64 CLEARING THE HURDLES: WOMEN BUILDING HIGH-GROWTH BUSINESSES
success. They were among the most likely to get to market with new
and useful goods and services, to create jobs, to spur the economy, and
to provide high returns to their owners and investors. More details
about the history and organization of the U.S. venture capital industry,
as well as a description of the process of raising venture money, are
included in Chapter 10.
Although the fund-raising bar was high for these two women
entrepreneurs, Robin Chase and Antje Danielson were able to clear the
financing hurdles—one by one—with their focus, persistence, and cre-
ative application of their own resources. They were highly motivated to
create a large-scale enterprise that could be tested in ...