861. Jaclyn Johnson, CEO of Create & Cultivate And New Money Ventures On How to Nail Your Pitch, Transform Your Mindset Around Rejection And Fund Your Business Idea

As we wrap up Women’s History Month, I couldn’t think of a better person to have on the show than Jaclyn Johnson to talk all things venture capital and showing up for women in business! It’s been almost four years since I’ve had Jaclyn on, and I’m in awe of everything she’s accomplished in that time. She’s the founder & CEO of Create & Cultivate, as well as her latest project, New Money Ventures; a venture capital firm and brand studio on a mission to fund and build the next generation of game-changing, female-led companies. 

 

We talk about how she stays motivated, her experience with selling her company, and the importance of setting boundaries. We also discuss how to overcome rejection, her advice for pitch meetings, and details on some of the amazing companies that she’s backing. No matter where you are in your entrepreneurial journey, Jaclyn has so much wisdom and inspiration to share with you all in today’s episode! 

 

IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT:

• How to tell when it’s time to start a new venture 
• Her experience with selling her business 
• When she started to see real results in Create & Cultivate 
• Creating mutually beneficial relationships 
• Breaking the cycle of women being pushed out of venture capital 
• Opening up conversations about building generational wealth 
• Her take on web3 and NFTs
• What she wants all women in business to know about raising money 

 

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CONNECT WITH JACLYN 

Follow her: @jaclynrjohnson 

Follow New Money Ventures: @newmoneyventures 

Learn more about New Money Ventures: newmoneyventures.co 

Buy her book, WorkParty: workparty.com/book 

Listen to WorkParty podcast 

 

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ABOUT JACLYN

Jaclyn Johnson created her career. A powerhouse entrepreneur, by the time she was 28, Johnson had sold her first business, invested in multiple female-owned startups and launched her second multi-million dollar company, Create & Cultivate. Johnson recognized a gap in conversations, resources, events and community for female millennial entrepreneurs and responded with a solution, Create & Cultivate, the wildly popular media platform and nationwide conference. In the process, Jaclyn’s own work-life philosophy, built on the cornerstones of female empowerment, hustling-hard and innovation have propelled her voice to the forefront of the discussion on workplace equality, a new thought-leader for millennial women and Gen-Z-ers on the career come up. This passion for supporting female entrepreneurs has sparked her latest endeavor, New Money Ventures; a venture capital firm and brand studio on a mission to fund and build the next generation of game-changing, female-led companies. 

Named a Forbes 30 Under 30, an Adweek Disruptor and profiled in Fast Company, the LA Times, Entrepreneur and more, Johnson has earned her way to the frontlines of a workplace revolution at a time when change-agents and disruptors are flexing real influence.