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But when it came to finding a publisher for her children's book, "Leena Mo, CEO," she found herself in the hot seat. Now "Leena Mo, CEO," finally has a place on bookshelves. AdvertisementShakir's children's book, "Leena Mo, CEO," releases September 24, 2024. Deena ShakirWriting the female founder's storyShakir wrote the entire first draft of "Leena Mo, CEO" one frenzied weekend in December 2020. "Leena Mo, CEO" is also peppered with Arabic words — like the robot's name, "Helmy," a Romanized derivation of the Arabic word for "my dream."
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Dixon is one of many Black entrepreneurs who struggled to secure funding for their businesses and relied on venture capital financing earmarked for diverse founders. While Dixon and many others have ultimately succeeded, Black-led businesses and Black founders have historically faced disparities in securing VC funding. Overall, Black entrepreneurs typically receive less than 2% of all VC dollars each year while companies led by Black women receive less than 1%, according to data from Crunchbase. That drop is the largest year-over-year decrease Black entrepreneurs have seen over the past decade. "Venture capital is a very privileged and exclusive industry, and has always been that way.
Halle Tecco is a "one-woman venture studio" as a cofounder of the fertility startup Cofertility. Halle Tecco got the idea for Cofertility after she left Rock Health, the digital-health venture-capital firm she cofounded in 2016. But egg freezing wasn't nearly as popular then, she said, so she instead founded the fertility startup Natalist in 2018. How Cofertility worksAt launch, Tecco said Cofertility had completed screening for more than 50 donors and that nearly 1,000 donors had started the application process. 'One-woman venture studio'From the beginning of Cofertility, Tecco said she was intentional about wanting to lead the business' ideation and development, not its day-to-day operations.
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