Yes, You Can Do This! How Women Start Up, Scale Up, and Build The Life They Want

Acknowledgments

This book would not be possible without the support of countless people, both while I was writing it and along the journey I described.

Thank you to Amos Schwartzfarb for first inviting me to share my project with the Techstars authors, and to Christen Thompson Lain and Keith Camhi for your early advocacy.

Thank you to Brad Feld, Jenny Lawton, David Cohen, David Brown, and Jason Thompson for generously welcoming me in, and making it all possible.

Thank you to Peter Birkeland for your thoughtful edits, notes, and conversations along the way. Thank you to Richard Narramore, Vicki Adang, and the entire team at Wiley, for your additional perspectives, edits, and conversations. Thank you to Phanat Nen for your cover design work, and to James Harless for helping to push the designs forward.

Thank you to my sisters, Colleen Nguyen and Jennifer Carella, for consistently encouraging and supporting me over the years, and during this project. Thank you to my parents, Vincent and Maureen Vezza, who were my very first teachers. Thank you to my in-laws, Annie and Richard Reuter, for your daily support and calls. Thank you to my husband, Alex Reuter, for your partnership, encouragement, and feedback. And thank you to Thomas Reuter and Christopher Reuter for cheering me on and providing the inspiration for the book.

Thank you to all of the people who have offered words of encouragement and inspired me along this journey: Shira Atkins, Anna Barber, Victor Carella, Clem Cazalot, ...