Ep 39. LESLIE FEINZAIG - "Building Better for our Daughters"

In this episode, Rob is joined by the dynamic Leslie Feinzaig, Founder and Managing Director of Graham & Walker, a $10m Venture Capital fund and community. Leslie's mission, which began in her Seattle basement, is to reshape the Nasdaq by investing in tech companies founded and led by women or women led/mixed gender teams. She proudly states that her measure of future success, will be " whether there are more women led companies at the future College Job Recruiting fairs of her now young daughters."  In 2017 she started a Facebook group for women CEOs of tech companies, which quickly grew to become the most prominent network for women-founded startups and aligned investors in America. In the years since, her company has connected thousands of women founders with hundreds of VC firms across the US and she has launched this new VC fund! 

Born and raised in Costa Rica, of Polish and Jewish descent, Leslie's life story is a testament to the value of multi-culturalism.  Leslie moved to the US to attend Harvard Business School, after completing her undergraduate studies at the London School of Economics. She has since been named one of Forbes Most Powerful Women from Central America, the Puget Sound Business Journal 40 Under 40, and Seattle Magazine's Most Influential People. Leslie serves on the Boards of the Harvard Business School Equity and Entrepreneurship Initiative, the Washington Technology Industry Association and the Girl Scouts of Western Washington. She is also a contributing writer for Fast Company, TechCrunch and Entrepreneur and Fortune Magazine.

Feel free to follow and engage with Leslie here:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeslieFeinzaig?s=20&t=-DyFpHjfhJy9PAnLRA8T_g

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lesliefeinzaig

Website: https://grahamwalker.com

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