Laney Crowell

That's different because you can hire those people, right?

So I think that having a co-founder and having senior people that sit beside you in your business to do something that you're not proficient in are two totally different things.

So tell me when we think about like the credibility that you'd built in beauty, how much of that like really opened doors and how much of it like made you fall short?

Like, I wonder if there were things that you thought you knew that maybe, you know, weren't so once you got down to actually running a business.

Thank goodness for the CFO.

Yeah.

When you consider the listeners here, first time founders, people that are really trying to get a business off the ground, what do you wish you'd have known about fundraising from the very beginning?

I love that it's like one woman yeah

Good for her, by the way.

Good for her.

Good for her.

Yeah.

But actually to right size the assumption, it ends up being just sub 3%.

Yeah.

How much do you think that women, or do you believe that women have any responsibility to pay for that?

Should we be investing in brands?

Should we be investing in brands?

And do you think that women, for whatever reason, their pitches might fall short?

Like I'm wondering if you have any theory or thought around why women get so little?

such a tiny, tiny piece of the pie?