Pretty Pushers blog — capital investment

Why female mentors are invaluable to women entrepreneurs

I am lucky enough to have 2 females on my board of directors who I consistently turn to for advice.  As a woman founder and CEO of a 
startup, I was faced with a lot of doubt (from both men and women) in the beginning because:
1.  I was young
2.  I am a woman
3.  I had a product that no one had ever heard of
 
In my first search for capital investment, I recall an older man telling me "I won't invest in you because you won't have...