Shelley Kuipers is hell bent on defeating the status quo.
Believing there is significant untapped opportunity for financial gains with social and environmental impact by activating women-led capital and investing in women-led innovation she co-founded The51, a Financial Feminist™ platform and movement. Shelley is building the world she wants to live in.
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By 2030 65% of wealth will be controlled by women!
Shelley Kuipers is building the world she wants to live in. As an activist in business, entrepreneurship and investment, Shelley is hell-bent on taking the status quo, and transforming it with more equitable, feminist, corporately sound and ecologically sustainable options.
Believing that engaging with existing venture investment funds would not alone be adequate to change the status quo, Shelley co-founded The51 to activate women’s capital and invest in more women’s business. An accomplished entrepreneur and investor herself, through crowd-sourcing company Chaordix, software development and marketing firm Stormworks, consumer participation company IOVIA, family office Adventure Capital, and Harris Kuipers a direct to consumer 100% sustainable clothing line, Shelley has significant influence and impact.
Tune in to hear about
- The need for and realization of a fund for women to change the statistics and build the economy.
- A different perspective toward the investing thesis.
- The three mandatory types of capital to build in successful companies; it is not just financial.
- Three characteristics that enable or prevent unlocking business growth.
And more…..
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