Office Hours With Purpose
Wednesday, February 5 | 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Our office hours connect women entrepreneurs with experts, investors and veteran entrepreneurs in a curated and intentional way. We brief both the entrepreneur and the mentor ahead of the event to ensure participants get the most out of their time and walk away with the insight and answers they need. Our mentors provide expertise in the following focus areas:
- Finance + Accounting
- Fundraising + Investment
- Legal
- Marketing
- Operations
- Real Estate
- Sales
- Scaling
- Team Building + Culture
- Tech
Note: Mentors will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.
Thank you to our sponsors Bumble, Charles Schwab, McGinnis Lochridge and Pioneer Bank for making this event possible.
How it Works:
- Review the list of mentors and their area(s) of expertise.
- Prioritize the top focus areas and mentors you’d like to meet with (you will meet with up to 3 mentors for 30 minutes each).
- After you purchase your ticket, you must complete the application form in order to participate.
- A few days prior the event, you will receive a curated schedule of the mentors you will be meeting with.
- Come prepared with questions specific to your mentors!
Guidelines:
- Don’t be late! Be respectful of your mentor’s time. You will be given your schedule prior to the event.
- Make the most of your time. You will only have 30 minutes with your mentor, so don’t spend too much time introducing yourself. Your mentor will be briefed on you and your company prior to the meeting.
- Come prepared. Research your mentors before meeting with them and have your questions ready.
- Respect the relationship. Our mentors are passionate about helping women entrepreneurs, but their time is extremely valuable. Please do not follow up with mentors independently unless they have indicated a desire to continue communicating.
Meet Our Mentors!
Andrea Cunha, Partner, Waller Landsden Dortch & Davis, LLP
Area of Expertise: Legal
Caroline Goodner, CEO, OrganiCare
Areas of Expertise:
Scaling, Operations, Sales, Team Building + Culture, Marketing + Communications
Chris Bourne, Central Texas Market President, Pioneer Bank
Areas of Expertise: Finance + Accounting, Real Estate, Team Building + Culture, Sales
Diana Holford, Managing Director, JLL
Areas of Expertise:
Operations, Real Estate, Sales, Team Building + Culture
Donna Day, Senior Vice President, Pioneer Bank
Areas of Expertise:
Finance + Accounting
Ed Hattrup, Founder, Bald Ginger
Areas of Expertise:
Fundraising + Investment, Operations, Finance + Accounting
Elizabeth Monteleone, Director of Legal Affairs, Bumble
Areas of Expertise: Legal
Frankie Arvelo, Startup Counsel, Arvelo PLLC
Areas of Expertise:
Fundraising + Investment, Legal
Holly Tachovsky, CEO, Buildfax
Areas of Expertise:
Marketing, Scaling, Operations, Fundraising + Investment, Team Building + Culture, Sales, Product/Market Fit, First hires + HR, Work/Life Balance
Karen Bantuveris, Founder + CEO, SignUp.com
Areas of Expertise: Pitching/Fundraising, consumer, Impact & Ed Tech, Marketing
Kelly Carroll, Co-Founder + Creative Director, Literati
Areas of Expertise: Scaling, Team Building + Culture, Marketing, Brand + Creative Marketing
Kendall Antonelli, Founder, Antonelli's Cheese Shop
Areas of Expertise: Marketing + Communications, Branding, Work/Life Balance
Lynn Atchison, Board Member, Q2ebanking, Absolute Softwar, Convey and Real Massive
Areas of Expertise: Finance / accounting, Scale, Operations, Fundraising, Team Building + Culture
Marissa Tarleton, CEO, RetailMeNot
Areas of Expertise: Tech, Operations, Sales, Team Building + Culture, Marketing + Communications
Martha Todd, Partner, McGinnis Lochridge
Areas of Expertise: Legal, Fundraising + Investment, Team Building + Culture
Melissa Swerdfeger, CEO + Founder, Methodize Austin - Professional Organizing Services
Areas of Expertise: Marketing + Communications, Team Building + Culture, Organizing Your Life
Patti Soch, CFO, Datical
Area of Expertise: Finance + Accounting
Raul Rodriguez, Managing Director of the Innovation Accelerator, Charles Schwab
Areas of Expertise: Team building + Culture, Tech (Digital Innovation), and Scaling
Sara Brand, Founding General Partner, True Wealth Ventures
Areas of Expertise: Scaling, Operations, Fundraising + Investment, Tech
Shubhi Rao, Former CFO, Dosh
Areas of Expertise: Finance + Accounting, Scaling, Operations, Fundraising + Investment, Tech
Tala Matchett
Areas of Expertise: Operations, Real Estate, Sales, Fundraising + Investment, Team Building + Culture
Thank you to our generous sponsors!
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