web02.fireside.fm Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:00:38 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Smith Business Insight Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Funding Your Business” https://smithinsight.fireside.fm/tags/funding%20your%20business Thu, 31 Oct 2019 10:00:00 -0400 Tune in for a different take on business, with professors, researchers and experts from Smith School of Business. Understand the rapidly evolving corporate world, stay ahead of the curve, and navigate a landscape that is no longer defined by the balance sheet alone. en-us episodic Fresh ideas from Smith School of Business at Queen’s Universit Smith Business Insight Tune in for a different take on business, with professors, researchers and experts from Smith School of Business. Understand the rapidly evolving corporate world, stay ahead of the curve, and navigate a landscape that is no longer defined by the balance sheet alone. no Smith Business Insight smithinsight@queensu.ca Start-up Cycle: Financing https://smithinsight.fireside.fm/3 3bd63ec1-cabb-4a3f-b63c-f4c9c5b6ecf3 Thu, 31 Oct 2019 10:00:00 -0400 Smith Business Insight full 1 Smith Business Insight You know your business idea is worth a million bucks – now you just have to convince someone to give you the cash to make it happen. But while some say it is easier than ever for start-ups to raise money, one question remains: what’s the best way to do it? We get advice from angel investor Jess Joss, Executive Director of York Angel Investors, as well as from Shyam Ramchandani, an entrepreneur with experience securing VC financing. We will also hear about the unique challenges and opportunities facing female entrepreneurs when it comes to finding funding. 34:00 no You know your business idea is worth a million bucks – now you just have to convince someone to give you the cash to make it happen. But while some say it is easier than ever for start-ups to raise money, one question remains: what’s the best way to do it? We get advice from angel investor Jess Joss, Executive Director of York Angel Investors, as well as from Shyam Ramchandani, an entrepreneur with experience securing VC financing. We will also hear about the unique challenges and opportunities facing female entrepreneurs when it comes to finding funding. This episode refers to the following research: S. Poczter and M. Shapsis, "Gender disparity in angel financing” in Small Business Economics" (2018) 51:31–55 L. Balachandrain et al, "Don’t pitch like a girl! How gender stereotypes influence investor decisions” in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (2019) Vol. 43(1) 116–137 C. Leitch at al, "Women entrepreneurs’ financing revisited: taking stock and looking forward” in Venture Capital (2018) 20:2, 103-114 Special Guests: Alan Morantz , Jess Joss , and Shyam Ramchandani . financing, funding your start-up, funding your business, entrepreneur, start-up, startup, startups, entrepreneurship, business success, young entrepreneurs, startup founders, business ideas, bootstrapping, ideas, inventions, lean startups, startup business, technology startups, hydropool, vacation fund, smith school of business, queen's university, business school, business education, elspeth murray, dave jackson, erica pearson, matthias spitzmuller, passion, perseverance, new ideas, new business You know your business idea is worth a million bucks – now you just have to convince someone to give you the cash to make it happen. But while some say it is easier than ever for start-ups to raise money, one question remains: what’s the best way to do it? We get advice from angel investor Jess Joss, Executive Director of York Angel Investors, as well as from Shyam Ramchandani, an entrepreneur with experience securing VC financing. We will also hear about the unique challenges and opportunities facing female entrepreneurs when it comes to finding funding.

This episode refers to the following research:

S. Poczter and M. Shapsis, "Gender disparity in angel financing” in Small Business Economics" (2018) 51:31–55

L. Balachandrain et al, "Don’t pitch like a girl! How gender stereotypes influence investor decisions” in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (2019) Vol. 43(1) 116–137

C. Leitch at al, "Women entrepreneurs’ financing revisited: taking stock and looking forward” in Venture Capital (2018) 20:2, 103-114

Special Guests: Alan Morantz , Jess Joss , and Shyam Ramchandani .

]]> You know your business idea is worth a million bucks – now you just have to convince someone to give you the cash to make it happen. But while some say it is easier than ever for start-ups to raise money, one question remains: what’s the best way to do it? We get advice from angel investor Jess Joss, Executive Director of York Angel Investors, as well as from Shyam Ramchandani, an entrepreneur with experience securing VC financing. We will also hear about the unique challenges and opportunities facing female entrepreneurs when it comes to finding funding.

This episode refers to the following research:

S. Poczter and M. Shapsis, "Gender disparity in angel financing” in Small Business Economics" (2018) 51:31–55

L. Balachandrain et al, "Don’t pitch like a girl! How gender stereotypes influence investor decisions” in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (2019) Vol. 43(1) 116–137

C. Leitch at al, "Women entrepreneurs’ financing revisited: taking stock and looking forward” in Venture Capital (2018) 20:2, 103-114

Special Guests: Alan Morantz , Jess Joss , and Shyam Ramchandani .

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