And the realities (aka struggles) of raising capital to fund your business. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t frustrated or overwhelmed with the lack of options to fund my business. And how difficult it is to compete with the well-funded companies today. But this isn’t a post to…

And how to launch your beta MVP product. Deciding the day our beta web-app was “ready” to be launched was one of the toughest decisions I’ve had to make as a founder. In April, my team and I launched the first version of Penny to the world. In August, we…

For founders, entrepreneurs, leaders and anyone trying to make it all work. Life comes at you fast. No one shares the “messy middle” — the moments before or after success. The low, lows. The tough sh!t. I vowed to do that w/ my new venture. Because our realities are distorted…

Every other person I talk to about my new startup wants to know one thing: What is it REALLY like? Is it nirvana? Ya, no. It’s absolutely amazing, freeing, and terrifying, all at the same time. At Penny, we share the wisdom. We get the finance&investing trade secrets out in…

And why I don’t blame them. Investing and finance are not hard. They’re just set up to be hard. Money and finance can seem so intimidating, so seemingly unattainable, that money is actually disempowering. For women — especially young women — the world of finances is viewed as a problem to deal with later, and not an opportunity to seize now. As young…