements and that the net worth and income requirements limit who can invest regardless of knowledge and experience.
Terri shares what she is listening for at the various pitch events. It depends on which hat she is wearing. In addition to the standard pitch elements, she is looking for ability to communicate.
Is Terri looking for leadership style in the pitches? Indirectly, yes.
The point of the pitch is to pique interest for follow up conversations.
In early stage startups, you are generally investing in the team.
Terri is excited about one of her investments, Zum, that just announced their $19M Series B raise. Zum is on demand and scheduled rides for kids ages 5-15. They have a female co-founder/CEO.
At what point do big VCs invest in startups? What are the various rounds? Seed, Series A, Series B, etc. Terri talks about the current landscape with more money coming into startups earlier and VCs investing earlier in the startups. Geography impacts this as well.
Terri talks about when she invests in convertible notes versus priced rounds.
Terri is excited about the first deal, Sendaride, she is syndicating on AngelList. (This is not a solicitation for funds). Terri is sharing out to folks in her network who she knows are accredited investors to get them onto the AngelList platform. Terri found getting onto the platform a bit confusing without a specific deal to invest in.
Terri and Jacqueline were saved by the bell when Terri’s neighbor, Sean, came over with a cocktail to discuss cryptocurrency, blockchain and ICO’s.

Call to Action

Subscribe to one podcast or one newsletter about angel investing and get into the groove of listening and reading. Feel free to reach out to Terri if you have any questions or comments or other suggestions for resources for new angel investors. PilotingYourLife@gmail.com

References in the Podcast

The Guild: https://theguilded.org/guild/home/index.html#/
Founder Institute: https://fi.co/
Sand Hill Angels: http://www.sandhillangels.com/
Terri’s Medium post on what she looks for in a pitch: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead/pitching-to-angel-investors-or-at-least-to-me-30696345ebe6
Y Combinator: http://www.ycombinator.com/
500 Startups: https://500.co/
Acceleprise: http://acceleprise.vc/
Alchemist Accelerator: http://alchemistaccelerator.com/
Ada Accelerator (Ignore Gravity): https://www.ada-accelerator.com/
SwissNex: https://www.swissnexsanfrancisco.org/
Terri’s Medium post on cryptocurrency, blockchain, ICOs: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead/cryptocurrency-and-ico-resources-55766cae29e
GoBambino: http://www.gobambino.com/
Ben Narasin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bennarasin/
NEA: http://www.nea.com/
Accredited investor requirements: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/accreditedinvestor.asp
SeedInvest: https://www.seedinvest.com/
Jason Calacanis: http://calacanis.com/
Launch Festival: https://www.launchfestival.com/
Jobs Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumpstart_Our_Business_Startups_Act
Clara Brenner of Urban Venture Fund talks about the Series A crunch at a Founder University event: http://thisweekinstartups.com/founder-university-clara-brenner/
Sequoia Capital: https://www.sequoiacap.com/
AngelList: https://angel.co/
Sendaride: https://sendaride.com/

Contact

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri continues with her series on angel investing with a recap of her activities over the last two weeks including events with Springboard, office hours at Bolt and InTeaHouse, her weekly advising of three startups, and plans for her trip to Europe in June/July with InTeaHouse. Show Highlights * Terri recaps why she is doing this series of podcasts: create a mesh network of like-minded investors to invest in the startups and founders who aren’t necessarily getting the attention from mainstream angel and venture investors despite having very promising and investable startups * Terri attended Springboard’s Digital Health cohort final presentations and the pitches for the new cohort of biotech companies. * Terri talks about the deal she is working on syndicating on AngelList called Sendaride. She is performing due diligence not for her own investing but for others who will be considering investing alongside her. She looked at the deal, the company, the management team, financials, projections, technology, the product, market opportunity, and sales. * Terri talks about the office hours she held at Bolt on Brannan St. in SF. * Terri did some office hours for some founders at InTeaHouse with about 20 founders with startups that crossed all industries. She provided some advice and guidance to the founders while she was there. * Terri had registered for a MedTech Women event but had to skip it due to her busy schedule. * Terri handles emails, calls, research on a daily basis. * Terri is advising three companies including The Guild, Quinn Style, and Lisa Health and picked up half a dozen new clients through Tech Futures Group. * Terri loves learning things in one place and applies it to other companies and people. * Terri learns by doing and is learning as she goes along. It’s painful to see how ignorant she was two years ago and how much more needs to be learned. * Terri talks about the European fireside chat tour she is going to do with InTeaHouse where she will be visiting Geneva, Zurich, Munich, Berlin, Tel Aviv, Vienna, Slovakia, and of course, Paris.

Call to Action Subscribe to one podcast and one newsletter and get into the groove of listening and reading. Feel free to reach out to Terri if you have any questions or comments or other suggestions for resources for new angel investors. PilotingYourLife@gmail.com References in the Podcast * Angels with Wings: https://www.wingpact.com/ * Springboard: https://sb.co/ * Blumio: http://blumio.com/ * Tech Futures Group: http://www.techfuturesgroup.org/ * Pheronym: https://www.pheronym.com/ * AngelList: https://angel.co/ * Sendaride: https://sendaride.com/ * Women’s Startup Lab: https://womenstartuplab.com/ * Bolt: https://bolt.io/ * Kate McAndrew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kateprestonmcandrew/ * Monique Woodard: http://www.moniquewoodard.com/ * InTeaHouse: https://inteahouse.com/ * The Guild: https://theguilded.org/guild/home/index.html#/ * Quinn Style: https://www.quinnstyle.com/ * Lisa Health: https://www.lisahealth.com/ * Startup Sesame: https://www.startupsesame.com/

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Terri talks to Fei Wu about how she researched coming to the US from China to study when she was a teenager and picked a school in Fryeburg, Maine so she could play ice hockey. Fei talks about launching her podcast in 2014 in order to have something of her own that didn’t require multiple rounds of client approval. She looks forward to using her platform to bring people together to make the world a better place. Who is Fei Wu? Fei Wu is from Beijing, China and came to the US in her teens to study in Fryeburg, Maine. Fei left her job in marketing and advertising to build a company of her own called Feisworld, LLC, with a mission to help small businesses and people tell better stories, find more customers and create new revenue streams. Fei is the creator and host of Feisworld Podcast which has listeners from over 40 countries. Show Highlights * Fei tells the story about how she came from China to study in the US and how she looked for a school that had ice hockey and ended up in Fryeburg, Maine. * Terri shares her story about how first experienced ice hockey at a Give Hockey a Try Day last year. * Terri talks about exchanging houses with families in France and how valuable the experience was in terms of being forced to adapt to a different culture and language in developing empathy. * Fei teaches art at a local high school and encourages the kids to travel and get exposed to other languages and cultures. * Fei talks about how she was excited to come to school in the US and didn’t think she was brave or courageous at the time. * Fei launched her podcast in October 2014 because she wanted to create something on her own without requiring approval from anyone else. She was influenced by Krista Tippett and her podcast On Being. * Fei loves being able to learn about other people through her interviews with people on her podcast. * Terri likes that she can be ‘nosy’ when she interviews people for her podcast. * Fei learned how to actively listen as a podcaster which was somewhat in contrast to the way she was raised in China. Being an active listener is so important when interviewing for podcasts because it brings the listeners along with the process. * Fei talks about how she learned to use her podcast as a platform to gain new consulting clients. Dorie Clark encouraged her to write an eBook about this (which is available on Fei’s website). She is seen as someone who delivers and is trustworthy. * For Fei, 2018 will define who she is and who she will be in terms of her consulting work. She now chooses who she works with and doesn’t feel the need to say yes to everyone. * If Fei could wave a magic wand, she would love to use her platform to bring people together.

Terri’s Key Takeaway Empathy is the key to reducing the divisiveness in the world. References in the Podcast * Fei’s website: https://www.feisworld.com/ * Fei’s World podcast: https://www.feisworld.com/podcast/ * Make More Marbles: http://makemoremarbles.com/ * Fei’s eBook series: https://www.feisworld.com/ebooks/ * On Being podcast: https://onbeing.org/ * Dorie Clark: http://www.dorieclark.com/ * Brene Brown: https://brenebrown.com/videos/ * Unraveling Pink: https://unravelingpink.com/ * Unraveling Pink podcasts on women ally moments: https://unravelingpink.com/2018/03/01/happy-womens-history-month/#more-713

Contact Fei can be reached through her website https://www.feisworld.com/ or on Twitter @feisworld or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/feisworld/ or on Instagram @feisworld. You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com. To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri introduces the new series on angel investing and provides a list of resources to start to get educated on the space
Terri shares her experience at a Bay Angels Fashion Tech pitch event in San Francisco
Terri shares her lofty goal of creating a mesh-network of like-minded investors to invest in the startups and founders that are not getting the attention and funding they so richly deserve.

Call to Action

Subscribe to one podcast and one newsletter and get into the groove of listening and reading. Feel free to reach out to Terri if you have any questions or comments or other suggestions for resources for new angel investors. PilotingYourLife@gmail.com

References in the Podcast

Angel the book by Jason Calcanis: http://bit.ly/AngeltheBook
Venture Deals by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson: http://bit.ly/VentureDealstheBook
Masters of Corporate Venture by Andrew Romans : http://bit.ly/CorporateVentureBook
The Twenty Minute VC: http://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/
SheInvests: http://www.sheinvests.com/
Hera Labs: https://www.heralabs.com/
AdAstra Ventures: https://adastra.ventures/
The Pitch by Gimlet Media: https://www.gimletmedia.com/the-pitch
The Full Ratchet with Nick Moran: http://fullratchet.net/
Fred Wilson’s blog: http://avc.com/
Brad Feld’s blog: https://www.feld.com/
CB Insights Newsletter: https://www.cbinsights.com/newsletter
PitchBook Newsletters: https://pitchbook.com/subscribe
Inside Venture Capital: https://inside.com/?ref=newsletter
MobiHealthNews: http://www.mobihealthnews.com/
Fierce family of newsletters: http://bit.ly/FierceNewsletters
Mercom Healthcare IT: http://store.mercom.mercomcapital.com/healthcare-it-reports/
Digital Health Today podcast: https://digitalhealthtoday.com/podcasts/
Rock Health podcast: https://rockhealth.com/tag/podcast/
A16z podcast: https://a16z.com/podcasts/
This Week in Tech (TWiT) podcast: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Bay Angels: http://bayangels.com/ns/
Quinn: https://www.quinnstyle.com/
Fashion Incubator of San Francisco: https://fashionincubatorsf.org/

Contact

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Jacqueline’s Webinar March 8th is International Women’s Day and Jacqueline has partnered with FairFunders to provide a webinar for 100 women who want to take it to the next level. During the webinar on March 8th, Jacqueline will walk you through how to better understand what influences our confidence, how we represent our confidence to the world, ways that we erode our own confidence, show you ways to build confidence both short and long terms. You will leave with an action plan to apply confidence in your quest for greatness. The webinar is on March 8th at 12:30 PM pacific time and tickets are only $10. To register go to the FairFunders website which is https://fairfunders.org/fave.php. Jacqueline’s event is The Confidence Empowerment Series. Space is limited so register now to avoid missing out on fabulous opportunity to get you moving on your quest for greatness. Contact You can follow Jacqueline on Twitter at @jacquelineStee or find her on her website at www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com. You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com. To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri talks to Dorie Clark about how to get heard above the noise and shares her playbook on being recognized for your expertise through content creation, social proof and your network. Who is Dorie Clark? Dorie Clark is an adjunct professor at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the author of Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of 2015 by Inc. magazine. A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, the New York Times described her as an “expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives.” A frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, she consults and speaks for clients including Google, Microsoft, and the World Bank. She is also a producer of a multiple Grammy-award-winning jazz album. You can download her free Entrepreneurial You self-assessment workbook and learn more at dorieclark.com/entrepreneur. Show Highlights * Dorie believes there is a science to breaking through to be heard above the noise which is different from being good at what you do; if we give people the playbook, we will lift all boats * Dorie wants to live in a world where the best ideas win, not just the loudest * She emphasizes the importance of being recognized for your expertise and there are three keys: content creation, social proof, your network * Content creation format is less important than getting your ideas out into the public sphere; give people an opportunity to discover you * Social proof is your credibility; this is what gives you authority or credibility on a particular issue * Your network is valuable to help you refine your ideas and amplify your ideas * She finds that really accomplished people are really in touch with their weaknesses; it may be a good sign to have imposter syndrome because of the humility that comes with it * Dorie talks about innovation and the importance of having a different perspective to look at something in a new way to create new ways of doing things. * Dorie emphasizes the importance to stay focused when one encounters obstacles, keep the higher purpose in mind. * Dorie was a philosophy major as an undergrad and decided that if she didn’t understand theology, she couldn’t fully understand philosophy. She got her doctorate in theology to dive into the background on religious forces. * Dorie is a fan of doing anything that makes one a more interesting person. * Dorie believes that to optimize people’s lives, you need to optimize people’s work * Professional speakers have a range for a few topics because there is a narrow band of expertise for most people. Dorie keeps it fresh by understanding the audience and the client’s goal for the event. Clients want to pay for what you are good at. * Dorie practices what she preaches in terms of moving into a new space with her foray into musical theater writing. * If Dorie could wave a magic wand, she would get animal over-population under control.

Terri’s Key Takeaway Content creation is so important; if you don’t get your ideas out there for people to discover, how are you going to be perceived as an expert or authority in your field? References in the Podcast * Sylvana Rochet: https://www.theinsightfulexecutive.com/ * Entrepreneurial You: https://dorieclark.com/entrepreneurialyou/ * Reinventing You: https://dorieclark.com/reinventingyou/ * Stand Out: https://dorieclark.com/stand-out/ * eMyth: http://bit.ly/EMYththeBook * Make More Marbles (Dorie’s interview): http://makemoremarbles.com/dorieclark/

Contact Dorie can be reached through her website: https://dorieclark.com/ or on Twitter @dorieclark You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com. To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri joined Diana Silva aka Molé Mama on her 12Radio program to talk about building community over food, the importance of cooking and dining as a family, her love for her French cooking,

Show Highlights

Diana introduces Terri by reading her bio and providing her own perspective on Terri
Terri talks about the importance in showing vulnerabilities, showing that even if something is hard, that we can work through the challenges
Terri loves to cook, is a self-professed Francophile, and would love to spend part of every year in France
Terri shows her love for other people through her cooking and entertaining and bringing people together
Terri tells the story of the Monday night white-trash party in her front yard and how it was the catalyst for Terri and Zeke to build an outdoor sitting area in the front yard for regular entertaining
Terri loves setting a beautiful table because it adds to the dining experience and helps people relax and celebrate the little beauty in life
Terri purchases linens, dishes, glasses, candles on her various trips and adventures and enjoys reliving the memory of those adventures
Diana prompted Terri to talk about her family’s annual scarefest and how they like to entertain or have activities at Halloween to not focus on begging for candy. Terri loves Halloween and loves to dress up. The themes have been everything from mad scientist to zombie café, to fairy tales gone bad, to HellthScare 2017. This is too scary for Diana and her house is the caring and loving house for those people who get scared at our house.
Terri likes to bring women together to meet, support each other, and enjoy a nice dinner wearing tiara nights. Her friends connect personally and/or professionally and simply enjoy each other.
Diana comments on how whimsical Terri’s events are and Terri uses these as an opportunity to explore her creative site and have a creative outlet.
Terri learned about home exchanges from high school friends and arranged from a month in Paris in 2013 and two other exchanges in France in 2015.
Terri likes to cook things that are amazing and easy but appear to be hard. Terri likes clean flavors and food and cooking French with a California twist.
Terri talks about her favorite recipes including handmade pasta, Bolognese sauce, ciabatta, potato dauphinoise, Eton’s mess, and panna cotta.
Terri’s daughter Rachel is a great baker because she is precise and able to follow directions. Terri prefers to cook because the precision isn’t as necessary.
Terri had Diana’s husband over to experiment with creating cocktails.
Terri talks about one summer when they did two different home exchanges in Paris and Provence and how she made gazpacho with some fresh vegetables from the garden.
Terri shared the story of how they went from dining at Chez Serge in Carpentras, France to getting an invitation to the owners’ house for dinner with other amazing people and ultimately getting a backstage view of a French family circus.
Terri discusses the importance of being gracious guests in foreign countries and how well she’s been treated as a result
Cooking with her family is important and making sure her kids know how to cook is important to Terri; she wants to make sure her kids will be eating more than ramen when they leave the house.
While her kids generally hate it, Terri tries to make sure that her family sits down for dinner as often as possible. It’s important to her to make sure that she and her husband are around when the kids decide to talk.
Diana asked about Terri’s podcast and what prompted her to start it. One of Diana’s favorite episodes is when Terri interviews her son Adam.
If Terri could wave a magic wand, she would make people comfortable in their own skin.

References in the Podcast

Chez Serge: http://www.chez-serge.com/

Contact

You can find out more about Diana at her website: http://www.molemama.com/. Don’t forget to try some of her recipes and read her book.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri talks to Ben Costantini about how Startup Sesame events are designed to help founders identify the best events to build their businesses and ultimately strengthen the European startup/investing ecosystem through community, knowledge sharing and connections.

Who is Ben Costantini?

Ben Costantini runs Startup Sesame, the largest alliance of Tech events in Europe and Connectors, an innovation studio specialized in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Ben is also the curator of Symposium Stockholm, the festival of ideas founded by Daniel Ek and Ash Pournouri. Ben has more than ten years of experience in conference organization, and has one of the most extensive and trusted networks of event founders in the world. He is an expert in the creative industries and advises entrepreneurs and investors in early and growth stages. He was a Global Entertainment and Music Business instructor at the Valencia Campus of Berklee College of Music and the co-founder of the school’s student-run label, Disrupción Records.

Show Highlights

Ben talks about Startup Sesame; there are 30 partner events and right now they are accepting applications for the 2018 cohort of startups with applications due by 3/1 to participate in the one-year program.
Startup Sesame curate events to help startup founders identify the best events to attend to help build their businesses and to strengthen the European startup/investing ecosystem.
Terri’s favorite startup event is Slush in Helsinki because of the content and the events that encourage connecting.
What is Startup Sesame’s criteria for adding new event partners?
Is it a startup event?
Does it provide a strong startup offering?
Is it happening at the same time as an existing partner event?
Is it happening in the same city where there is an existing partner event?
Ben sees positive activity in startups, investing, and regulations in Europe to make innovation easier. There are now entrepreneurial and technical classes in school for kids. Innovation doesn’t only happen in Silicon Valley.
One of the challenges in Europe is around funding. There’s early stage money and later stage money but there’s a gap in the middle.
Another challenge is around regulation and politics. The European startup cities are competing rather than focusing on a pan-European market or a digital single market.
Terri asked about whether GDPR is going to be helpful for European startups or a barrier to entry. Per Ben, bigger companies are going to have an advantage because they can hire more people to comply with GDPR. This will be harder for smaller companies and will have a negative impact on innovation. This will provide opportunities for innovation in helping companies comply with GDPR. There’s a great opportunity in copywriting in Europe for innovation.
Terri talks about hoping to see a right-sizing of the need to meet the GDPR regulations.
Anyone who wants to meet up with Startup Sesame or Ben at 4YFN in Barcelona, they will be there Feb 26th through March 1st 2018.
Startup Sesame will be reviewing applications and narrowing down to 30 candidates to identify the final startups for the 2018 program. The winners will be attending a retreat in Valencia, Spain at the end of March to meet each other and the Startup Sesame community.
Valencia, Spain has a robust startup scene with over 100 startups, there are 30 investment funds and 40 co-working spaces.
If Ben could wave a magic wand, he would make information and knowledge available to everyone, everywhere because a lot of struggles and wars occur because information is not readily available.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Innovation happens at the fringe; not at the center

References in the Podcast

Startup Sesame: https://www.startupsesame.com/
GDPR: https://www.eugdpr.org/
4YFN: https://www.4yfn.com/
Slush: http://www.slush.org/
Mobile World Congress: https://www.mobileworldcongress.com/
Station F: https://stationf.co/
theCamp: https://thecamp.fr/

Contact

Ben can be reached at ben@startupsesame.com.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

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Terri talks about how she forgot to press Record for the interview of Ben Costantini of Startup Sesame but wanted to share the info about the new Startup Sesame cohort with applications due on March 1 for startups wishing to apply for the Startup Sesame 2018 program. www.startupsesame.com.

What is Startup Sesame?

Startup Sesame is the largest alliance of tech events in Europe, helping startups grow with conferences, education and networking. Startup Sesame is based in Paris, France and is led by Ben Costantini.

When you are a Sesamer, you are part of a community that shares knowledge and experiences around tech events and benefit from its members. You can be a Sesamer if you are a startup, a company or an event.

**References in the Podcast**

Startup Sesame: https://www.startupsesame.com/
Apply for the program at: https://www.f6s.com/startupsesame
Paula Gould: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulag/

Contact

Ben can be reached at ben@startupsesame.com.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

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Who is Jillian Manus?

Jillian Manus is an experienced banking and media executive, a technology investor and entrepreneur. She is the Managing Partner of Structure Capital. In her role with Structure Capital, Jillian provides strategic support to founding teams. Prior to Structure Capital, Jillian was founder of Broad Strategy, Manus Media and Global Goal Sports Management. Jillian is a co-host on the podcast The Pitch, which has been called a ‘better, more realistic version of Shark Tank.’

Show Highlights

Terri asked Jillian about how she transitioned from starting her businesses to investing in startups
Jillian talks about how she used the Ginsu knife method to slice and dice to optimize and amplify the message for her clients
When she heard people wanted to venture into other areas, she would coach them through the path and use her vast network to bring the best people in
Jillian attributes her vast network to the fact that she talks to everyone she meets regardless of where she is and who they are
Jillian’s’ first question to people is ‘what can I do for you?’ which helps to build the relationship and build trust which makes it easier to ask for something later.
Jillian focuses on one thing because it makes everything behind it easier and helps to set boundaries for her time.
Terri asked Jillian about whether Jillian is bad at receiving and she responded with a story about Southern women who taught her the importance of graciously receiving a compliment with ‘thank you for being so kind.’
Jillian doesn’t see herself as successful yet and that she is not yet the best person she can be. This fuels her and motivates her. She is fearless and gets out of her own way.
Jillian and Terri talk about women can be very mean to themselves and need to speak to themselves like they would to their friends and their seven year-old selves.
Jillian is the eternal optimist. Jillian strong believes that you cannot waste time on worrying and other people’s bad behavior.
To Jillian, 50 is fabulous. You know your voice, you know who you are, you know what you don’t want.
Terri talks about how she was demoralized for about 24-48 hours after reading Ellen Pau’s book Reset and the lack for accountability for the VCs because of the amount of money they have had and the resulting power associated with it.
Terri asked Jillian about whether we can shift the existing VCs or do we create a separate funding ecosystem. Jillian thinks the answer is a hybrid. The existing investors are getting educated.
Jillian says the problem is that men invest in people who look like them. They can connect to the founder and their philosophies and character traits. It’s a place of comfort to invest in other men. Once they shift, there is a better outcome. We aren’t going to be able to change all of them to step outside of their comfort zone.
Jillian said that we need to create more onramps for other investors and provide women with the ability to invest in small amounts into the Seed round. Before doing this, develop the top 10 questions to ask an entrepreneur and get educated on how to run a business. This will give the comfort to be able to put money into startups.
Jillian talks about the importance of being a life-long learner.
Jillian never invests in a woman because she is a woman, but she does give women more opportunity to pitch to her. Once there, they need to prove themselves at the same level.
Women have an insight into men that men don’t have, having raised children. Women are more easily able to see a person’s strengths and weaknesses.
Jillian is living the life she wants to live more than she has at any time in her life.
If Jillian could wave a magic wand, she would make sure that every single person in this world had a job that they were proud of. The path to self-sufficiency paves the path to happiness and peace.
Jillian did not become a VC to make money, her mission is to create jobs for people and invest in founders for that reason. She gives away 90% of income every year.
She is passionate about supporting veterans and has invested in a startup (The Shift) to help veterans translate their military skills into the private sector.
Jillian wants to leave the world a better place and she is doing it through creating jobs.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

You cannot waste time on worrying and other people’s bad behavior.

References in the Podcast

The Pitch Episode #17: Jillian’s backstory: https://www.gimletmedia.com/the-pitch/17-investor-spotlight-jillian-manus
Structure Capital: http://structure.vc/
The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Thing Behind Extraordinary Results: http://bit.ly/BookTheOneThing
Reset by Ellen Pau: http://bit.ly/BookReset
The Shift: https://www.shift.org/
The Pitch: The Shift: https://www.gimletmedia.com/the-pitch/15-shift
Skillmil: https://www.skillmil.com/

Contact

Listen to Jillian on The Pitch: https://www.gimletmedia.com/the-pitch.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Show Highlights

Terri loves to participate and attend events organized by women because they tend to send home goodies as parting gifts.

Terri and Jacqueline talk about how their kids are being more difficult and angsty; Jacqueline’s daughter Julia is stepping into her own and is encountering resistance with Jacqueline and her other daughter Naomi. Terri is experiencing something similar with her daughter Rachel and they are both struggling with the shift.

Jacqueline talk about the importance of recognizing when others are disrupting the pattern and shifting with the pattern disruption.

Terri talks about how hard she works to have a better relationship with her children as they go through their teenage years and her need to have a more harmonious situation than she had with her parents.

Terri talks about how hard it is to redefine who she is as her kids need her less and as she ages and is often overlooked or dismissed because of her age and appearance

They talk about an article that came out citing that women over the age of 50 have so much to offer when starting up a company

Jacqueline talks about having known some women over the age of 40 who knew what they wanted and stood stall with who they were; she had good role models for aging

Jacqueline talks about how scary it is as a parent to let go of managing your kids and letting them figure it out on their own.

As their kids are getting older, and are pulling away, it is acting as a great reminder to let go and focus more on themselves.

Jacqueline talks about being a fangirl to marketing consultants instead of popstars

Terri talks about her mentoring at the CSU Biotechnology Symposium students in Santa Clara, CA

Terri talks about how often she gets dismissed in her investing work when people find out her degrees are from a Cal State school and expressed thanks to Neil Stanley for commenting that he wonders how anyone could ever dismiss her.

Terri talks about how she is proud of being a helicopter pilot, being a Tesla early adopter and how she often uses these things when she isn’t grabbing the attention of others in her work and investing. The men perk up when they otherwise dismiss her.

Terri shares her conversation with her friend Eva who is a new mom and who is concerned about being able to contribute to the women’s movement at the same level and Terri reminded her that her focus needs to be on raising her child and eventually she will have time to give back at the level that she wants. She reminded Eva that there are ebbs and flows to the time that is available to contribute at more extensive levels. And that creating good members of society is an important role in society.

Jacqueline talks about how being a parent is a boot camp for other things in life.

Terri talks about how as parents we have to get outside of ourselves to learn how to coach, mentor and guide our children so that they know how to think and act independently when they leave the house college.

Terri talks about how she was drunk the first semester of college as a result of her parents having been incredibly strict. She sobered up her second semester and ended up engaged but not focused on school. The drug/alcohol options were so limited at that time versus what is available now both in high school and college. Terri is using the show Grown-ish to feed her information to have conversations with her son Adam.

Terri talks about how we are in this fabulous place of change and we have huge opportunities to make a significant shift. Jacqueline responded with how we have been focused externally and now we have an opportunity to focus internally.

Jacqueline talks to how important it is to practice compassion as we make this shift

Words of wisdom

Practice radical compassion for yourself

Continue to grow and develop

You are an individual with needs, desires, and dreams and there is going to be an ebb and flow to available time and energy. Remain in tune with who you are…remain the pilot in your own life regardless of who is in your aircraft.

Terri talks how important it was to her to share her vulnerability over the loss of her friend’s husband over the weekend and how importance it is for her to have her kids see her being vulnerability. Terri continues to strip away the adaptations that no longer serve her and continue to redefine who she is and her own definition of success.

Jacqueline talks about how women are able to process both the emotional and the rational and yet men are not able to do both at the same time. And men are not able to recognize that women can do both.

Feel free to reach out to Terri and Jacqueline if you need help feeling empowered.

They both send out a little extra love and compassion.

Call to Action

If you want to come and co-work with Terri and Jacqueline at Terri’s house in Redwood City. send an email to PilotingYourLife@gmail.com and we will figure out how to make it happen.

References in the Podcast

Aviation cocktail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_(cocktail)

Helsin Gin: https://www.macwellcreative.fi/helsingin

OP Financial: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OP_Financial_Group

TheVault: https://www.thevault.co/

NAWBO: https://www.nawbo.org/san-francisco-bay-area

Neil Stanley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neiljstanley/

Black-ish: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-ish

Grown-ish: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grown-ish

Jaycees: http://www.usjayceefoundation.org/

Mario Martinez: https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Weightlifting/Features/2018/January/15/Remembering-Mario-Martinez

Contact

You can follow Jacqueline on Twitter at @jacquelineStee or find her on her website at www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri talks to Micah Brown about his experience as a founder of color in New York City and how we can change the funding dynamics for founders of color and female founders and ultimately the definition of success. This is the second part of the interview that we abruptly cut off last week leaving you, hopefully, hanging on the edge of your seat for Micah’s experience with the diversity investor. Wait no more.

**Who is** **Micah** **Brown****?**

Micah is a self-proclaimed visionary technologist with an intersection of skills consisting of data and algorithm understanding, HCI-centric digital technologies, financial services, financial engineering and media services. He has over 10 years of experience (up to the SVP level) across companies like Aon, Barclays, NBC and Viacom. Micah has a deep technological understanding and a strong commitment to social causes; at the center of Centiment and FilmFundr is the need to level the playing field in media for minorities.

Show Highlights

Micah talks about an experience with an investor with a diversity lens who led him to take a hard, corrective action. The investor said that Micah was example of a POC founder that should be invested in although he doesn’t actually invest in diversity.
Micah points out some logic to the investor about his portfolio, the data around the startups in his portfolio, and then the data about the POC company in his portfolio which was beating out all the other companies in the portfolio.
Micah points out the importance of deploying raw intellect with these investors to point out the flaws in the investors’ hypotheses to ultimately shift.
Terri talks about how difficult for people to shift off their value sets to
Terri poses the question as to whether we are going to be able to get these primarily white male investors to shift in their investing or do we need to create a new ecosystem of funding.
Micah talks about how difficult it is starting up a company and raising money and the difficulty for the investors to empathize with struggling founders of color.
Micah talks about the difficulty in getting funding if you are a person of color because of the makeup of the current VCs.
Micah talks about the importance of getting LPs to invest in funds that can create a new ecosystem of funding to invest in startups because right now saying that you invest with a diversity lens is PR and there is no substance behind it.
Micah talked about the H&M and Pepsi advertisement debacle where they had badly sourced focus groups. This was a perfect example of why having people who could potentially be offended in the decision-making process
Last year in NYC, there were 780 non-POC companies that got funding in 2017 and only 15.
He talked about the importance of naming and shaming to raise awareness and begin to affect change.
Terri talked about how Trump’s election triggered many people, including her, to no longer be complacent, and emphasized the need to speak up and take action. She was cautiously optimistic after the Justin Caldbeck scandal but then more optimistic after Harvey Weinstein and then the politicians in terms of we might be able to move the needle and move more quickly in leveling the playing field.
Terri talks about the importance of getting LPs to invest not because it’s a diversity play, but because it’s a good business play. Terri is concerned about the funding gap in later stages for these startups.
Centiment is brain-powered advertising. Micah said that big companies are able to get away with what they are doing because their processes and perspectives are narrow. Centiment.io is scalable neurocomputing delivered by SaaS that can be used to provide responses as one would get in focus groups. They have an emotional search that takes the ideas and provides feedback as to what the emotional response will be.
If Micah could wave a magic wand, he would change the definition of success. Once you change the definition of success, you can affect so much including how women perceive themselves and promoting opportunities for the American Dream for a larger group of people.
Micah and Terri talk about what they have sacrificed, and the cost associated with pursuing ‘success’ as it is currently defined.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

We need to redefine the definition of success that is more inclusive and is more aligned with a broader value set.

References in the Podcast

Centiment: https://centiment.io/beta/
Film Fundr: https://filmfundr.com/
Harlem Capital Partners: http://harlem.capital/
Kapor Capital: http://www.kaporcapital.com/
Backstage Capital: http://backstagecapital.com/
Charles Hudson: @chudson
Monique Woodard: http://www.moniquewoodard.com/
Jillian Manus: http://structure.vc/
New Age Capital: http://www.newage.vc/
Comcast Ventures: http://comcastventures.com/
StitchFix: https://www.stitchfix.com/
Neuromarketing: Neuromarketing is a field that applies the principles of neuroscience to marketing research, studying consumers' sensorimotor, cognitive, and affective response to marketing stimuli (Wikipedia).
How Centiment could have helped H&M avoid the PR issue: https://brandthropologie.com/hm
Founders Privilege: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/founders-privilege-doing-everything-nothing-ainsley-patrick-brown/?trackingId=CuoGabO7WC4wrR8OXAEyMg%3D%3D
Girl Boss Radio: https://www.girlboss.com/podcast/

Contact

Micah can be reached via Twitter @MicahAPBrown

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

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Terri talks to Micah Brown about his early days growing up in South London, becoming Mr. Banker Man while working at Barclay’s starting at age 16, and how learned to hack the processes that screened out people like him. This is the first of a two-part interview where he gives us the background that eventually led to starting Film Fundr and Centiment.io.

Who is Micah Brown? Micah is a self-proclaimed visionary technologist with an intersection of skills consisting of data and algorithm understanding, HCI-centric digital technologies, financial services, financial engineering and media services. He has over 10 years of experience (up to the SVP level) across companies like Aon, Barclays, NBC and Viacom. Micah has a deep technological understanding and a strong commitment to social causes; at the center of Centiment and FilmFundr is the need to level the playing field in media for minorities. Show Highlights * Micah talks about growing up in South London in a very Christian, strict and sheltered household with his dad who was a pharmacy technician and his mom who was a hairdresser * Micah’s dad was a trained pharmacist in Jamaica and had his own pharmacy when he met Micah’s mom and proposed when they first met. Eventually she said yes and because his mom had dual citizenship, after they married, they moved to the UK. * Terri tells the story of her dating and dumping her husband three times starting in 8th grade and how they eventually got married when they were 26 and are still married 21 years later. They met when they were 10 in the 5th grade (or so her husband remembers as he met both Terri and her identical twin sister Sherry on the same day). * Micah talks about his early work days and earning money to learn how to code that eventually led to working at Barclay’s Bank as a cashier at 16, being called Mr. Banker Man and how he ended up in credit risk at 17. * He kept getting turned down for a Barclay’s job because he didn’t have a degree and found a different way to be seen as a person, and not just a number, to get the credit risk job. * Micah talks about how the tech incumbents create mental moats around fairly simple things seem impossible for women and people of color. There is mythology around these things that makes these people think that it’s too hard and impossible, and not for them and this needs to stop. * Terri talks about how the check-the-box criteria perpetuates the problem associated with screening out a diverse candidate set because the checkboxes tend to only allow in one set of candidates that all fit the same mold. It’s not about lowering the standards; it’s about changing the requirements to introduce a new and more powerful dynamic. * Micah talks about the cognitive dissonance associated with how the hierarchical society is supposed to work versus how it actually works here in the US. * We end abruptly with Micah talking about how he counters some of this with raw intellect and data which he explains in detail in the second part of the interview.

Terri’s Key Takeaway We need to continue to work to eliminate the perception that changing the requirements does not mean lowering standards. References in the Podcast * Centiment: https://centiment.io/beta/ * Film Fundr: https://filmfundr.com/ * Piloting Your Life episode 26 with Chris Brown: http://www.terrihansonmead.com/podcast/pyl026

Portfolia: http://www.portfolia.co/

Contact Micah can be reached via Twitter @MicahAPBrown You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com. To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri and her producer Jacqueline sit down over some champagne to talk about how she made her first angel investment in MyHealthTeams and realized after her second, third and fourth investments (Sandstone Diagnostics, Zum and TomboyX) that her investment thesis was to invest in companies with products or services that improve people’s lives. Now she is focused exclusively on digital health which is a narrowing of her original thesis. Show Highlights * Terri makes the intro as to the topic and why this week she is talking about her angel investments * Terri is going to be on a medtech angels panel at RESI in San Francisco this week and will be focused on her investment interest area of digital health while the other panelists will most likely be focused on * Terri talks about the need to leverage data and technology to flip healthcare on its head and put information in the hands of patients * Terri talks about how optimistic she is about Apple’s approach to changing healthcare versus how disappointed she is with Google and Verily and her experience with Project Baseline * Terri’s first angel investment was in: MyHealthTeams: social networks for millions of people living with chronic illnesses. They currently have 28 conditions including MS, Lupus, HIV, diabetes, Parkinsons. Female co-founder based in San Francisco. Terri has doubled down on this company in their Series B and Series C raises. * Jacqueline asked what an investment thesis is and Terri responded that she sees it as the criteria under which she chooses in her investments. Her investment thesis is to invest in companies that have products or services that improve people’s lives. * Terri talks about not actively looking for diverse founding teams but gravitating towards * Sandstone Diagnostics: home sperm count device and kit with an application for men to monitor their sperm count from home with guidance for improving the count from the application. The product is Trak and is FDA cleared. Founder was male but they brought in a new CEO, Karen Drexler shortly after Terri’s first investment (she’s tripled down on this one). They are based Livermore, CA. * Zum: on demand and scheduled rides and care for kids ages 5 and up. Terri has tripled down on her investment with them. Female CEO and co-founder. If this had existed when her kids were little, her husband could have continued to work. Sequoia led a $5M Series A in early 2017 which is a good signal. * Jacqueline asks Terri how she decides to invest in a company. Her response: * + She listens to her gut + It has to be something that the world needs + She has to believe the management team is going to take the company far + There has to be a big enough market opportunity + The company needs to have a big enough opportunity that a VC will invest to help the startup grow + It has to make sense and be reasonable and rational + She looks for revenue opportunities and the possibility of getting profitable * Terri is an EIR (advisor) with Tech Futures Group and sees a lot of people looking for angel investors to invest in their research projects. This doesn’t resonate well with Terri; she needs to be able to see a path to revenue. * TomboyX: underwear, swimwear, socks and hats designed for people regardless of where they fit into the size or gender spectrum. Terri knows many women who have been buying men’s underwear that doesn’t quite fit them. The female co-founders saw this as an opportunity and have created a fabulous brand and product. Terri’s daughter and one of Jacqueline’s daughters loves their underwear. Terri has tripled down on this one. They are based in Seattle, WA. Terri loves the brand play and sees them as an early exit to a company like Calvin Klein, Nordstrom, Fruit of the Loom, or Hanes. * Terri talks about the shift in demographics and how women would much rather buy, and pay a premium, for products made for them. * Jacqueline asked why Terri invested in TomboyX again. Terri continued to believe in what they were doing, was impressed with their growth, and she wanted to continue to support them as they encountered cash crunches due to their growth. Terri is frustrated by the lack of funding opportunities for some of these companies. * Terri was asked to contribute an essay for a book that Jenn LeBlanc is writing about supporting female founders. Terri is determined to work with other like-minded women looking to invest in some of the overlooked opportunities by creating a mesh network of investors across the country and around the world. * Tactical Haptics: tactical feedback controller, initially for VR. Long term, medical training. All male team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. * Terri believes that women need to take bigger financial risks to achieve the rewards that men are able to achieve. * Terri was looking at between 250-500 deals a month between January and August 2017 and didn’t feel the need to invest in any of them. * Tueo Health: digital health solution to improve the monitoring and management of children’s’ asthma. Female CEO/Co-Founder: Bronwyn Harris…she is totally kick ass. They are based in San Francisco. * Terri talked about the importance of having healthcare solutions for kids that make the lives of parents better as most of the impact is on the mom. It’s also important to get ahead of the diseases because they turn into more significant issues when the kids become adults. * Magnetic Insight: they are bringing clinical imaging into the 21st century. They do magnetic particle imagining which is a new ultrasensitive high resolution molecular imaging approach that detects nanoparticles in the body over a great length of time. Female CEO and Co-Founder; based in Alameda, CA.

Call to Action Get outside of your comfort zone. Take a risk. And share with me your mini-adventure at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com. References in the Podcast * RESI: http://www.resiconference.com/medtech-angels/ * Wings: http://medtechwings.com/ * Patricia Beckmann: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricia-beckmann-phd-3b28256/ * Project Baseline: https://www.projectbaseline.com/ * Bella Beat: https://www.bellabeat.com/home * MyHealthTeams: https://www.myhealthteams.com/ * Maryanne Morrow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryannemorrowsurgexlr/ * Shauntel Poulson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shauntelpoulson/ * Reach Capital: http://reachcap.com/ * Sandstone Diagnostics: http://sandstonediagnostics.com/ * Karen Drexler: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karendrexler/ * Frog: https://www.frogdesign.com/ * Kate McAndrew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kateprestonmcandrew/ * Sarah McDevitt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahmcdevitt/ * CoreWellness: https://www.corewellness.io/ * Zum: https://ridezum.com/ * Sequoia Capital: https://www.sequoiacap.com/ * Tech Futures Group: http://www.techfuturesgroup.org/ * SBIR: https://www.sbir.gov/about * TomboyX: https://tomboyx.com/ * TomboyX Rain Dove commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKnbum7v1aw * Tactical Haptics: http://tacticalhaptics.com/ * Gretta: kim@gretta.com * CubbySpaces: https://www.cubbyspaces.com/ * Wealthfront: https://www.wealthfront.com/ * Ellevest: https://www.ellevest.com/ * Accredited investor: a person or entity that can deal with securities not registered with financial authorities by satisfying one of the requirements regarding income, net worth, asset size, governance status or professional experience. * Tueo Health: http://www.tueohealth.com/ * Bronwyn Harris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bronwyn-harris-0a6ba4a2/ * Stanford Biodesign: http://biodesign.stanford.edu/ * Children’s Health Moonshots: Transforming the Way We Care for Children https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS99wSHMXGc * Magnetic Insight: https://www.magneticinsight.com/

Contact You can follow Jacqueline on Twitter at @jacquelineStee or find her on her website at www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com. You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com. To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Show Highlights * Terri talks about starting new behaviors or habits on any day of the year and not setting New Year’s resolutions * Terri and Jacqueline talk about calendars, planners, and their love of paper planners throughout the podcast * Terri’s core values are freedom, belonging and self-respect and the importance of making decisions in alignment with her core values * Jacqueline’s life purpose/noble goal is posted at her desk to remind daily and is to help herself and others find the self-compassion and self-respect so that they have the courage to be their best selves in the world and make the biggest difference in the world * Arian Simon recommends looking for fulfillment instead of balance which Terri is adopting for 2018 * Terri and Jacqueline talk about being the pilots in your own lives by * + Living authentically without apology + Having courage instead of being fearless + Asking for what you want + Saying yes or saying no to support your own goals, objectives and sanity + Being defiant: standing up for your own truth + Giving yourself permission to change your mind + Taking the steps and trust that the path will present itself + Lean into the discomfort + Having patience * Terri writes down the following reminders every day as intentions every day * + Set boundaries + Stop avoiding (or take action) * Jacqueline tells the story of the starfish on the beach and the woman who is throwing the starfish back into the ocean one at a time, making a difference for each of the starfish that she throws back into the ocean * Letting go of what no longer serves you: expectations, resentment, people, behaviors, thoughts * Living in integrity means that there is no friction and its effortless. The definition of integrity is when your words and actions match, and are in alignment with your commitments, values, beliefs and life vision. * Terri talks about how she has been changing over the last few years and how other people in her life have not reacted well to the changes * Jaqueline talks about the importance of reflecting on the year and how the holidays can be the perfect time to do this * A ship in harbor is safe but that’s not what ships are built for. * Happy New Year!

Call to Action Be your best self. Define your core values or noble goal/life purpose. Make your decisions consistent with these values/purposes. Let go of what no longer serves you. Stay focused on the bigger picture. Take one step at a time and path will present itself. Have faith and trust. References in the Podcast * Julie Ashby: http://www.julieashby.com/ * Girl Boss Radio interview with Arian Simone: https://www.girlboss.com/girlboss/2017/12/21/arian-simone-girlboss-radio * Arian Simone: http://ariansimone.com/ * Julie Gordon White: http://www.growatthewell.com/ * The Little Paris Bookshop: https://www.amazon.com/Little-Paris-Bookshop-Novel/dp/1594139652 * The Storied Life of AJ Fikry: https://www.amazon.com/Storied-Life-J-Fikry-Novel/dp/1616204516/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514844703&sr=1-1&keywords=the+storied+life+of+a.j.+fikry+by+gabrielle+zevin * Best Self Planner: https://bestself.co/ * Panda Planner: https://pandaplanner.com/ * Passion Planner: http://www.passionplanner.com/ * Bullet Journal: http://bulletjournal.com/ * Highrise CRM: https://highrisehq.com/ * Trello: https://trello.com/ * Rocket Book: https://getrocketbook.com/ * Evernote: https://evernote.com/ * Slice Planner: http://sliceplanner.com/ * Brazen Global: https://brazenglobal.com/ * Simply Vital: https://www.simplyvitalhealth.com/ * Momentum Planner: http://www.productiveflourishing.com/free-planners/

The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: A Novel

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Terri talks to Theresa Piasta, CEO and Founder of Puppy Mama about her experience in the US Army and her 14-month deployment in Iraq. Theresa shares her journey in choosing to go into the military, touches on some of the challenges in being a woman in the military, and how she leveraged LinkedIn and informal veteran network to land a civilian job on Wall Street after she got out of the military. Who is Theresa Piasta? Theresa Piasta is the Founder of Puppy Mama - a pet-tech company leveraging technology to enhance the lives of dog moms around the world. The Puppy Mama online store is bringing style to dog moms everywhere! And, the Puppy Mama web application gives dog moms a safe place to share, connect with one another, effortlessly schedule fun meet ups with their friends, and rate businesses, travel services, and hotels to advocate for a more dog-friendly world. Before Puppy Mama, Theresa was a Vice President at JPMorgan, and served as an Army Captain in a Field Artillery Brigade. During her 14-month Iraq deployment in 2008, Theresa led a large team to defend thousands on Forward Operating Base (FOB) Delta near the Iranian border. She was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for her service. Theresa attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business Ignite program and received a B.A. in Economics from Wellesley College. She also studied military science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a ROTC scholarship recipient and was a collegiate soccer player for two seasons during her time at Wellesley College. Show Highlights * Theresa talks about her experience in the US Army and her deployment in Iraq * She expands on why military veterans would make good founders and employees in the civilian world and the difficulties in getting jobs after being in the military * Theresa talked about leveraging LinkedIn when she came back from Iraq to get her job on Wall Street and how she leveraged the veterans network * Terri asks Theresa if her time playing competitive soccer helped her achieve her professional and entrepreneurial goals * Terri talks about one of her favorite soccer tournaments in Petaluma over Halloween when she was a kid * Terri asks Theresa about whether she’s had trouble being taken seriously because she is beautiful or if this has helped her * Theresa talks about how she had two choices in the type of woman she was going to be in the military and suffered retaliation as a result of her choice to not date men in the military * Theresa came from a military family and chose to go into the military after she graduated from Wellesley College after participating in the ROTC program at MIT * Theresa is very proud to have been in the military and to have served her country, but she didn’t sign up for the extreme sexual harassment she experienced while in the military

Terri’s Key Takeaway It is important for girls to play competitive sports to learn valuable life skills that apply beyond the field or court. References in the Podcast * Puppy Mama: https://www.puppymama.com/ * Skillmill: https://www.skillmil.com/ * Shift: https://www.shift.org/ * Jillian Manus of Structure VC: http://structure.vc/ * Serena Williams Gatorade commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JvRVILczps

Contact Theresa can be reached at woof@puppymama.com Waffles can be reached at waffles@puppymama.com Instagram: @puppy.mama Puppy Mama application; https://app.puppymama.com/auth You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com. To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri had the pleasure of moderating a panel at Slush in Helsinki on November 30th and the video was released which allowed Jacqueline to strip the audio for your listening pleasure. The topic was shifting demographics and the need to shift investment along with it. Terri was joined by Monique Woodard of 500 Startups and Albert Wenger of Union Square Ventures. Who is Terri Mead? Terri Hanson Mead is President of Solutions2Projects, LLC, a consulting company that provides IT strategy and IT compliance services in the life sciences space in addition to expert witness consulting services. She is also an active angel investor and former Vice President of Sand Hill Angels, regularly advises startups and in her spare time, flies helicopters. She is passionate about supporting, and advocating for, female founders and investors and has created Class Bravo Ventures to more formally do so. Show Highlights 1. Setting the stage for the panel discussion with Monique Woodard of 500 Startups and Albert Wenger of Union Square Ventures (USV): this is not a diversity panel; it is a panel on investing 2. Why don’t we see more venture capital going to startups focused on building and providing products and services for these underserved markets? 3. What is the market shift that you see so clearly and how can VCs capitalize on the opportunities for significant and real returns? 4. Should we see the recent IPO of Stitch Fix as something that will ignite the interest of investors in startups targeting the female consumer? 5. Should we see the shift of digital health, specifically in FemTech, from B2C to B2B as being potentially more attractive to the primarily male VCs or will the startups still be overlooked due to lack relatability or the ‘Ick’ factor so commonly associated with female-focused companies? 6. Where are you seeing progress in getting more money into the hands of the startups focused on the black and LatinX markets? Or are you? 7. Do you think we are going to be able to get VCs to shift along with the demographics and demand or do you think we are better off creating new investors to focus on investing in startups that more closely align with their values? 8. Do you think that the political climate in the US will have any impact on startups targeting these under-represented markets? 9. How do we convince our primarily male, white VCs that if they don’t shift their investing lens and strategies that they will be missing out on huge opportunities?

References: * Slush Helsinki: http://www.slush.org/home-2/ * Clue app: https://www.helloclue.com/ * Ida Tin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Tin * Rent the Runway: https://www.renttherunway.com * Jennifer Hyman: @Jenn_RTR * Stitch Fix: https://www.stitchfix.com/ * The Wing: https://www.the-wing.com/roots/

Contacts You can follow Monique on Twitter @moniquewoodard or on her website at http://www.moniquewoodard.com/ You can follow Albert on Twitter @albertwenger or on their website at https://www.usv.com/about/albert-wenger You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead Feel free to email her at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com. To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri talks to Theresa Piasta, CEO and Founder of Puppy Mama about how she decided to take her experience improving her health through canine therapy to build a business around finding ways for women to live their lives more fully with their pups. This includes both through accessories and apparel for their dogs and finding pet-friendly places for them to take their dogs with them whether it be for travel, dining, or other daily activities. Who is Theresa Piasta? Theresa Piasta is the Founder of Puppy Mama - a pet-tech company leveraging technology to enhance the lives of dog moms around the world. The Puppy Mama online store is bringing style to dog moms everywhere! And, the Puppy Mama web application gives dog moms a safe place to share, connect with one another, effortlessly schedule fun meet ups with their friends, and rate businesses, travel services, and hotels to advocate for a more dog-friendly world. Before Puppy Mama, Theresa was a Vice President at JPMorgan, and served as an Army Captain in a Field Artillery Brigade. During her 14-month Iraq deployment in 2008, Theresa led a large team to defend thousands on Forward Operating Base (FOB) Delta near the Iranian border. She was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for her service. Theresa attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business Ignite program and received a B.A. in Economics from Wellesley College. She also studied military science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a ROTC scholarship recipient and was a collegiate soccer player for two seasons during her time at Wellesley College. Show Highlights * Terri and Theresa talk about meeting at The Guild’s Serendipity event this past fall * Theresa talks about what Puppy Mama, her dog Waffles, and how she came up with the idea for Puppy Mama * Terri asks about the size of the market for pet care and more specifically about how big the market is for Puppy Mama with the two different focus areas for Puppy Mama * Big businesses like Disney are recognizing the needs of their customers and have opened up their facilities to pets and pet owners in order to attract them to their businesses. * Theresa talks about the difficulties associated with being a female founder with a startup targeting the female consumer market * If Theresa could wave a magic wand, she would make it so that people would treat each other like dogs treat each other and create positive human interactions

Terri’s Key Takeaway Female founders with startups targeting a female audience continue to find challenges in raising capital from male investors who often need to be educated on the size of the market opportunity and that the opportunity actually exists. References in the Podcast * The Guild’s Serendipity un-conference: https://www.guildserendipity.com/ * Puppy Mama: https://www.puppymama.com/ * Slush: http://www.slush.org/ * YouTube video of Terri’s panel at Slush on shifting demographics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP-1LQ3838s&t=27s

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Terri talks to her son Adam about how he struggled with being bullied in middle school and how this experience has shaped him. He still suffers from anxiety and is afraid of the unknown but he is using his newly found empathy to help others who he sees struggling as well. They talk about everything from what to expect from college, how you don’t have to have it all figured out, and that it’s ok to change your mind.

Who is Adam Mead?

Adam is Terri’s 16-year old son who is a junior at Woodside High in Redwood City. He was born in San Francisco and moved to Redwood City when he was one. He loves performing in plays and musicals and regrets not having played water polo his freshman year. He is a reluctant academic achiever and is taking three AP classes this year along with drama, Latin and regular history. He has a girlfriend, Alyssa, who is also in drama with him. They enjoy hanging out playing video games and watching movies together. All in all, he’s a good kid.

Show Highlights

Adam talks about how his terrible experience in middle school has shaped him to be cynical, resilient and empathetic
Adam and Terri talk about the importance of lightening up and not being afraid of looking at colleges or life in general
Adam turned the table and asked Terri if having a stable job has made it easier to figure out what she wants in life
They talk about the fear of unknown and not being afraid of taking chances
Adam talks about how he’s dealt with some of his lowest points including having suicidal thoughts
Terri talks about how she continues to develop the tools to deal with new situations and how she doesn’t expect Adam to have it all figured out either
Adam talks about anxiety and fear of failure and how he is trying to cope with both
They talk about college in terms of what to look for in searching for one and what to expect from the experience
Terri talks about how you don’t have to have it all figured out when you go to college, get out of college and after and how she didn’t and used being an opportunist to get to where she is today
Adam would wave a magic wand to make food free and have economic freedom

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Having conversations like this with her son fills her heart and her soul.

References in the Podcast

California State University, Fresno: http://www.csufresno.edu/
California State University, Chico: http://www.csuchico.edu/
California State University, Hayward (now East Bay): http://www.csueastbay.edu/
University California, Santa Cruz: https://www.ucsc.edu/

Contact

You can reach Adam through Terri at terrihansonmead@gmail.com.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri talks about traveling to the startup conference Slush in Helsinki last year via the specially charted flight and how it is like no other startup conference. She learned about digital health in the Nordics, operated on very little sleep, and was impressed by how well run the event is. Terri is looking forward tosome new experiences at the event this year including moderating a panel on shifting demographics and the need to adapt to the shift in terms of investing.

Who is Terri Mead?

Terri Hanson Mead is President of Solutions2Projects, LLC, a consulting company that provides IT strategy and IT compliance services in the life sciences space in addition to expert witness consulting services.  She is also an active angel investor and former Vice President of Sand Hill Angels, regularly advises startups and in her spare time, flies helicopters.  She is passionate about supporting, and advocating for, female founders and investors and has created Class Bravo Ventures to more formally do so. 

Show Highlights

Terri talks about the chartered flight from SFO to Helsinki, Santa Claus visiting the flight, the mannequin challenge and collecting her posse as she leaves the plane
Terri takes you through the various events including visiting the Swedish and US embassies in Helsinki
Terri hits a wall on day three of the event, gets a power nap and attends another US embassy event followed by dinner at the hotel to thank her concierge and driver
Terri talks about what she’s afraid on this trip including being in a bathing suit in a sauna in the winter and being disappointed
Terri, Stu and others get to the airport for the flight home in a sleep-deprived state

References:

Slush Flight mannequin challenge video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnigL3ggyVU
Slush Helsinki: http://www.slush.org/home-2/
TheVault: https://www.thevault.co/
Hotel Kamp Helsinki: https://www.hotelkamp.com/en/
Maria 01: https://maria.io/
Napue gin: http://kyrodistillery.com/products/#
Roster Helsinki: https://rosterhelsinki.com/
Clue app: https://www.helloclue.com/
Ida Tin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Tin

Contacts

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead

Feel free to email her at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri talks to Chris Brown about his time in Estonia working with startups and how VCs invest in the same things because they are afraid of being wrong. She also talks to him about how we must fight against our human biology in the way we make decisions and actively break down the walls that keep us from connecting as humans.

Who is Chris Brown?

Chris has worked in multiple roles around the startup scene for past several years both in Europe and in the US. He's a passionate and driven connector and advisor, and over the last several years has worked in acceleration, VC, and startup/corporate collaboration. He believes unwaveringly in the power of technology to break down ancient barriers of business, politics, and culture, while in the process bringing the world closer together.

Show Highlights

Chris discusses how he ended up in Estonia, gives us a little history lesson on Estonia and describes how it has become a hotbed for startups and technology
Terri and Chris talk about shifting demographics and demands and the opportunities in changing investment focus as a result
Chris talks about how VCs invest in the same things because they are afraid of being wrong
Terri talks about how more and more women are becoming investors and are looking at the investment opportunities through a different lens that are in alignment with their values
Chris talks about how we need to fight against our human biology to shift our attention from outliers and waxes philosophical about how we make decisions as humans
Chris would wave a magic wand to change our need for tribes that separate us as humans and break down the walls that keep us from connecting as humans

Terri’s Key Takeaway

While we need some of our delusions to survive, we need to challenge our beliefs to thrive.

References in the Podcast

Slush Helsinki: http://www.slush.org/home-2/
Portfolia: http://www.portfolia.co/

Contact

Chris an be reached via LinkedIn with a message about why you want to connect: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cjbcreighton/

And on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cjbcreighton

And on Twitter: @cjbcreighton

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri talks with Jacqueline about their conversation a year ago that led to their first project together and how the year’s work is so clearly illustrated on her new business cards.

Piloting Your Life #PLY025: Terri and her producer Jacqueline sit down over a glass of champagne to celebrate the accomplishments of the last year that are so clearly detailed in the new business cards Jacqueline designed for Terri.

Show Highlights

Terri and Jacqueline celebrated their first discussion a year ago that prompted the work that is perfectly illustrated in Terri’s new business cards designed by Jacqueline
Jacqueline talks about personal branding and how she worked with Terri to define her brand that led to the creation of the website www.terrihansonmead.com released in Q1/2017.
Terri and Jacqueline started working on the podcast in April with the goal to release in June after Necker Island but missed that goal and ultimately released late September
They talk about how the podcast came together and the learnings from the podcast; Terri and Jacqueline continue to iterate on the podcast and weekly email as they receive great feedback and emails from listeners
Terri talks about the other changes in her professional life and the expansion of her services and experiences including expert witness work, speaking engagements, shifts in her investing, and international expansion in addition to the podcast
Jacqueline and Terri conducted a strategy session (with the help of wine or Dutch courage) to define their ambitions and goals for 2018
2017 has been a rough year politically and Jacqueline introduced the concept of stubborn gladness that she heard about on a podcast and how we need to be stubbornly optimistic
Happy Thanksgiving!

Call to Action

Take a few hours with a friend who loves and supports you (maybe with a glass of wine or champagne) to map out some goals (big or small) for 2018 and begin to define the tasks that will help you achieve them. Think big. Think positively. Practice gratitude. And be stubbornly glad and optimistic.

References in the Podcast

Iron Horse Vineyards Wedding Cuvee: http://www.ironhorsevineyards.com/product/2013-Wedding-Cuvee?pageID=709AE74B-BA4F-D99C-A5E2-1F62C09E374F&sortBy=DisplayOrder&maxRows=20&
Caitlin Roberson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caitlinroberson/
Julie Gordon White: http://www.growatthewell.com/
Jacqueline Steenhuis: http://www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com/
Andrea Barrica: http://www.terrihansonmead.com/podcast/2017/10/2/piloting-your-life-episode-8-andrea-barrica
Terri’s blog about the InTeaHouse event with links: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead/rcl-accelerator-muru-du-founders-hosted-by-inteahouse-in-sf-11-16-17-bd82514a760c
Brazen Global: https://brazenglobal.com/
Symposia: http://symposiacon.com/
4YFN Barcelona: https://www.4yfn.com/event/4yfn-barcelona-2018/
Slush: http://www.slush.org/home-2/

Contact

You can follow Jacqueline on Twitter at @jacquelineStee or find her on her website at www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri talks to life coach and artist Svetlana Saitsky about learning to not be afraid of the darkness, the importance of acknowledging your inner saboteur and how asking for help is a sign of strength and not weakness.

Who is Svetlana Saitsky?

Throughout the last decade, Svetlana has worked with many corporations including Google, Apple, Lululemon, Great Place To Work Institute and YouCaring. Her expertise in culture building, coaching, and mindfulness are brought to life through interactive workshops, and speaking engagements targeting individuals and companies looking for transformation. She is also an artist whose work focuses on mental health awareness. Svetlana's work best supports creatives, entrepreneurs needing an extra push to achieve, and those going through massive career and life changes. 

Show Highlights

Svetlana talks about saying yes to an opportunity without knowing how she was going to make it work
Svetlana and Terri met over shoes at a Guild event (https://theguilded.org)
Svetlana talks about how it took her ten years to really decide to become a life coach
She reached her goal and realized it didn’t feel good and fell into a severe depression
She describes the importance of having a support team in place and the first step in getting help is recognizing you need help
She realized that it wasn’t all about inspiration and following your bliss and that you need to embrace the darkness
Terri and Svet talk about tall poppy syndrome in Australia and the imposter syndrome and embracing the saboteurs in our heads; stop resisting the resistance
We are more powerful than we can imagine
Svet would wave a magic wand to give everyone the courage to tap into their own creativity

Terri’s Key Takeaway

We need to continue to redefine our definition of success as we learn and grow and to appreciate the journey and not just the destination.

**References in the Podcast**

Beverly Ryle: http://www.beverlyryle.com/

The Geography of Bliss: https://www.ericweinerbooks.com/books/the-geography-of-bliss/description/

InTeaHouse: https://inteahouse.com/

Startup Catalyst: http://www.startupcatalyst.com.au/

TiE Global: http://tie.org/

Inside Out: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2096673/

Contact

Svetlana can be reached via her website www.svetlandasaitsky.com or on Instagram and Twitter @jetsvetter.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri talks about finding equilibrium as a mom and combatting social expectations.

Who is Terri Mead?

Show Highlights

Looking for equilibrium instead of balance
How the reality of becoming a mom didn’t align with expectations
Saving for therapy for her kids
Combatting unreasonable societal expectations
Watching Deadpool with her 15 year old son was awkward
Each day is a new day to do better
She kisses her hugs her kids as much as possible and makes sure they know she loves them
Women need to do a better job of supporting each other and not judging

Contacts

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead

Feel free to email her at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri continues her conversation with Kristina Jones of Court Buddy about coming out to California to be a part of 500 Startups, raising their round, how excited they are about growing the business, learning she doesn’t need to get permission to do what she needs to do, and how this is all impacting the way she is raising her daughter.

Who is Kristina Jones?

Court Buddy President and Co-founder Kristina Jones is a Los Angeles native and a Florida International graduate for both her Undergraduate and Master’s degree from The School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Kristina’s Master’s Degree from FIU was in tandem with Miami Ad School’s Art Direction Portfolio Program.

As an Art Director, Kristina went on to work for Advertising Agencies in both California and Florida and had the honor of creating campaigns for San Diego Tourism, Disney, Greater Fort Lauderdale Tourism, SeaWorld, Walmart, Silver Airways, and Kaplan University to name a few. Kristina’s experience with these brands has allowed her to see how media and advertising effect the sales and growth of major corporations.

Kristina was able to take the experience creating content for other brands to help her create her own brand Court Buddy with her husband James Jones Jr. Esq. Court Buddy’s website, courtbuddy.com, matches people with attorneys based on their budget. Court Buddy is helping to bring the legal system to people who previously did not have access to it. Kristina handles the company’s advertising, marketing and social media.

Show Highlights

They had a great experience with 500 Startups and learned to split their time and how to successfully fundraise including introductions to investors
There is a lot to be learned by going through the process even if it gets you to a ‘no’
Terri asks about whether they had trouble fundraising because they were a husband and wife team
They got validation from investors writing the first checks which helped get them complete their fundraising; some investors needed to see others say ‘yes’ for
Kristina talks about some of their biggest challenges in growing the company and supporting the clients
Kristina talks about what she is excited about in hiring people, growing into all 50 states and expanding opportunities within their customer base
She felt like she needed permission when they started the business and she has learned to just do it
Starting and growing Court Buddy has impacted the way she is raising her daughter and she is making sure that her daughter knows that she can set her own path and do whatever she sets her mind to
If Kristina could wave a magic wand, she would make it so that people don’t see color and make it so that people aren’t judged based on the color of their skin

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Asking for what we want and need means we will hear no and we need to get comfortable with this to get to the yeses.

Contact

Kristina can be reached at Kjones@courtbuddy.com. Check out Court Buddy at https://www.courtbuddy.com/.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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Terri and her producer Jacqueline sit down over a cup of coffee and not bubbly, to talk about the responses Terri received from the Finding Your Tribe solocast and discuss friendship, vulnerability, trust and the importance of asking for what you want or need.

Show Highlights

Jacqueline comments on how important it is for us to be able to call the friend who holds that space for you without trying to fix you
Terri talks about being at events where everyone wants something from her and how draining that can be for her despite how much she enjoys them
It is important that we trust each other and not self-select out of conversations and relationships that we could benefit from and that we trust that we can handle whatever the responses will be
They talk about asking for something as simple as a discount or a meal customization without qualification.
Terri has raised her daughter Rachel to ask for help and often uses her to ask for what she wants.
Asking for something special is a something we all need to get more comfortable with.
If you get a no, it isn’t a personal rejection.

Call to Action

Ask for something special every day (outside of your comfort zone) and share how you asked for help or for something at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

Contact

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

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Terri talks to Kristina Jones about how being a creative problem solver and listening to her husband James talk about his experience in the court system led to the birth of Court Buddy, a software solution that provides people and businesses with access to an attorney when needed, regardless of their financial status. This is part one of a two part interview.

Who is Kristina Jones?

Show Highlights

Kristina grew up in Los Angeles and was a creative kid who left for Miami as soon as she graduated from high school
She started in marine biology in Miami but ended up in advertising after she did some soul searching in college and seeing what her aunt was doing in the advertising space; she wanted to provide creative solutions to problems and wasn’t doing well in her sciences classes
Once she realized that she could take inspiration from what has been done before to apply it to advertising and problem solving, and she credits her aunt for the advice that gave her freedom
Kristina was a Miami Heat dancer when she met her husband, James, at a party
James started his own law firm right after they got married and she had just started a new job
Kristina talks about how the idea for Court Buddy came from James noticing the number of people asking him for help before they went into court because they didn’t have representation; they didn’t think they could afford attorneys
They saw solo-practitioner attorneys looking for clients, too, which led them to research how attorneys could operate to provide services to people who needed representation and Court Buddy was born
They applied for 500 Startups in San Francisco and it took two tries to get in
Getting to their 500 Startups interview was a series of misadventures including a rainstorm, a mis-scheduled flight, a car that wouldn’t start, being stuck in an elevator, and a locked door

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Having an outside perspective combined with a deep understanding of a problem can lead to creative and disruptive solutions.

Contact

Kristina can be reached at Kjones@courtbuddy.com. Check out Court Buddy at https://www.courtbuddy.com/.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

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