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[FastCompany] C-suite psychosis: 10 ways to spot it and 5 ways to avoid it
While it’s hard to become a good leader, it’s even harder to stay a good leader. Our Chief Innovation Officer, Cheryl Contee provides her best…
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Built To Sell Podcast: Cheryl Contee On Selling Attentive.ly
Cheryl Contee co-founded Attentive.ly along with Rosalyn Lemieux. Together, the partners offered a Software as a Service (SaaS) app that helped non-for-profit organizations perform “social…
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Ascent Conference 2021: DEI – Going Beyond The Buzzword
The benefits of diversity & inclusion to SaaS companies can be seen internally with an increase in productivity. Diversity also correlates with better business results…
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Our Money Power Podcast: ROI = DEI
Last year, venture capitalists invested more than $428 million in U.S. startups every day. And how much do you think went to companies led by…
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Genius Guild: Build The Damn Thing
Diverse entrepreneurs often feel like they have to stick to the businesses they’ve started and grown. How do you pivot? Join Genius Guild’s Founder Kathryn…
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Built To Sell Podcast: Cheryl Contee on Selling Attentive.ly
Entrepreneur and The Impact Seat’s CIO, Cheryl Contee, sat down with John Warrilow to talk about her exit journey for her tech startup, Attentive.ly and…
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Power to Our Women (Impact Africa Network)
Impact Africa Network’s “Power To Our Women” podcast featured entrepreneur and The Impact Seat’s Cheryl Contee in an inspiring conversation with leading Africa-based female startup…
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True Underdog Podcast with Jayson Waller and Cheryl Contee
Podcaster Jayson Waller and entrepreneur Cheryl Contee have a fun yet insightful conversation about the importance of diversity in business and why taking risks will…
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Black Female-Founded Companies Need Funding, Not Accelerators Or Incubators (Forbes)
The “failure in funding for Black female companies is not the much-touted "pipeline" or "lack of education" issue but symptomatic of investors retreating into their…
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Advice on Launching a Tech Startup When You’re Not a White Man (HBR)
Cheryl Contee of The Impact Seat shares her insights with Harvard Business Review her Amazon bestselling book, Mechanical Bull: How You Can Achieve Startup Success.
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3 Ways to Design a Successful Startup Exit Strategy (Fast Company)
Cheryl Contee, Chief Innovation Officer at The Impact Seat, shares her wisdom on creating your startup's exit strategy in this Fast Company article.
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12 Ways Smart Leaders Take On A Crisis (Fast Company)
Cheryl Contee provides solid counsel along with other Fast Company Executive Board leaders.
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