Member since June 2019
Author of Amazon bestseller, Build Your Board, Build Your Business, Barbara is an economist with 15+ years management consulting experience, 10 years nonprofit experience and international technology investor.
Diversity is a core investment thesis because the data show that diverse teams win. Launched The Impact Seat Foundation in 2021 to create a world in which women, especially women of color achieve success in business.
Personally holds an investment portfolio of over 100 startups in the US and Europe. All of her direct investments had a woman on the founding team.
As an economist, she specializes in intellectual property analyses, the science of human capital investment and decision making science.
Owns Parkside Bookshop in Boston and the Provincetown Bookshop on Cape Cod. Is also part of a property development team bringing historic buildings into the modern age.
When I find a company that busts through some market inefficiency - like clearing a log jam in a river - that's my favorite. I try to use a Moneyball-style of investing to bring more quantitative analyses to early stage/startup investing. It's not easy, but it is interesting.
I've spent a lot of time looking at the issue of why women aren't getting as much funding for their startups. I have lots of strong opinions on that (and a lot of data).
I've also looked at how women in STEM think of their careers and what barriers they see to having a more entrepreneurial life.
I've got a million stories. Every day has a new one. I often make connections between two situations that others don't see. Also, I travel a lot so I make a lot of cross market comparisons.
I am pretty blunt. Most people describe me as funny and warm.
I love telling stories about interesting technologies and the problems they are solving. Stories about really different people coming together to make something interesting happen.
My entire career has been spent working in multidisciplinary teams. Diverse teams outperform monoculture teams, so I invest in diverse teams. In addition, through The Impact Seat I work with companies, large and small, to leverage their diversity for better performance.
I've got a million stories. Every day has a new one. I often make connections between two situations that others don't see. Also, I travel a lot so I make a lot of cross market comparisons.
I am pretty blunt. Most people describe me as funny and warm.
I love telling stories about interesting technologies and the problems they are solving. Stories about really different people coming together to make something interesting happen.
My entire career has been spent working in multidisciplinary teams. Diverse teams outperform monoculture teams, so I invest in diverse teams. In addition, through The Impact Seat I work with companies, large and small, to leverage their diversity for better performance.
