Roshawnna Novellus: "Run the World (Girls)”
This Week's Guest: Roshawnna Novellus
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
There is still a major financing gap for women in business. Our guest, Dr. Roshawnna Novellus, is the founder and CEO of EnrichHER, a network of successful women-led businesses created to accelerate business growth through funding and cultivate a thriving ecosystem for its members.
Roshawnna describes how sitting in on her mother’s investment club meetings not only made her appreciate the importance of financial literacy, but it stripped away the stigma that many women have when it comes to talking about financial matters or learning to negotiate. She speaks bluntly about the challenge that followed her throughout her engineering career: people accepting that she did indeed belong there. Well, we need her.
Roshawnna has taken her economics and systems engineering education and combined it with her entrepreneurial spirit and quest for equality to found EnrichHER. Bolstered by the fact that women-led businesses receive significantly less funding than male-run businesses, Roshawnna fights against the biases women face—and that she’s faced herself—on a regular basis. “[Women] aren't given the same benefit of the doubt for being good stewards of capital based on our experience. It slows women down.”
Enjoy this powerful episode with Dr. Roshawnna Novellus.
LINKS AND ARTICLES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Mogul Watch: How Dr. Roshawnna Novellus Is Changing The Stats On Funding For Black Women Founders At EnrichHER
How More Women Can Break the $1 Million Mark article from Forbes
In 2018, 1,821 net new women-owned businesses were launched every day. More stats from the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council article: Behind the Numbers: The State of Women-Owned Businesses in 2018
More About Our Guest
Founder and CEO of EnrichHer
Dr. Roshawnna Novellus is the Founder and CEO of EnrichHER, a financial technology platform that helps women get funding to grow incredible ventures. Dr. Novellus is a gender equality advocate who believes in economic empowerment and inclusive economic growth. Dr. Novellus holds a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering with a Minor in Finance, a Masters of Science in Information Technology emphasizing Information System Engineering, a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management Economics, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering – achieving Summa Cum Laude in each.
Dr. Novellus has over 20 years of experience in risk analysis, systems design, operations research, and financial services. She has been featured in Fast Company, Forbes, and Huffington Post. Roshawnna serves on the Commission on Women for the City of Atlanta and was honored as one of the Women Who Means Business by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, one of the 40 Under 40 by Georgia Trend, and as a Halcyon Fellow for Social Impact.
