Steering StartUp Founders to Greater Investment with Ari Horie
Featuring guest
Ari Horie
In this episode, we are joined by Ari Horie, Founder and CEO of Women's Startup Lab (WSUL), a Silicon Valley accelerator dedicated to helping women thrive through innovation and collaboration. We dive into Ari's unique journey from corporate to entrepreneurship and explore why she works tirelessly to change Silicon Valley's landscape. What struck us most was that Ari's focus on female founders wasn't born from deep passion for women's issues, but rather from her entrepreneurial recognition of an unmet market need. Throughout our conversation, we discuss her formative student exchange experience, the impact she's created with WSUL, and how she and her team create opportunities for female startup founders to accelerate their path to success and funding. Ari embodies the principle that how we do one thing is how we do everything.
Themes of Inquiry
- Female entrepreneurship
- Silicon Valley transformation
- Startup acceleration
- Corporate to entrepreneurship transition
- Unmet market opportunities
In this episode, we are joined by Ari Horie, Founder and CEO of Women's Startup Lab (WSUL), a Silicon Valley accelerator dedicated to helping women thrive through innovation and collaboration.
Episode Summary
In this episode, we are joined by Ari Horie, Founder and CEO of Women's Startup Lab (WSUL), a Silicon Valley accelerator dedicated to helping women thrive through innovation and collaboration. We dive into Ari's unique journey from corporate to entrepreneurship and explore why she works tirelessly to change Silicon Valley's landscape. What struck us most was that Ari's focus on female founders wasn't born from deep passion for women's issues, but rather from her entrepreneurial recognition of an unmet market need. Throughout our conversation, we discuss her formative student exchange experience, the impact she's created with WSUL, and how she and her team create opportunities for female startup founders to accelerate their path to success and funding. Ari embodies the principle that how we do one thing is how we do everything.
The Guest Biography
Ari Horie
Ari Horie is the Founder and CEO of Women's Startup Lab (WSUL), a Silicon Valley-based accelerator dedicated to creating a world where women thrive and succeed through innovation and collaboration. She is internationally recognized for her passion, results, and public speaking prowess, and was recently listed as one of the 100 Powerful Women of 2020 by Entrepreneur magazine. Ari transitioned from a corporate background to entrepreneurship, driven by her recognition of unmet needs in the market rather than solely passion for women's issues. Through WSUL, she and her team create opportunities for female startup founders to accelerate their path to success and funding, working to transform the Silicon Valley landscape.
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