Geri Stengel Unites Women Entrepreneurs with Equity Crowdfunding & Angel Investors

The Social Network Show welcomes Geri Stengel to the January 7, 2015 episode.Geri Stengel, President of Ventureneer and author of Forget the Glass Ceiling: Build Your Business Without One is launching a project called "The Venture Crowd" which will educate women entrepreneurs and investors about equity crowdfunding. In this show, you will learn about why women entrepreneurs are important to the economy; what is standing in the way of women reaching their goals; why women don't ask for funding as much as men do; and how this new initiative aims to help women entrepreneurs.For more information on The Venture Crowd, please visit the Plum Alley website.Geri Stengel is president of Ventureneer, a market research and content marketing company that helps corporations reach small businesses through thought leadership. As a writer (Forget the Glass Ceiling: Build Your Business Without One and Forbes contributor), teacher (Kauffman FastTrac facilitator and former adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at The New School) and presenter, Based on her research into the success factors of women entrepreneurs, she was named a  2012 and 2013 Small Business Influencer.Geri's passion to get women on the radar as leaders of mega-firms led Geri to write Forget the Glass Ceiling: Build Your Business Without One. She is now embarking on another research project aimed at helping women entrepreneurs get the funding they need through crowdfunding. Yup, Geri is walking the walk and taking the challenge herself. She loves hands-on research to solve problems, and collaboration – the keystone of both crowdfunding and entrepreneurial success.