Sujata Rastogi

Founder & CEO of financial independence and career platform @youvegotthiswrk

[Sujata Rastogi @MsSujata]

Investing in women is the greatest opportunity of our lifetime

#IWD2021

[Ed Zimmerman @EdGrapeNutZimm]

@stefancoh I appreciate the apology - no joke. Unfortunately, the "mess up" wasn't the tweet or the photo, it was the years of work that led to the conclusion that a 7 member all male (largely homogenous in other respects) team was the right move. But let's not the LPs off the hook. (CTD)

[Sujata Rastogi @MsSujata]

@hannahsaywhaaat As a summer associate I was one of 3 women in our team of 25. Of the 2 others one was an associate and the other was the office manager.

[Sujata Rastogi @MsSujata]

@briannekimmel @doc_namrata

[Sujata Rastogi @MsSujata]

@doc_namrata 💯

[Sahil Lavingia @shl]

You don’t need better ideas to get started, you need to get started to have better ideas.

[Mark Goldberg @Mark_Goldberg_]

Just so we're all on the same page --

When an investor asks 'how much are you raising?'

They're really asking, 'what do you think your business is worth?' (implied dilution targets are the 🌉)

Always safer to give a range and start small / work your way up.

[Sujata Rastogi @MsSujata]

@jannatshah 🙋🏻‍♀️

[Sujata Rastogi @MsSujata]

@TheQuippingMan https://t.co/6i9qQUjL2X

[Sujata Rastogi @MsSujata]

“When only 97% of VC funding goes to men, something is fundamentally wrong with the entire model; with how we view risk; innovation and entrepreneurship… and how much untapped human potential we are actually sitting on.”

[Sujata Rastogi @MsSujata]

@emmalooney @adamgries @celinehalioua Interesting! I’d love to see some data on who is getting the gifts.

[Sujata Rastogi @MsSujata]

@sytaylor Yes! I think the banks have suffered from leadership that looks very similar to leadership they’ve had for the past 150years. Imagine the potential of digital leaders, women, and diverse collaborative leadership teams that think disrupt the hierarchy and maximise the ecosystem!

[sarah guo @saranormous]

2/ Five years ago I suppressed my feelings and nodded blankly when told this, but this time I just blew up. What the hell. Reinforcing Silicon Valley brotopia is not helpful.

[Sujata Rastogi @MsSujata]

@BrianNorgard Extra points if you can name female entrepreneurs or mixed teams!

[Maren Bannon @Maren_Bannon]

I love cold pitches. But a surefire way not to get funding from @January_VC is to start it with: "Dear Sirs..."

[Sujata Rastogi @MsSujata]

A beautiful moment to watch

[Wimbledon @Wimbledon]

An opening day on Centre Court with a difference...

A special moment as we say thank you to those who have played such an important role in the response to COVID-19

#Wimbledon

[Liz Giorgi @lizgiorgi]

I hate to admit it… but it’s been months.

I’m genuinely beat down and sad in my bones about the amount of sexism in startups and VC.

My heart is so tired. My spirit so sad.

I will always keep going.

But it doesn’t mean women aren’t silently paying an emotional tax.

[Sujata Rastogi @MsSujata]

@djbaskin And no mention or acknowledgment of women either

[Sujata Rastogi @MsSujata]

@djbaskin The one that comes to mind is https://t.co/QpxxLjf5Zh

[Lauren Stewart @stewart_lauren]

Marketplaces outperformed the wider tech sector & received record levels of investment in 2020

But there is a new era of marketplaces, it's just getting started & it's a privilege to be building right now🚀

Great future of marketplaces report @dealroomco @Adevinta @speedinvest

[Sujata Rastogi @MsSujata]

@MatiGiglio @paulbz I met with an Indian team of investors. One of them turned up late for the meeting, the other asked if we were waiting for the founder to join from my team.