Join our CEO, Cheryl Contee, on October 25th at 5:00 pm ET at the Parkside Bookshop for a special signing of her new book Mechanical Bull: How You Can Achieve Startup Success 2nd edition. RSVP now to secure exclusive freebies for the first 25 attendees!
Our CEO, Cheryl Contee, will be in a panel titled "Breaking into VC and Angel Investing" at the 11th Annual Women's Venture Summit alongside Kristina Montague, Managing Partner at The JumpFund, and Stella Lim, Associate Producer at Show Her The Money Movie, with Sue Bevan Baggott, Founder & President of Power Within Consulting, moderating!
Our CEO, Cheryl Contee will be in a panel titled "Venture Industry Report for 2024 Panel" at the 11th Annual Women's Venture Summit alonside Geri Stengel, President of Ventureneer, Julie Castro Abrams, Managing Partner at How Women Invest and CEO of How Women Lead, Nicola Corzine, CEO & Executive Director of the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, and moderator Lauren Rowley, Strategist, Investor, and Operator!
Join our CEO, Cheryl Contee, and TISF's Board Member Chaitra Vedullapalli to talk about the new partnership between Women In Cloud and the Stella Foundation, millions in resources for women led companies, and how YOU can take advantage!
Our CEO, Cheryl Contee, and the Impact Seat Foundation will be attending the 2024 GEA Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards and will be receiving the the 2024 GEA Entrepreneurial Excellence Award for Best of Social Impact!
Our CEO, Cheryl Contee will be a panelist for the "Entrepreneurs with Successful Exits" Panel at the Culture Shifting Summit in Silicon Valley alongside T Ahmad- Taylor, Marianne Bekker, Darin Cook, Megan Schoettmer, and Jeany Stein!
Our CEO, Cheryl Contee will be a panelist for the Entrepreneuress "Watch Party & Panel Discussion" alongside Karyne Silva, Founder of Oaklabs, and Amy Meadows, Director of Entrepreneuress!
Our CEO, Cheryl Contee, will be speaking at the 2024 New Media Ventures Summit in a panel titled " Beyond Profits: Leading Models in Social Impact Investing" alongside Gaurab Bansal, Maria C., Vondell J. Burns, and Sergio Marrero!
Our Founder and Board Chair, Barbara Clarke, will be the keynote speaker at the Women in Cloud xINSPIRE 2024: AI-Fueled B2B GTM Summit presented by EY and Microsoft!
Our CEO, Cheryl Contee, will be opening the 2024 Netroots Nation conference Friday Keynote alongside Justin Jones, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Anthony Robinson, Keith Ellison, and Tim Wise!
Our CEO, Cheryl Contee will be a speaker for the "Power Progressive Advocacy with AI: Harnessing Its Potential Ethically" panel at the 2024 Netroots Nation conference, alongside Alan Rosenblatt, Craig Johnson, Mikka Macdonald, and Sonya Reynolds!
Our CEO, Cheryl Contee will be a moderator for the "Ask a Sista: Black Women Muse on Politics and Pop Culture" at the 2024 Netroots Nation conference, alongside speakers Dr. Kimberly C. Ellis, Tiffany Carlock, and Nsé Ufot!
Our CEO and Yale Alumna, Cheryl Contee, will be a guest judge at the Yale Angels Pitch Off 2024, alongside Christopher Wan, Megan Cain, Jacob Mullins, and Art Chang.
Our CEO, Cheryl Contee, will be a judge at the 2024 Women's Fast Pitch Southwest hosted by The Stella Foundation!
Our Vice President of Development and Communications, Gabriella de la Cruz, will be a judge at the 2024 Women's Fast Pitch Midwest hosted by the Stella Foundation!
Our CEO, Cheryl Contee, will be a judge at the 2024 Women's Fast Pitch Northwest hosted by the Stella Foundation!
Our Vice President of Development and Communications, Gabriella de la Cruz, will be a speaker at the 2024 Women's Fast Pitch Northeast hosted by the Stella Foundation!
Our CEO, Cheryl Contee, will be a panelist in the "Fearless Female Funding 2.0" workshop at the 2024 WPO Entrepreneurial Excellence Forum!
Our Board Member, Janelle Benjamin, will be serving as a judge at the 2024 Entrepreneurs Challenge Final Pitch Off!
Join our Founder & Board Chair, Barbara Clarke, at The International Women in Science & Education conference in the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire for a discussion on "Entrepreneurs: an Investor's Perspective."
Join our Founder and Board Chair, Barbara Clarke, at the 2024 WOCCON Summit for a discussion on "Insights and Perspectives: Why Investor Inclusion Matters," alongside panelists Iyasokoya "Coach Iya" Karade and Carnellia Ajasin.
Join our CEO, Cheryl Contee, alongside panelists Laurel Mintz, General Partner at Fabric VC, and moderator B. Pagels-Minor, Founder at DVRGNT Ventures at the LP AMA: Women Belong in Venture event!
Join our Founder and Board Chair, Barbara Clarke, in Athens, Greece, for a compelling discussion on "The Role of Investors for a More Inclusive Business Environment," alongside expert panelists Marianna Nathanail, George Zavvos, and moderator Fay Macantasis.
Join our CEO, Cheryl Contee, at SOCAP23 for a fishbowl-facilitated conversation diving deep into the Fearless Fund case, exploring the question: How do we fight for racial justice when they don’t want us to talk about race?
Join our CEO, Cheryl Contee, alongside panelists Flossie Hall, Dorothy Johnson, Sakyi Oduro, and moderator Alicia Hanf in a discussion on "Innovation and Inclusion: The Power of Diversity in Tech!"
Join our CEO, Cheryl Contee, as she moderates the Corporate Director Panel for #GetonBoard Week hosted by How Women Lead in San Francisco, CA!
Join our CEO Cheryl Contee at the SF Bayview Foundation Nonprofit Bootcamp for "the Meet the Grantmakers: Funders Panel" to hear her share her expertise in supporting Black-led and -serving nonprofits!
Please join our CEO, Cheryl Contee for her Virtual Key Note "Building Your Future-Forward Business" with The Impact Partners Network!
Please join co-hosts Amy Brakeman, Gratitude Railroad, and our founder & board chair Barbara Clarke, for a discussion on Founders First Capital Partners and their Change Catalyst Fund.
Join The Impact Seat Foundation at the 2023 Women's Venture Summit, an event that builds bridges between female founders and investors!
Join our CEO Cheryl Contee for the Southwest Live Pitch Competition, featuring female founders from across the United States!
Join our Communications Director Gabriella De La Cruz for the Northwest Live Pitch Competition, featuring female founders from across the United States!
Join our CEO Cheryl Contee for the Northeast Live Pitch Competition, featuring female founders from across the United States!
We're proud sponsors of WOCCON's 2023 Roadshow! The invite-only kickoff is on Tuesday, June 27th, featuring opening remarks from our founder Barbara Clarke.
Join Cheryl Contee in Silicon Valley to discuss the latest innovations and solutions for a sustainable future.
Join our CEO Cheryl Contee at the Netroots Nation '23, a national conference, the largest progressive activist gathering in the U.S!
Join our CEO Cheryl Contee for the 2023 Your Black Matters Black History Month Celebration! The event will take place on Zoom from 9 am to 11 am PT. Register below.
Join CEO Cheryl Contee and other Yale alumni for the 1stGenYale Alumni Conference at the Yale School of Management! Cheryl will be a part of a panel of alumni entrepreneurs at the conference.
Join business leaders and entrepreneurs for the annual WBENC Momentum Conference in Nashville, TN!
Join this year's Women of Color Connecting Summit to hear from women in business about their entrepreneurial journeys and to find solutions to the barriers facing women of color in entrepreneurship. Hear from our Founder, Barbara Clarke, about her own journey and why it's important we find ways to uplift underrepresented communities.
Join the Women Over 50 Conference to hear about how women are thriving in their 50s and beyond, from women in business to women in leadership! Hear our CEO, Cheryl Contee, discuss her journey in entrepreneurship and the exciting work she is doing with The Impact Seat Foundation, helping build a world where women can succeed in business at any phase in their life.
Silicon Valley Bank is hosting their series, Startup Advisor AMA, featuring our CEO Cheryl Contee. Join to hear about Cheryl's journey as an entrepreneur and ask questions about startup life and planning a successful exit.
The East Coast Family Office High Net Worth Annual Conference is being held on November 3rd, 2022. Founder of The Impact Seat Foundation, Barbara Clarke, will be a part of the event as a member of a panel on the importance of investing in diverse teams and why venture capitalists need to overcome bias to fund women of color.
Barbara will be joined by Lorine Pendleton and Patrice Brickman to discuss the importance of funding diverse teams and furthering women of color in business. The panel will kick off at 2:25 pm EST.
The Vermont Women's Investor Network is hosting a series entitled HerStory, where women business leaders, investors, and entrepreneurs share their entrepreneurial stories and how they achieved success in business.
The Impact Seat Foundation's Founder, Barbara Clarke, will share her story about investing and why impact investing is of great importance to her. By investing in diverse teams, we're able to create a more equitable future.
Third Act is hosting an interview series entitled, "Third Act Storytelling Quest," where business leaders, founders, and industry professionals will tell the story of their Third Act, or the ventures that propelled them to success late in life.
The Impact Seat Foundation CEO, Cheryl Contee, will share her story in an interview during the event. She'll discuss her passions, what motivates her, and what this phase of life means to her in terms of personal and professional development.
This series aims to be a guiding force of motivation for those looking to take the next step in their career and to inspire those who are ready to excel during their own Third Act.
CEO and New Media Ventures Board Member Cheryl Contee will be attending this year's New Media Ventures Summit in San Francisco, CA.
This year's summit will be hosted September 28th-29th at the Terra Gallery in San Francisco, featuring panels, speakers, and sessions focused on progressive investing and building the future of business through sustaining democracy.
Participants can join virtually or in-person for the trainings, organizing sessions, pitching, and other informative sessions. The focus of this summit is to motivate investors to fund groups that support our democracy and moving progressive politics forward for the good of all.
HER Future Virtual Summit is the first annual summit hosted by Flippa bringing together women entrepreneurs and founders.
The summit will feature an impressive speaker series, including The Impact Seat Foundation CEO, Cheryl Contee, to share their experiences in founding and leading businesses.
Speakers, informational sessions, and trainings will help guide female founders and entrepreneurs in the starting of their businesses and the investing process as a whole.
Join us and other like-minded investors, angel groups, funds and other community builders that are aligned with the investment thesis of investing in scalable impact companies led by women, notably women of color.
The Women's Fast Pitch competition series returns for another nationwide tour this summer! Each week, up to five female founders from a different United States region will be chosen to pitch in front of investors and members of the startup community. Our CEO Cheryl Contee will be moderating the Northeast fast pitch.
We're proud to sponsor the 2022 Women's Venture Summit (WVS) hosted by Stella Labs! WVS is an unmatched event that builds bridges between female founders and investors (including aspiring investors!). The goals of the conference are to boost female founders’ access to capital and to grow the number of female investors who invest in female-led startups.
Startup Life LIVE is a bi-weekly live stream show supporting startup founders by exploring strategies and solutions, insights, and inspiration through conversations with diverse business owners, investors, and experts. Launching a startup is hard – and founders need to continually up their skillset and embrace doing hard things. Join our CEO Cheryl Contee in discussion with host Ande Lyons!
We're thrilled to sponsor this year's 19th Represents Hybrid Summit! This year focuses on the past 50 years of Title IX and how far we've come for gender equality. For the opening keynote, we have the honor of introducing a true champion of women’s rights, Senator Elizabeth Warren
Join us for Sen. Warren's opening keynote on 6/15 and stay for the amazing lineup!
Project W's Women Entrepreneurs Boot Camp (WEB) is back with Cohort VII of their signature accelerator aimed at closing the gender gap in funding for female founders. Join The Impact Seat's President & Founder, Barbara Clarke, where she'll talk about building a dynamic and diverse board to help lead you to success.
Respecting, understanding and investing in the employee experience not only provides a healthy, productive environment – it’s directly correlated to economic growth and profitability.
Join Chief Innovation Officer Cheryl Contee for the 2021 Ascent Conference, where she'll talk about DEI and human capital.
We're honored to be sponsoring this year's #WVS2021 hosted by Stella Labs! Join us and hundreds of female founders & investors for the 8th annual Women’s Venture Summit on Sept 17-18! This year’s event will be our biggest one yet, featuring amazing keynotes, a pitch competition & more.
Our Chief Innovation Officer, Cheryl Contee, is joining this year's annual Women's Fast Pitch Competition to judge some of San Diego's best and brightest entrepreneurs! The winner of this regional event will get a chance to pitch in the national competition at the 8th annual Women's Venture Summit!
We're excited to sponsor this year's 19th Represents Virtual Summit – join us for five days of impactful programming. Join us for keynotes and conversations with leaders, history-makers and rising stars, including Former First Lady Michelle Obama, sports icon Billie Jean King, and musical guests Julien Baker and Demi Lovato.