Feeling very blessed to have been accepted into NYU’s Female Founders Circle! I will be granted 1-year of fellowship, community, and coaching from NYU’s Entrepreneurial Institute. I’m particularly excited that I’ll continue coaching with Rebecca Gard Silver, who’s the Associate Director at NYU Entrepreneurial Institute and former Product Design professor at SVA. I’m thrilled to continue on this journey with NYU, and I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity.
As a group, we actually met up once in Brooklyn over the summer. As a cohort, I was able to visit TALEA Beer Co., a female-founded Taproom & Brewery in Williamsburg brewing easy-to-love beers! We got a special behind-the-scenes peek of the brewery, and the founder was I believe a former alum of Female Founders. I found out that she got awarded like around 1.2-6 million in funding from 40+ people which is incredible.
I was able to meet with other founders as well. I was very pleasantly surprised by a focus on about 5 other women on the well-being aspect of things, whether that’s through veganism (health bar, handbags), getting $ gamified for young women, or tea ceremonies. I felt like there was generally this idea of holistic wellness for women, and I definitely vibe with that 😊