Cultivating Female Founded Businesses

Host Laura Zarrow talks with Deborah Quazzo, Managing Partner of GSV AcceleraTE, about developing women run businesses. Deborah speaks about bringing together female founders, funders, advocates, influencers, and emerging talent who are creating platforms to elevate others.

She also shares her own experiences navigating the gender barriers in the venture capital world.


Deborah Quazzo is the Managing Partner of GSV AcceleraTE, a venture capital fund that invests in the education and talent technology sector. Deborah is also the Co-founder and Managing Partner of the ASU+GSV Summit, an event that celebrates innovations and innovators across the global “preK to Gray” learning and talent landscape and attracts over 4,000 attendees.


Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on October 24, 2018 on SIRIUS XM's Business Radio Powered by The Wharton School, Channel 132

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Women@Work is a weekly conversation on how to help women join, stay, succeed and lead in the workplace. Our show airs live on SiriusXM132 on Thursdays, at 9 am ET. We explore tactics and strategies to help women and men at all stages of career; talk with extraordinary role models; and look through the gender lens to build a more inclusive, satisfying and diverse workplace. Women at Work is the proud recipient of a 2016 Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media. Business Radio is powered by The Wharton School. Laura Zarrow is the host of Women@Work and Executive Director of Wharton People Analytics. Patricia Hall is the producer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.