Susan Danziger launched her first business to solve a problem she saw, and she hasn’t stopped since. From making books accessible on your commute to combating the climate crisis with Wally Farms, Susan is a serial entrepreneur and investor with a deep drive to positively impact her community.
Today, Susan shares her story. She tells the lessons she’s learned building her businesses and offers tips for raising capital. Susan describes how she built the DailyLit, Wally Farms, and Spark of Hudson, among her many other ventures. She explains why you shouldn’t be using your inbox as a to-do list and shares her experience transitioning to being an investor, as well as her best tips for raising capital virtually in 2021. She notes the cruciality of building your network before starting the fundraising, and she gives some tips for making 30 connections a day. She emphasizes the value of execution and shares what her typical day looks like, noting how it has changed since this time last year. She explains why failing more should be your goal, and she shares ways to get comfortable with the idea of failing. She also gives tips for catching an investor’s attention, presenting a pitch over Zoom, and avoiding Zoom fatigue.
“If you’re not failing constantly, then you’re not trying hard enough...If you’re getting rejected, that’s a good thing, because it means you’re shooting for things.”
- Susan Danziger
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Guests
Susan Danziger
Hosts
Stephanie Cartin
Co-founder of Socialfly and Entreprenista.
Stephanie Cartin is the co-founder and CEO of Entreprenista, an all-in-one platform – which includes a private community & business membership called The Entreprenista League that's made up of over 2,000 women founders at all stages of business, a weekly newsletter received by 60,000 readers, two podcasts, in-person educational & networking events, and an award program – that women founders at all stages can turn to for everything they need to grow.
Stephanie is also the co-founder of Socialfly (acquired by Truform Media Group in 2024), Markid, and Pearl Influential Capital. She has won countless awards, including the SmartCEO Brava award, which recognizes the top women CEOs in New York, and a Stevie Award for Women-Run Workplace of the Year. She has also appeared in Bloomberg, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Refinery29, and more.
Courtney Spritzer
Co-founder of Entreprenista.
Courtney Spritzer is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, author, and community builder with a passion for creating brands and platforms that empower women to lead, grow, and thrive.
In 2012, she co-founded Socialfly, a leading social-first digital and influencer marketing agency. Over the course of a decade, she helped scale the business into an award-winning agency working with Fortune 500 brands and emerging startups, building a powerhouse team and culture along the way. In 2024, Socialfly was acquired.
In 2018, Courtney launched the Entreprenista Podcast to spotlight the stories of inspiring women founders. That passion evolved into Entreprenista Media in 2021, a media platform and community supporting women entrepreneurs at every stage of growth. She now co-leads the continued expansion of The Entreprenista League, a membership-driven community and ecosystem for founders.
As an angel investor, Courtney supports female-led and mission-driven startups aligned with her vision for a more inclusive and equitable business landscape.
She is the co-author of Like, Love, Follow: The Entreprenista’s Guide to Using Social Media to Grow Your Business (2015), a strategic guide for leveraging social platforms to drive business success.
Her work and ventures have been featured in Bloomberg, Forbes, Inc., Entrepreneur, and The New York Times. She is committed to championing visionary founders and helping build the next generation of impactful, community-driven businesses.
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