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Builder
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Kathryn’s new book is out now! Order today!
“One of the most influential women in tech”
- Inc. Magazine
“The Universe is Conspiring for Your Greatness”
Don’t wait for the system to let you in—break down the door and build your damn thing. For all the Builders striving to build their businesses in a world that has overlooked and underestimated them: this is the essential guide to knowing, breaking, remaking and building your own rules of entrepreneurship in a startup and investing world designed for and by the “Entitleds.”
Build the Damn Thing : How to Start a Successful Business if You're Not a Rich White Guy is an indispensable guide to building a startup and breaking down the barriers for diverse entrepreneurs from the visionary investor and pioneering entrepreneur Kathryn Finney. Learn more about the book.
She is…
A Builder
A Yale-trained epidemiologist, Kathryn has received numerous honors and awards, including being voted by her peers as one of the most important venture capitalists in the midwest, the Paypal Maggie Lena Walker Achievement Award, Aspen Financial Leaders Fellowship, Leadership Unbound General Partner Rising Star award, Echoing Green Fellowship, Eisenhower Fellowship, an Entrepreneur Magazine “Woman to Watch”, a Marie Claire “Woman to Watch”, and on the Ebony Power 100, Black Enterprise “40 under 40” list, and more. She is an Obama White House Champion of Change and a past member of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE) appointed by the Obama Administration.
She is…
An Investor
Kathryn Finney is the Managing General Partner of Genius Guild, a venture firm that invests in high-growth companies using innovation to build, grow and promote healthy people, communities and environments in untapped markets.
She is…
A Visionary
Kathryn is well-known as the founder and founding CEO of digitalundivided, a groundbreaking social enterprise focused on creating a world where women own their work, and mastermind of the widely acclaimed #ProjectDiane research. She started digitalundivided after selling her company, The Budget Fashionista, a lifestyle media company, making her one of the first Black women to have a successful startup exit.
You CAN Build It!
Learn how you can build a successful startup by turning your passion into profit. Listen in as Kathryn shares her journey to business success on her podcast “Build The Damn Thing”.
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