Скачать или смотреть Startup Standup Ep. 1, S3 | Monica Banks of Gugu Guru

This week I'm talking to Rory's and Fiona's mom, Monica Banks. She is on a mission to transform the shopping process for parents with Gugu Guru - a website that delivers highly personalized, unbiased product recommendations to parents, based on artificial intelligence and human expertise.

Monica started Gugu Guru in 2015 when she realized that the one thing that hasn't changed since she registered for her first pregnancy was how overwhelming and un-fun the whole product selection process can be. For first time parents, the task of selecting a whole list of important baby products just adds more stress during a time when it's crucial to cut out any extra stress.

We chat about the importance of the first slide in your pitch deck, to why every word in your vision statement matters, and how focusing on COVID-19 as a part of your problem statement can be problematic.

She's bootstrapped up until this point and is ready to take that next step - take a listen!

Stay tuned for more episodes of Startup Standup, a series where I mentor and advise female founders who are looking to raise funds while navigating industry gender biases and brand challenges, and follow me on LinkedIn:   / marclore  .