{"podcast":{"title":"The Cash Rich Exit Podcast","slug":"the-cash-rich-exit-podcast-12661","podcast_index_feed_id":12661,"rss_url":"https://iamamillionairesonowwhat.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://thecashrichexitpodcast.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/1/9/5/e1958bc3f386ebea16c3140a3186d450/EP278.png","author":"Colleen O'Connell-Campbell","episode_count":100,"summary":"Colleen O'Connell-Campbell hosts The Cash Rich Exit Podcast dedicated to business owners planning for a crucial financial step - exiting your business. Featuring a diverse array of guests from various industries and ideologies, each episode dives into strategies for building not just an exit, but a cash-rich one. Topped off with 'fun, frank advice,' this podcast is your roadmap to a successful business exit.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T02:17:27.325916+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cash-rich-exit-podcast-12661"},"episode":{"title":"EP342 How SheBoot is Solving the 2% Problem","slug":"ep342-how-sheboot-is-solving-the-2-problem","published_at":"2026-03-10T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cash-rich-exit-podcast-12661/ep342-how-sheboot-is-solving-the-2-problem","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cash-rich-exit-podcast-12661","url":"https://iamamillionairesonowwhat.libsyn.com/ep342-how-sheboot-is-solving-the-2-problem","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/iamamillionairesonowwhat/EP_342_-_SheBoot_-_IWD.mp3?dest-id=708100","summary":"Host: Colleen O'Connell-Campbell, Wealth Advisor, RBC Dominion Securities Guests: Sonya Shorey (CEO, Invest Ottawa), Jennifer Francis (Chair, Capital Angel Network), and Julia Elvidge - Co-founders of She Boot Episode Summary: Only 2% of venture capital flows to women-founded companies - yet women start roughly 15% of all companies. In this episode, Colleen sits down with the three co-founders of SheBoot, a national nonprofit that is tackling this gap from both sides of the table - making women tech founders investment-ready and mobilizing women angel investors to fund them. What started in 2020 with 10 investors putting in $10,000 each has grown into a national program with a waitlist of investors, $300,000 in annual investment prizes, and $54 million catalyzed in follow-on funding. The conversation covers how SheBoot's dual mandate works, the special purpose vehicle structure that simplifies the cap table, real stories of founders who have scaled from pitch competition to million-dollar raises and beyond, and why getting more women investing is just as critical as getting more women funded. Key Takeaways Women receive approximately 2% of venture capital despite founding roughly 15% of companies. Women founders are far more likely to bootstrap - and research shows that is often by necessity, not by choice. She Boot was born in 2020 when the co-founders noticed women were not showing up to pitch competitions. The program now operates nationally (incorporated as a national nonprofit in 2022) with founders from coast to coast. The model has a dual mandate - helping women tech founders become investment ready, and activating women angel investors. Both sides are essential - founders need to see women in the room when they pitch, and investors need practical, hands-on educ…","meta_description":"Host: Colleen O'Connell-Campbell, Wealth Advisor, RBC Dominion Securities Guests: Sonya Shorey (CEO, Invest Ottawa), Jennifer Francis (Chair, Capital Ange…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2023,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-cash-rich-exit-podcast-12661/episodes/ep342-how-sheboot-is-solving-the-2-problem/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cash-rich-exit-podcast-12661/ep342-how-sheboot-is-solving-the-2-problem.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}