Shelly Porges is the National Finance Co-Chair for the Ready for Hillary Super PAC. Prior to this role, Porges was a Franklin Fellow and Senior Advisor leading the Global Women's Business Initiative at the U.S. State Department. She is a recognized marketing and strategy expert having launched products, brands and companies, as well as raised funds for a range of non-profit and political organizations. Before joining the State Department, Ms. Porges had a distinguished private sector career as both a corporate executive (American Express and Bank of America) and entrepreneur. Most recently, she served as chair of the board for Count Me In for Women's Economic Independence, the leading non-profit online accelerator for women-owned businesses. Shelly Porges holds both a BS and MPS degree from Cornell University. She was a founding member of the President's Council of Cornell Women.
One of the important areas of development for both women and men globally is the whole chain of financing. Banks are not well-suited for early stage businesses and startups, period. It's been shown over the years, we know it; more testimony here. But there are other ways to tap early stage capita...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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