Bridging The Funding Gap For Female Entrepreneurs with Gerry Poirier
Allison and Gerry Poirier discuss AngeLink, crowdfunding platform created by Gerry to support women's economic empowerment. It provides a safe, trusted platform for women to raise funds for emergencies, medical bills, funerals, and starting small businesses. Women start businesses 2x faster than men, but face major barriers accessing capital - only 2% of venture funding goes to women-led startups. AngeLink makes it easy for women to start fundraisers, connect with their community, and raise money through social media integrations.
She Believed She Could™ Podcast · Gerry Poirier, Allison Walsh
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Show Notes
Gerry Poirier is the Founder and CEO of AngeLink, the world’s first social crowdfunding platform powered by women. A visionary thought leader and champion of female empowerment and financial equity, Gerry is a diversity change agent with agility born from over two decades of finance and FinTech experience with leadership roles at Credit Suisse, Lazard Freres, and Equity Growth Partners. A catalyst for positive impact with a passion for advancing women in financial equity and inclusion, Gerry founded AngeLink with a vision to bring innovative solutions to social change through life-changing technology. AngeLink is creating a safer, more trusted crowdfunding community powered by women to close the gap on gender-based economic disparity. Member Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women, Mindshare Award recipient most promising CEO of high growth, tech startup, The Female Founders Collective, National Association of Women Business Owners. Founder, AngeLink Community Foundation. BA University of Pennsylvania, Concentration in Marketing from Wharton School of Business.
Memorable Moments:
“70% of everybody using peer to peer crowdfunding are women due to their economic disadvantage. 70% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, and 80% of them are women. It’s shocking.”
“We are flocking toward crowdfunding platforms to help in everyday emergencies because a vast majority of women do not have an emergency savings fund.”
“AngeLink has built a platform that is focused on a community where women can depend on a safe and secure place to connect with their friends and loved ones in times of need...but also, the opportunity to change your life when starting a small business.”
“Women are starting businesses 2x faster than men…unleashing the economic power of women is a $3 Trillion unmet opportunity. There’s a huge gap in the market, and the problem is that women need money to start their business.”
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