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Shannon Lee Simmons defines “emotional return on investment” and her take on personal debt Jan 28th
Three-time author, founder and Certified Financial Planner Shannon Lee Simmons is no stranger to going off-budget—and she’s not afraid to talk about it. After quitting her Bay Street job to start her own advice-only financial planning firm, the New School of Finance, she found herself in more de.... More »
How Vida Gabriel Is Making Carbon-capture Technology Even Greener + MORE Oct 31st
When Vida Gabriel was working on her master’s at the University of Ottawa in 2017, she met Sean Wilson, a chemical engineer, at a student holiday potluck where Wilson drew her name for Secret Santa. Gabriel, who was studying how to make polymers biodegradable, offered to help Wilson with grant app.... More »
Stock Bull Run Powers Ahead as US Economy Roars: Markets Wrap - Yahoo Finance + MORE Feb 2nd
Stock Bull Run Powers Ahead as US Economy Roars: Markets Wrap Yahoo FinanceStock market today: S&P 500 hits record high after jobs report, tech earnings thrill investors Yahoo FinanceBull Market in Stocks Powers Even as the Big-Tech Trade Splinters BloombergScorc.... More »
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 “Sold Out” Across Major Cities, Production Ramped Up: Check Price And Top Features - NDTV Profit Jul 31st
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 “Sold Out” Across Major Cities, Production Ramped Up: Check Price And Top Features NDTV ProfitSamsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 review: great-looking and fun, but iterative Android The GuardianGalaxy Z Fold 7 is such a big hit that Samsung's run out of stock in.... More »
Japan's Nikkei jumps 6%, rebounds from rout on market recovery hopes - Reuters Apr 8th
Japan's Nikkei jumps 6%, rebounds from rout on market recovery hopes ReutersAsian shares gain and Japan’s Nikkei 225 jumps 6.5 per cent despite uncertainty over tariffs The Globe and MailJapan’s Nikkei 225 stock index up 5.5% as world markets gyrate under tariffs uncertaint.... More »
Cowboy Venture’s Amanda Robson Is Helping Women Founders Secure Funding
– canadianbusiness.com
Amanda Robson, originally from Ancaster, Ont., is a powerhouse in Silicon Valley. In November 2020, she led a US$3.2-million investment round in a securities-software company called Drata, now worth US$1 billion. When she’s not crushing it as a newly minted (and the youngest ever) partner at Cowboy Ventures, a VC fund supporting a diverse array of seed-stage founders, she’s running her organization, Modern Angels, which seeks to democratize funding for women and non-binary people.
Age: 30 Based in: San FranciscoDegree: H.B.A. (Ivey Business School at University of Western Ontario)
My goal in life:
To empower a new set of generational founders. Today, founders of top technology companies are predominantly men and not diverse. That doesn’t align with what the pool of high-potential founders looks like. I want to change that.
I thought I’d grow up to be:
A makeup artist. I always thought I would be in an industry that helps people feel good about themselves.
My biggest mentor:
Different stages of life require different mentors…
