Lakshmi Balachandra is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Babson College and her research examines the impact of trust, gender and other entrepreneurial characteristics in acquiring early-stage funding.
Through our State of Community Management research, we’ve uncovered parallels between a typical community journey, and that of a start-up, so when we started reading Dr. Balachandra’s work we had an a-ha moment.
Why don’t we prepare for internal pitches the same way you’d plan for an external pitch?
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Balachandra will join us at Connect 2019 and share her perspective on the power of a thoughtfully crafted pitch, and ways to really connect with your intended audiences.
Join us for TheCR Connect on September 23-25 in Boston, MA. Learn more and register here.
More about Dr. Balachandra: She has been a Fellow in the Women and Public Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government focusing on the impact of gender biases on women entrepreneurs. She was awarded fellowships for her research on VC decision-making from the Kauffman Foundation and the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.
While working for the largest women-owned, women-focused venture capital firm in the country, she founded the Women’s Venture Capital Network, the first network of its kind in the country where she organized, created and managed numerous networking events and educational panels for women professionals in the industry. During (and in-between) her professional career in finance and entrepreneurship, Dr. Balachandra has also been a professional stand-up comedian and improvisational comedian performing in comedy clubs across the country.
Prior to joining Babson College, Dr. Balachandra was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Northeastern University in Boston, MA and a Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Harvard Extension School. She has also taught at Boston College and UCSD Rady’s School of Management.
