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Fine launched Dame, a sexual wellness brand, in 2014, when she was 26 years old. She and her co-founder Janet Lieberman, an MIT-trained mechanical engineer, wanted to design vibrators that could help bridge the "pleasure gap." While Fine never dreamed of becoming an entrepreneur, she did know that she wanted to spend her career talking about sex. Success is a concept that's often misunderstood, Fine adds, with many people assuming it's just about "money, control and power." Here are three of the biggest myths about success that Fine says you should ignore:
Persons: Alexandra Fine, Fine, Janet Lieberman, , Dame Organizations: MIT, Columbia University Locations: Pitchbook, Target
Once a crowdfunding darling, sexual wellness startup Dame has now raised a $7 million Series A. The 8-year-old startup believes that women's sexual wellness is key to their overall health. Here's the pitch deck Dame used to raise funding from investors like Amboy Street Ventures. One startup linked the importance of sexual pleasure to overall health and well-being in order to secure $7 million in fresh funding from VCs. But sexual health startups make up a small but growing sub-sector of the $175.6 billion global digital health market, with a few that specifically focus on women's sexual pleasure.
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