“If you want to create change in the world, you can start by creating change in your backyard.”
Last week on The Global League of Women Podcast, I spoke with Monique Woodard, an angel investor based in San Francisco. She is focused on investing at the intersection of technology and newly powerful consumer groups as a result of demographic shifts - Women, people of color, and the elderly. She recently published a 65-page report called Gray New World, detailing this demographic sea change and the types of opportunities she sees as an investor.
As a serial entrepreneur and rising VC, she shares how she overcomes the challenges of raising outside capital, especially as a minority woman.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
The importance of having the right friends in your life, regardless of professional success
How to think about career transitions and starting your entrepreneurial journey
The three big demographic shifts that Monique is actively investing into
Communication and relationship best practices
🔥Tonight on IG Live: A Conversation on Women’s Sexual Health & Empowerment with Unbound CEO
Join tonight at 7pm EST on Instagram @lisacarmenwang where I’ll be going live with Polly Rodriguez, CEO of Unbound Babes, a rebellious sexual wellness company that makes vibrators, lubricants, and accessories mainstream. We’re having a candid conversation on women’s bodies, sexual shame, sexual health and more!
How to Join:
Find & Follow @LisaCarmenWang
Open Instagram tonight at 7pm EST/4pm PST
Click on my profile photo where we’ll be going live
Say “Hi” and Chime in with your questions! See you tonight :)
Stay through the end & receive a unique discount code for your Unbound purchase!
The GLOW Self-Love Challenge
How Much More Could You Achieve If You Truly Loved Yourself?
Over 21 Days, you’ll learn to let go of limiting beliefs & perfectionism once and for all to manifest the life you deserve.
When You Harness Self-Love You Learn:
How to say "No" and set strong boundaries
How to be unaffected by other people’s behavior, rejection, and opinion
How to ask for and get what you want in any situation
How to get rid of self-doubt, self-shame, and self-sabotage
How to build confidence to advocate for yourself
Self-Love is especially crucial for the Type-A, overachieving, ambitious women who “never have time for self-care.” I see you… Because I am you too ;)
Join the Self-Love Challenge. For a limited time take 50% off with code “HERLOVE”
🔥Voices That Inspire
Reading: Rihanna’s Interview in Vogue: Rihanna Talks New Music, Fenty Skincare & Her Plans To Have “3 Or 4 Kids”
“You don’t have a lot of time to tolerate shit, you know? You put so much on your plate. When you’re overwhelmed, you need to start cutting things out. And I’m overwhelmed too much. What’s happening now is that I’m going back to black and white.
My grey area is shutting down.”
Playing: Boss B*tch by Doja Cat
I've been a stallion, you've been a sea horse
Don't need a report, don't need a press run
All of my bad pics been all my best ones
I wear the hat and I wear the pants
I am advanced so I get advance
And I do my dance and cancel the plans
Said, boo, don't be mad 'cause you had a chance, drop
Watching: Rise Up presented by Boston Children’s Chorus
🔥Women We Admire
Dr. Theresa Tam, Dr. Heather Morrison, and five other women who represent 7 of Canada’s 14 national or provincial chief medical officers. Given their leadership, they have had their faces emblazoned on t-shirts, their portraits grace street murals, and their press conferences have inspired YouTube performances. This is an exciting and important trend, compared to previously only 12% of Canada’s deans of medicine were women compiled for 2018-19.
Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj for her article in Forbes titled, “The Voice Of Women Leaders Is Critical Today More Than Ever”. She discussed the The Reykjavik Index, which measures the level of comfort in society towards women in leadership positions.
Geeta Rao Gupta for co-authoring an article for the World Economic Forum detailing that 70% of the world's healthcare staff are made up of women, but only 25% of global leaders are female. She stressed that “leaders dictate where funding and research goes, from vaccine development to social safety nets. Without women in these positions, subsequent decisions will not adequately address the hurdles women face.”
Be safe, stay in touch and sending you love,
~ Powered by Lisa Carmen Wang, The GLOW ⚢
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