From the course: Getting to Yes: Advice for Female Founders on How to Get Funded

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LinkedIn: A valuable funding tool

LinkedIn: A valuable funding tool

(soothing music) - How to use LinkedIn when you're seeking funding. This is one of the most critical things. I really feel like we as women are at a real advantage these days, because there's so much technology and tools that are available on the internet, literally for free. There's almost no excuse anymore. A lot of the (mumbles) venture capital funds that I know will not take a called call meeting and I have to tell you, for, from my perspective, it's pretty tough for me as well. If you were to, to reach out directly to me, called on LinkedIn, but you stated a real case of saying, this is why you should look at my company and I noticed that this is in your investment thesis, I took the time to read your investment thesis and know that, that this is the type of company you'd like to look at, sure, I might have a call with you. But, we're talking about (mumbles) build business or finance, we're talking about money, this is where trust is established. So it's important to use your…

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