Astia CEO Sharon Vosmek shares a story illustrating how cultural conditioning may play a role in how men and women present information differently as entrepreneurs, and how the approach of Astia members works to combat this issue.

Astia CEO Sharon Vosmek discusses how change and innovation can flourish when individuals work at getting comfortable with the idea of being uncomfortable. She also shares what entrepreneurs need and how access to networks and opportunity plays out across gender lines.

Astia CEO Sharon Vosmek discusses the lack of value in leadership training for women that focuses on teaching women how to model their behavior after male examples. Vosmek also identifies why women will continue to struggle for equal representation in venture backed companies, if society refuses to acknowledge the current barriers around professional network access.

A self-described entrepreneurship "heretic," Astia CEO Sharon Vosmek explains what she sees as some of the design flaws in many programs targeted at increasing female participation in entrepreneurial activity.

Astia CEO Sharon Vosmek shares research on what factors really increase group intelligence on teams: 1) Social perceptiveness of the team members, 2) Evenness of conversation over ideas between team members, and 3) The proportion of women on the team.