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Create Your Own Opportunities
With the Thanksgiving holiday this week, we at LexION are focusing on what we are thankful for. When we take a moment to reflect on those things we're truly grateful for, those things that make our lives rich, the list includes things like family,...
Inspiring Women Entrepreneurs, Inspired By Women Entrepreneurs
Recently I had the opportunity to speak at my alma mater, Columbia University, with Columbia Women in Business. As a guest of Self Magazine, I spoke as part of a "Self-Made" panel of women entrepreneurs. The subject of this presentation - women and...
Bootstrapping vs VC Funding
When I founded LexION Capital, I received several offers to fund the firm. These ranged from an infusion of capital to partnership to part ownership in exchange for backing. I turned them all down in favor of funding the firm entirely on my own. In...
An Evening of Empowering Women: Women of the Year
Last night, I was thrilled to be a guest at Condé Nast and Glamour Magazine's annual Women of the Year awards. Each year that I have had the chance to attend this wonderfully inspiring event, I've left feeling invigorated and excited to tackle the...
The Counter-intuitive Way to Make Money By Investing
When an investment is the darling of Wall Street--making headlines, doing very well--many people want to invest more of their money in it. This leads to the essential error of emotional investing: buying when an investment is popular and the price...
How To Start Investing For Retirement
You've started your Emergency Fund, so you can be free of financial worry. You don't have any high-interest debt. With a foundation in place, you're excited to start building your financial future. Now what? Open your Roth IRA. This is an excellent...