In this episode we interviewed Deborah Jackson of Plum Alley. After having worked on Wall Street for Goldman Sachs for 20 years in a predominantly male-dominated workplace, Deborah realized that there was a lack of programs trying to make access to capital easier for women. Her solution was to create a crowd-funding platform to help bring exposure and raise money for the inspiring businesses that women were creating. Plum Alley, besides acting as a crowd-funding platform, sells these women’s products and offers support and advice to the owners of the businesses to ensure more success for it
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