WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.002 >>GERRY: IT'S TIME NOW TO GO INSIDE INNOVATION...BROUGHT TO YOU BY DMI, MOBILIZING ENTERPRISES FOR THE CONNECTED 2 00:00:03.002 --> 00:00:09.609 WORLD. THE STARTUP LADIES HAVE COME A LONG WAY FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF FORMING IDEA HUDDLES IN THE 3 00:00:09.609 --> 00:00:15.749 WOMEN'S RESTROOM. THE INDIANAPOLIS-BASED ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IS MARKING FOUR 4 00:00:15.749 --> 00:00:21.354 YEARS BY LAUNCHING AN ONLINE EDUCATIONAL PLATFORM FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND INVESTORS. STARTUP STUDY HALL ONLINE ALLOWS 5 00:00:21.354 --> 00:00:26.693 MEMBERS TO LEARN FROM ITS EXECUTIVE MENTORS...ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. AND FOR MORE, LET'S TURN TO 6 00:00:26.693 --> 00:00:42.041 STARTUP LADIES FOUNDER AND CEO KRISTEN COOPER. FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS ON 4 YEARS AND SOME GREAT WORK. 7 00:00:42.041 --> 00:00:46.179 I MENTIONED AT THE EARLY DAYS BUT TALK ABOUT THAT AND REALLY THE FORMATION OF THE START UP LADIES AND WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. 8 00:00:46.179 --> 00:00:54.587 >> WE'VE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THE MEETING IN THE WAITING ROOM. WE MET EACH OTHER TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE WERE MISSING AND WHAT WE 9 00:00:54.587 --> 00:01:00.794 NEEDED THEM FROM THEIR LUNCHES AND FROM THERE START UP STUDY HALL, WHICH WAS A PLACE THESE PEOPLE WHO WERE INDUSTRY EXPERTS 10 00:01:00.794 --> 00:01:10.937 WOULD COME INTO TEACH ONE THING WHETHER THAT HAD TO DO WITH LAW, LEGAL DEVELOPING PROTOTYPING AND THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY 11 00:01:10.937 --> 00:01:18.545 WHAT WE LEARNED IN THAT HOUR AND A HALF TO OUR BUSINESSES IMMEDIATELY SO AN ABSENCE OF THAT IN THE MARKETPLACE 12 00:01:18.545 --> 00:01:25.084 ESPECIALLY IN A SAFE SPACE WHERE YOU COULD BE YOURSELF AND ASK QUESTIONS AND GET THE ANSWERS YOU NEEDED THAT YOU COULD REALLY 13 00:01:25.084 --> 00:01:33.159 DO SO WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE HAVING STARTUP STUDY HALLS IN INDIANAPOLIS TWICE A MONTH AND WE HAD WAITING LISTS ALL THE 14 00:01:33.159 --> 00:01:41.234 TIME AND SO WE THOUGHT WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE COMING CONTINUOUSLY AND PEOPLE WOULD SAY I WOULD PAY YOU FOR THIS SO A YEAR AGO WE 15 00:01:41.234 --> 00:01:49.175 LAUNCHED A MEMBERSHIP MODEL AND GENERATED REVENUE AND HAVE OVER 100 MEMBERS. >> WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HOST A 16 00:01:49.175 --> 00:01:58.952 STUDY HALL AND I KNOW FIRSTHAND THE ENGAGEMENT AND THE EXCITEMENT AND SO MANY SUCCESS STORIES ALREADY EARLY ON AND I 17 00:01:58.952 --> 00:02:07.460 THINK TWO WEEKS AGO A GREAT STORY. >> A HUGE STORY SO I LOVE MARIA MAHER AS A PERSON AND SHE 18 00:02:07.460 --> 00:02:16.069 IS A FABULOUS ENTREPRENEUR AND WE HAD A PITCH COMPETITION AND WE PROVIDED 1,000-DOLLAR AWARD FROM THE START UP LADY FUN AND 19 00:02:16.069 --> 00:02:25.011 SHE ONE SO SHE IS SOMEONE WHO HAS A SON WHO HAS AUTISM AND REALIZED THAT SHE HAD A BABYSITTING PLATFORM THAT WAS 20 00:02:25.011 --> 00:02:33.086 DOING OKAY BUT WHEN SHE REALIZED THAT SHE COULD BE SERVING PARENTS WITH CHILDREN THAT HAD SPECIAL NEEDS AND CONNECT THEM 21 00:02:33.086 --> 00:02:41.060 TO CAREGIVERS THAT WERE TRAINED TO PROVIDE FOR THOSE SPECIAL CHILDREN SHE BUILT A PLATFORM AND IT'S GROWING LIKE CRAZY. 22 00:02:41.060 --> 00:02:48.501 >> AND START UP LADY'S ARE GROWING LIKE CRAZY AS WELL. YOU EXTEND YOUR PLATFORM WITH TECHNOLOGY. 23 00:02:48.501 --> 00:02:57.110 AND IT'S AN ONLINE CLASS FORM FOR STUDY HALLS. WE HAVE SOME NEAT REQUEST FROM PEOPLE TO TAKE WHAT WE ARE DOING 24 00:02:57.110 --> 00:03:03.917 BECAUSE YOU CAN'T MAKE IT TO EVERYTHING AND THEN WE HAVE PEOPLE IN PART THANKS TO YOU OUR STORIES GOT OUT OUTSIDE OF 25 00:03:03.917 --> 00:03:11.124 INDIANA AND PEOPLE WERE SAYING CAN I ACCESS WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS AND NOW WE CAN SAY YES, AND THAT WILL HELP US AS WE GROW 26 00:03:11.124 --> 00:03:19.198 INTO CITIES BEYOND INDIANA. >> SEVERAL OTHER CITIES. 30 SECONDS LEFT YOU ARE LOOKING AT GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES AND 27 00:03:19.198 --> 00:03:27.206 REALLY PUTTING FUEL ON THE FIRE. >> I'M SO EXCITED BECAUSE ONE OF THE GREATEST TRICKS OF OUR SUCCESS AS WE CAN TRAIN 28 00:03:27.206 --> 00:03:34.013 FIRST-TIME INVESTORS AND GET THEM TO INVEST IN OUR STARTUP LADIES AND I'M THRILLED TO TELL YOU WE'VE HAD TO ALREADY MAKE 29 00:03:34.013 --> 00:03:40.486 $25,000 INVESTMENTS SO WE WANT TO SEE MORE PEOPLE INVEST IN OUR STARTUP LADIES.