SBDC Women Talk Tech

This series will provide women innovators in tech and life science with real-world advice and actionable insights they can immediately implement in their businesses.

Join the 2nd annual Women Talk Tech Conference - Virtual Edition! This four-week series for and by women entrepreneurs will feature three panels on leadership, funding, angel investing, and conclude with 3 women-owned companies presenting their innovative technology solutions at a Virtual Demo Day.

Leadership Panel - Oct 15th
Founders face a million challenges when they are starting their business. The panelists will share what they have learned in their own businesses and as investors to help you scale your leadership skills while scaling your business.

Speakers:
Tracy Podell, Executive Coach, Evolution
Debra Liebert, Managing Director, Domain Associates
Irene Woerner, CEO, emTRUTH
Jenna Mons Anderson, CEO, AccessElite

Funding Panel - Oct 22nd
You've closed your funding round and now you have to make it last! Panelists with C-suite experience will share strategies on how they stretched their runway and the tough choices they made along the way.

Speakers:
Paige Smith, Associate, Stradling
Amy Fox, VP Human Resources, Halozyme Therapeutics
Cathy Kim, COO, Voluware
Lubna Ahmad, CEO, Invoy Technologies


Angel Investor Panel - Oct 29th
A panel of women angel investors will discuss their investment strategy, criteria, and how they began their investing career. Panelists will also share advice for pitching to angel groups in general.

Speakers:
Kim Kovacs, President, The Arcview Group
Sarah Fergusson Chambless, Partner, Fenwick & West
Janice Varney Hamlin, CEO, Marketing Immersion

Virtual Demo Day - Nov 5th
There will be 3 women-owned companies presenting their innovative technology solutions. You will leave the demo day with actionable takeaways you can directly apply to your business to increase efficiency, performance, scalability, and growth.

Speakers: TBD