September 11, 2017 – Vents Magazine: True Wealth Ventures joins women-owned and operated businesses in supporting ‘She Factory’, presented by Kathy Valentine and The Townsend

Kathy Valentine and The Townsend present “She Factory,” a special series assembling the talent of women in the arts on Tuesday, Sept. 19 from 8 to 10 p.m. The first installment in the series, “The Song Pool,” will focus on local female musicians and will feature Nina Diaz, Carolyn Wonderland, Jane Ellen Bryant, Suzanna Choffel, Patricia Vonne and Ruthie Foster. The evening will take place at The Townsend, located at 718 Congress [...]

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Judge: NASCENT Perfect Pitch Competition

The ERC Program is hosting a “Perfect Pitch” competition. The COMPETITION is open only to ERC undergraduates, Masters, and PhD students, all competing for a first-place $5,000 cash prize. Each ERC holds an internal competition in order to select one winner to send to the finals at the ERC Program biennial meeting, where an overall winner and [...]

Brand2023-09-25T15:24:53-05:00September 18th, 2017|

Judge: NASCENT Perfect Pitch Competition

The ERC Program is hosting a “Perfect Pitch” competition. The COMPETITION is open only to ERC undergraduates, Masters, and PhD students, all competing for a first-place $5,000 cash prize. Each ERC holds an internal competition in order to select one winner to send to the finals at the ERC Program biennial meeting, where an overall winner and [...]

Brand2023-09-25T15:24:54-05:00September 18th, 2017|

Sep 15, 2017 – Austin Woman Magazine’s 15th Anniversary Celebration

True Wealth Ventures helped celebrate Austin Woman Magazine's 15th anniversary at the Westin Hotel & Domain Northside! WP Engine presented the morning workshop followed by mimosas, networking, and a decadent lunch with an inspirational panel of past AWM Cover Women including our own Sara Brand and Kerry Rupp.

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August 24, 2017 – Austin Business Journal: 26 female forces on Austin’s business scene: 2017 Profiles in Power honorees

VIEW SLIDESHOW Click through to see the 2017 honorees, starting with the six overall winners. The Austin Business Journal's annual Profiles in Power awards honor the women making a difference to the Central Texas economy. Subscribers can get to know them through stories, and we've made sure to convey some of the advice they have [...]

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Jun 8, 2017 – Austin Business Journal: For women in Austin tech, silence isn’t golden when facing ingrained sexism

City's progressive reputation conceals challenging reality women face in tech scene [...]

Brand2019-12-03T16:31:01-06:00June 9th, 2017|

February 14, 2016 – Past, Present, and Future of Gender Lens Investing

While the value of diverse teams and women in leadership are relatively new topics in the business world, the field of gender lens investment is even newer. Since the field’s estimated beginnings in 2009, subsegments like “feminomics” and “inclusive finance” have spun off, but at it’s core gender lens investing is: incorporating gender as a factor to guide investment strategies.

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December 18, 2015 – Global Women’s Entrepreneurial Landscape

In early 2015, Dell in partnership with ACG Inc. published a comprehensive study reviewing the female entrepreneurial landscape of 31 countries. The original purpose of the study was to present the opportunities that each country has to level the entrepreneurial playing field for both genders. The authors ended up taking that one step further and developing the "Global Women Entrepreneur Leaders Scorecard," comprised of three rating areas and three watch-list criteria for each country.

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October 6, 2015 – Women As A Source of Untapped Capital

Women don’t just control the purse; they are filling it. Having women understand this is empowering in itself. For perhaps the first time ever, we are seeing the majority of both the market purchasing power and the nation’s investment dollars in the hands of women. And research tells us that, from an investment perspective, it makes a lot of sense to invest those dollars in companies with a larger percentage of women in leadership as it leads to higher returns and capital-efficiency.

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April 24, 2015 – Austin Business Journal: Mind the Gender Gap in the VC World

In the wake of a high-profile gender-bias case involving a prestigious venture capital firm, the jury is still out on whether more women will venture into that industry. One Austin entrepreneur hopes to make a dent by starting her own firm to invest in woman-owned startups.

Brand2019-12-03T17:51:43-06:00April 24th, 2015|