
Dr. Patti Fletcher
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Dr. Patti Fletcher is the author of Disrupters: Success Strategies from Women Who Break the Mold (Entrepreneur Press; January 16, 2018). She is a seasoned tech executive, award-winning marketing influencer, board member, angel investor and speaker. She writes for Entrepreneur.com, Inc., The Guardian and The Digitalist, and has contributed to/been featured in Time Magazine, Forbes, Fortune, Newsweek, The Muse and The Huffington Post. Patti advises corporate executives and board members from lean start-ups to Fortune 500s such as SAP, IBM, AIG, Intuit and Kaiser Permanente. She is currently Executive-in-Residence at Babson College WINLab and was formerly EIR at the Simmons College Entrepreneurship program. She lives in Boston.
Investment in Female-Founded Businesses Increased in Dollar Value, Decreased in Percentage in 2018
According to Pitchbook, 2018 could be the biggest year for venture investment since the glory days of dot-com. In the first six months of the year, $57.5 billion was invested in American startups, and that number is expected to nearly double by year's end. This is good news for the U.S. economy. Yet, one has...
November 12, 2018
The New Way to Network: Tools for Cultivating Professional Relationships
The following is excerpted from "Disrupters: Success Strategies from Women Who Break the Mold" by Dr. Patti Fletcher (Entrepreneur Press; January 16, 2017). You know the old saying: “It’s not about what you know, it's about who you know.” If only it were that easy. In order to succeed in high-stakes business, the real differentiator...
January 16, 2018