***PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD AT INSTACART'S OFFICE IN
DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO, LOCATED ON THE 6TH FLOOR OF THE BLUE CROSS
BUILDING. IN ORDER TO GET INTO THE BUILDING, YOUR NAME HAS TO BE ON
THE GUEST LIST SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR LEGAL NAME IS ON YOUR ORDER &
BRING A FORM OF ID. THANK YOU!***Hi everyone,
Please join us as we welcome our speaker ALICIA ROBB, FOUNDER AND CEO
OF NEXT WAVE VENTURES (http://nextwave.ventures/
[http://nextwave.ventures/])
ALICIA IS PRESENTING ON THE TOPIC OF DRIVING DIVERSITY IN ENTREPRENEUR
INVESTING AND WHY WE NEED TO GET MORE WOMEN ON THE FUNDING SIDE
More about ALICIA: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia-robb-a888228/
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia-robb-a888228/]
ALICIA IS THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF NEXT WAVE. She was previously a
Senior Fellow with the Kauffman Foundation (www.kauffman.org), an
organization committed to grant making and operations for
entrepreneurs. She is also the FOUNDER AND PAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
AND BOARD CHAIR OF THE FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
(www.fsdinternational.org [http://www.fsdinternational.org/]). She
received her Ph.D. in Economics from UNC at Chapel Hill, and is a
prolific author on entrepreneurship, including:
· _A Rising Tide: Financing Strategies for Women-Owned Businesses_
· _The Next Wave: Financing and Investing Strategies for
Growth-Oriented Women Entrepreneurs_
· _Race and Entrepreneurial Success_.
Alicia is an active investor, a mentor to various young firms, and an
advisory board member for several nonprofits, including the Deming
Center Venture Fund and the Good Food Institute.
More about Next Wave Ventures:
Next Wave Ventures 's mission is to increase diversity in angel
investing and high growth entrepreneurship. The Next Wave Network is
a global movement to increase women’s participation in angel
investing as an asset class. It has been developed to provide an
enriching investment experience; including an investment portfolio in
start-ups, an education of the investment process, and the development
of a global angel community of successful business women across the
US, Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia, and Latin America.
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