015: Dismissed English Major Turned Venture Capitalist with Marcella Allison
She Handled It! with Arwen Becker
English - November 10, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes - 104 MBSelf-Improvement Education Business arwen empowerment friend inspiration inspirationalstories mother adversity arwenbecker challenges determined Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Marcella Allison was told that a “glorified bookkeeper with an English degree” does not become a venture capitalist after she enthusiastically approached the guest speaker in her MBA class. He continued to tell her that since she didn’t get her MBA from Harvard, didn’t have a 4.0, wasn’t captain of the lacrosse team, this was never going to happen. Everything of this stereotypical profile she didn’t fit. But she refused to let some arrogant man determine her path or worth.
Through tenacity, grit, due diligence and a willingness to seek advice from people she knew (and who those individuals knew), Marcella found the right women to provide her direction, information and a clear roadmap that would land her multiple VC employment offers at the same time.
Marcella is the CEO of Copy Harvest and the founder of the Titanides Mentoring Collective, an organization dedicated to promoting female entrepreneurs, marketers and copywriters. As a copywriter, she currently works with some of the top direct companies in the industry. Her clients include the Motley Fool, Money Map Press, Metabolic Living and more. Her copy has generated over 100 million in sales for financial trading services, alternative health supplements and information products.
Today, Marcella joins the podcast to share her story of how she never took no for an answer and overcame many challenges to become a successful VC in a male dominated business world.
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