Ep 16: Invest in Women: Closing the Investment Gap

Rochelle Stewart Takin’ Care of Lady Business with Jennifer Justice Episode 016: Invest in Women: Closing the Investment Gap Rochelle Stewart currently leads the New & Strategic Channels team at Silicon Valley Bank where she is focused on building key partnerships across SVB's core and emerging tech markets. Externally, she partners with investor and founder communities, corporate partners, accelerators, and angel investors to reach and engage investors and founders at all stages of their journey. Internally, she is a cross-functional client advocate, partnering across the bank to enhance the client experience for SVB's emerging manager and early-stage startup banking clients and identifying opportunities to increase their chances of success.   Listen to this information-packed Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode about how investing in female-owned businesses can create a more just and equitable future.   Here is what to expect on this week’s show: How following her passion led Rochelle through some career twists and turns, ultimately landing at Silicon Valley Bank Why you don’t owe any job your loyalty, especially if it gets in the way of your ambition Ways to resist the patriarchy through your purchasing power, from investing in female-owned companies to choosing not to buy products made by men for women How Rochelle is building a supportive network of female investors and companies How you may have been raised to believe that money is “too icky” for women, and how to start overcoming that persistent and false belief   Connect with Rochelle: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ronicole_s INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/rochelle_nicole2/ LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rochellenstewart/       Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices