Loretta McCarthy, Co-CEO of Golden Seeds, on Building a Movement, Advice for Raising Angel Money.
FEB 18, 202547 MIN
Loretta McCarthy, Co-CEO of Golden Seeds, on Building a Movement, Advice for Raising Angel Money.
FEB 18, 202547 MIN
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<p>Very rarely you come across people who define their jobs as <strong>building a "movement."</strong> We have been lucky to call Loretta McCarthy, Co-CEO and Managing Partner, Golden Seeds, a guest at Women Who Build, as she is exactly that person.</p><p><br /></p><p>Golden Seeds is one of the largest and most active angel investment organizations in the US with ~300 angel investors and invests in early-stage women-led businesses. </p><p><br /></p><p>Loretta was previously Executive Vice President/Chief Marketing Officer at OppenheimerFunds and a marketing executive at American Express. Early in her career, she was an executive at the Dayton-Hudson Corporation (later Target Corp.). Ms. McCarthy has served as a board member of many organizations, both for-profit companies and not-for-profit organizations.</p><p><br /></p><p>In this episode, we discuss 3 main topics:</p><ul> <li>Angel Investing: Building an investor consortium serving a common goal and evolution of angel investing in the past 2 decades. </li> <li>Key considerations for founders raising angel funds. </li> <li>The Great Wealth Transfer and its impact. </li></ul><p><br /></p><p>Listen and learn!</p><p><br /></p><p>#investing #angelinvesting #technology #fundraising</p>