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The Two Percent

The Two Percent

Female Founders Fund

Historically less than 2% of venture capital funding has gone to female founded companies. Hosted by founding partner Anu Duggal, The Two Percent by Female Founders Fund is dedicated to highlighting stories of powerful CEO’s, founders, investors and industry leaders who are changing this dynamic, both as female founders and female funders.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best The Two Percent episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to The Two Percent for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite The Two Percent episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Anu sits down with Female Founders Fund portfolio founder, Kate Ryder of Maven Clinic, the first digital health clinic for women. Kate dives into the opportunity she saw to disrupt the healthcare system, her experience building women’s healthcare as a new category, and how the landscape has evolved since founding Maven Clinic in 2014. They discuss the future of women's and family healthcare, explosive telemedicine growth amid the pandemic, and what all of this means for long-term adoption of digital health. Kate also shares her candid advice for female founders who are fundraising, and for leaders looking to build culture in a remote environment.

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Anu is joined by Krystle Mobayeni, co-Founder and CEO of Bentobox, the platform empowering restaurants to create and manage their own digital storefronts. In this conversation Krystle and Anu dive into Bentobox’s recent sale to Fiserv, the importance of early relationship building, her experience innovating to keep restaurants alive throughout the pandemic, and the importance of anchoring your team in a shared mission.

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Today’s guest is Christie Horvath, Co-Founder and CEO of Wagmo, the company reinventing pet insurance for a new generation of pet parents. In this episode, Christie shares the personal story that inspired her founding journey, how she approached building a product catered to millennials, and her advice for founders looking to connect with younger customers. Anu and Christie discuss accelerated pet adoption numbers throughout the pandemic, the impact on Wagmo and the insurance industry as a whole, plus PetTech industry predictions for the future. Use code GIFT21 for $20 off a wellness plan at Wagmo.io.

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In this episode Anu sits down with Anjali Sud, CEO of Vimeo, the world's leading all-in-one video software solution. They discuss Anjali’s non-traditional path from Director of Marketing to CEO in 3 years, the opportunity she saw to internally champion and pivot Vimeo’s business model, biggest lessons learned leading the company through two acquisitions, a pandemic, and an IPO, and the skills she is most focused on developing as a leader. Anjali shares advice around thoughtfully designing culture, becoming a more self-aware leader, and playing to your strengths during periods of extreme change.

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The Two Percent - Leveling the Playing Field with Sheila Marcelo
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11/01/21 • 39 min

Anu sits down with Sheila Marcelo, Founder and former CEO of Care.com, and current Venture Partner at NEA and Executive Chairwoman for The Wing. Sheila shares how her experiences growing up in a matriarchal society in the Philippines and as a young mother in the business world sparked her passion and lifelong commitment to ensuring women have the resources they need to level the playing field and succeed. Sheila and Anu discuss what it will take to break down the biggest barriers to equality in the workplace, the three main factors that differentiate the best businesses, the most important question founders should ask themselves before going public, and advice for founders thinking about their next career move.

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The Two Percent - How Stacy Brown-Philpot Pioneered the Shared Economy
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10/25/21 • 26 min

Today’s guest is technology leader Stacy Brown-Philpot, a founding member of Softbank’s Opportunity Fund and the former CEO of TaskRabbit. In this episode Stacy dives into her experience pioneering the shared economy, her advice for navigating critical career transition points, thoughts on the future of work, why community is at the core of everything she does, her commitment to changing the face of wealth creation, and more.

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The Two Percent - Authentic Leadership with Katrina Lake of Stitch Fix
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10/18/21 • 46 min

To kick off Season 3, Anu chats with Katrina Lake, founder of Stitch Fix, an online personal-shopping service transforming the way people find clothes they love. Katrina walks Anu through her journey scaling Stitch Fix from seed to IPO and beyond, including how her leadership style has evolved alongside the platform, experiences navigating the transition to a public figure, advice for founders thinking of going public, dealing with early critics, and much more. She speaks passionately on the importance of authenticity, representation, transparency, and self-care with personal anecdotes that any founder will relate to.

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Join us for this bonus Q&A episode to learn more about the host behind The Two Percent and Female Founders Fund Founding Partner, Anu Duggal! Anu sits down with FFF investor Adrianna Samaniego to answer listener questions across a range of topics from fundraising to networking, and much more. Anu shares stories and lessons learned from her formative years, her early-career as a consultant, her time in culinary school and as a founder of two successful food ventures, to eventually entering the VC world as a solo GP with Female Founders Fund in 2014.

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Today’s guest is Morgan DeBaun, Founder and CEO of Blavity, the leading media company for Black culture and millennials. This conversation is jam-packed with Morgan’s top learnings building Blavity and her valuable advice for female founders around topics like growth hacks to reach your first million users, using your emotions as a motivator, managing the added weight female founders carry in the public sphere, building your early team, switching your mindset from founder to CEO, and much more. Morgan shares her thoughts on the pandemic’s impact on the future of media, what it will take to bring lasting racial change to the industry, and her vision for Blavity’s future.

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Anu sits down with Nancy Twine, the founder and CEO of Briogeo, an award-winning clean hair care line. They discuss the journey that took Nancy from the finance industry to becoming the youngest black woman to launch a product line at Sephora, as well as the biggest lessons she learned along the way. Nancy shares her experience navigating the acquisition process, a framework for defining and creating clean beauty products, and the strategy behind her newest venture – nancytwine.com, focused on sharing content and resources to support female entrepreneurs throughout their journey.

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FAQ

How many episodes does The Two Percent have?

The Two Percent currently has 45 episodes available.

What topics does The Two Percent cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts and Business.

What is the most popular episode on The Two Percent?

The episode title 'Reinventing Pet Insurance with Christie Horvath of Wagmo' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The Two Percent?

The average episode length on The Two Percent is 38 minutes.

How often are episodes of The Two Percent released?

Episodes of The Two Percent are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of The Two Percent?

The first episode of The Two Percent was released on Oct 14, 2020.

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