Get your female partners, daughters, sisters, mothers, friends and colleagues involved in what you do.
Don’t just teach them the mechanics and jargon, useful though they are. Teach them all the soft stuff, especially how informal business/investment gets done. And don’t forget to help them find a trusted circle of advisers who will support them properly.
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Jargon busting can be solved by reading glossaries and dictionaries. If anyone wants a list of jargon used in venture capital or angel investment, get in touch and I will send you mine – but be warned, it’s pages long.
simoney.kyriakou@ft.com
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