Dear all,
We’ve been working on my book’s graphic identity. You can see how things are going in the graphics above and below. And as you’ll note, I seized the opportunity to upgrade this newsletter. 🎨
Meanwhile, my firm The Family is about to celebrate its 5th birthday. It’s been quite a ride, about which we’ll share more (graphic) details soon. But we still have many challenges ahead of us. And among the many fronts on which progress is lagging behind is the place of women in the startup world.
There are impressive women entrepreneurs in The Family, like Shanty Baerhel of Instagram-powered Shanty Biscuits, Hind Elidrissi of Wemind (insurance for freelancers), Anahi Nguyen of L’Habibliothèque (renting fashion), Benedetta Arese Lucini (former Uber manager in Italy) of Oval Money (technology to help you save automatically), and Emilie Bellet of Vestpod (personal finance tips for women). But men still occupy the lion’s share of our portfolio, and so we recognize that this is still unfinish…