I haven't finished listening to the full podcast yet, but I think one of the most interesting things about this interview is that it shows aggressive behavior in a woman is very well received among many VCs.
A lot of the discussions about women in the workplace (tech and otherwise) have shown that women who make demands aren't taken as seriously as aggressive, blunt men since it goes against people's beliefs about what a woman should be.
I have to confess that I'm a bit jealous. I've been working on financial software for small businesses since 2001, and never came anywhere close to getting thousands of companies to sign up in a matter of months. Where are all of these companies hearing about InDinero? Has there been a big marketing push outside of the Hacker News community?
Our company is exactly at this point right now where we are looking to raise an angle round and this is a super useful pod-cast. Fundraising info starts around 25:00.
[+] [-] untamedmedley|15 years ago|reply
A lot of the discussions about women in the workplace (tech and otherwise) have shown that women who make demands aren't taken as seriously as aggressive, blunt men since it goes against people's beliefs about what a woman should be.
(http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2009/12/can_nice_girls_negotiate.htm...)
What we have here is a female entrepreneur who raised funds without mincing words. It's pretty inspiring.
[+] [-] thinkcomp|15 years ago|reply
[+] [-] justinchen|15 years ago|reply
http://techcrunch.com/2008/11/04/teen-bloggerpreneur-jessica...
http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/01/jessica-mahindinero/
http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/02/indinero-launches-as-the-mi...
[+] [-] ryanjmo|15 years ago|reply