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Brand Partnership Pitfalls
You’ve finally landed that incredible partner who is going to take your business to the next level.

08 / 13 / 2025
Your Calls Are Being Recorded: Did You Not Know?
Why you should be very wary of AI notetakers.

07 / 23 / 2025
Dispatches from the Hill
From sitting in the Capitol building with Whip Clark to cafeteria food.

07 / 16 / 2025
Trump v. Big Law
Something strange has been happening lately. It’s worse than you think.

04 / 23 / 2025
Now Introducing: Kimberly!
A little bit about the newest member of the All Places team.

04 / 17 / 2025
New SEC Guidance on Advertising a Fundraise
Did the SEC actually do something to make fundraising easier?

04 / 09 / 2025
What I Learned at the WVCS
Jessie's insights from the Women's Venture Capital Summit.

02 / 12 / 2025
What Happens Next: Post-Election Advice
We now know who is going to be returning to the White House in 2025.

11 / 13 / 2024
All Places (First Ever) Corporate Gift Guide
And it’s All Places, so you know these are all women-owned.

10 / 23 / 2024
Secondaries in Brief
The secondaries market has been hot hot hot this year and we expect that to continue through the end of 2024.

10 / 16 / 2024
My Trip to WBEC-West
What are the benefits of being certified as a woman-owned business?

10 / 09 / 2024
Non-Competes, NDAs, & Contractors, Oh My!
Updates on federal and local laws that affect nearly every business.

09 / 18 / 2024
Coffee with the Senator
What happens when you put one U.S. Senator in a room with 15 female leaders?

09 / 10 / 2024
Erica Goes on Vacay
Founders often wonder if their “policies and procedures” have real impact or if they’re just a bunch of words.

08 / 13 / 2024
Adios, Private Fund Rules
All those new SEC rules? Gone. What it means for you and your fund.

07 / 24 / 2024
Fearless Fund Litigation Update
The latest from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

06 / 12 / 2024
The All Places List: Health and Wellness
Some of our (and our clients’) favorite brands right now.

05 / 20 / 2024
Fundraising Deconstructed: The SAFE Note
You’ve all heard of it, but you still may not fully understand how it works.

05 / 13 / 2024
What You Need to Know Before Hiring an Intern
It’s great to have a student come and support your business. At the same time, there are rules around these things.

05 / 07 / 2024
Q&A with Sèchey Founder, Emily Heintz
Emily Heintz is the founder and CEO of Sèchey, which is the lifestyle brand for the no-and lo-alcohol community.

04 / 16 / 2024
Common Pitfalls in Website Policies
Let's talk through what’s really in (or should be in) those terms and policies.

04 / 09 / 2024
What I Learned at SXSW
Last week I went down to Austin for my first SXSW. Now that I’m back, I’m dishing on all I learned.

03 / 20 / 2024
Term Sheets for Non-Dummies
Here are a few key provisions and dynamics to keep in mind before you sign your next term sheet.

03 / 13 / 2024
Women-Owned Business Certification
Ever wondered about WOB certification? Why do you want it? How do you get it?

02 / 13 / 2024
Starting a Fund: Service Providers
Making sense of the confusing world of fund service providers.

01 / 24 / 2024
Own It, But More of It
You're a founder. This is your company. Now how do you hold on to that equity you worked so hard for?

01 / 17 / 2024
Your Self-Appointed Chief of Staff Checklist
Everything your Chief of Staff would tell you as you start the year.

01 / 12 / 2024
All Places 2023 Holiday Gift Guide
All of the best gift recommendations to give (or keep) this season.

11 / 24 / 2023
Introducing Erica
We keep growing (thoughtfully) and couldn't be more excited to welcome the new All Places Chief of Staff.

11 / 17 / 2023
Your End-of-Year Checklist
A few things you need to check off before the ball drops in Times Square.

11 / 13 / 2023
CEO's Third Annual Report (2023Q3)
Who we are and what we've learned in our first three years of life.

11 / 07 / 2023
Fearless Fund Litigation in a Nutshell
A quick overview of what's really going on down there in Atlanta federal court.

09 / 25 / 2023
All Places 2023 Summer Reading List!
And a few other things we can't live without in July and August.

07 / 12 / 2023
On the Road Again

06 / 29 / 2023
How to Tell Your Story and Inspire Investors

06 / 15 / 2023
Commercial Banking Best Practices
We asked the First Women's Bank team all your burning questions.

04 / 12 / 2023
Look + Listen: Spring 2023
What we do when we're in the middle of all those March 2023 feels.

03 / 22 / 2023
WTF, SVB?
What’s on most of our minds: what happened at SVB and where do we go from here.

03 / 16 / 2023
Ms. Gabriel, It's the White House on Line 2
I can't even be cool about this one. It was major.

02 / 17 / 2023
Hey there, SSBCI. What's your deal, anyway?
The basics of the program and how to apply are at your fingertips. I mean, it's ten billion dollars . . .

01 / 11 / 2023
What I Learned in 2022
In the spirit of holiday sharing and commiseration, here are a few things (big and small) I’m taking away from 2022.

12 / 22 / 2022
All Places + Treasury: All Things SSBCI
What you need to know about the $10b being allocated to small businesses across the U.S.

12 / 19 / 2022
All Places 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
Your resource for cool, beautiful gifts that happen to be made by a bunch of totally rad women.

11 / 22 / 2022
Launch Party Redux
It was a glorious and overwhelming evening and, in short, all the things.

11 / 16 / 2022
A Full Circle Moment (Part Deux)
What happens when a senior White House official and a powerhouse group of women sit down to talk about capital equity? Pow.

08 / 10 / 2022
A Full Circle Moment
Everything I've gone through in the past two years, all in a moment. And last night was it.

07 / 21 / 2022
All Places Summer 2022 Reading List!
A few new items for that beach bag in case you want to add to the stack of books you've been collecting since last summer.

07 / 13 / 2022
Welcome to 1868!
For those ready to confront this new reality, let's look at the legal arguments used to overturn Roe and what’s next.

06 / 28 / 2022
How to Fundraise in the Current Climate
We spoke with two investors about how they are evaluating deals right now.

06 / 22 / 2022
What’s up (or not) with startup fundraising?
The fundraising environment is a fickle beast. Here's what our funders and founders are saying about the market right now.

05 / 24 / 2022
Guest Post: Azora Zoe Paknad, Founder of Goldune
Making sustainability a sexy adventure in the great indoors.

05 / 10 / 2022
Being a Boss
The most meaningful thing I've learned since starting this company came in the form of a shiny little card.

04 / 19 / 2022
Look + Listen: Spring 2022
What the AP community is reading, listening to, and watching to get ourselves through the day.

04 / 13 / 2022
Getting Ghosted?
Wondering why investors aren’t getting back to you? We have a few ideas.

03 / 22 / 2022
Guest Post: Shayna Harris, Co-Founder of Supply Change Capital
“When there are nine.” If that phrase gives you chills, you're not the only one.

03 / 08 / 2022
New Adventures in Startup Financing
Innovation is actually coming to startup fundraising and we are so here for it.

02 / 08 / 2022
Fundraising Rules of the Road: Advertising
A must-read for anyone who is in the process of, or anticipating, fundraising.

01 / 20 / 2022
Three Days at TEDWomen
What do you get when you cross 750 amazing women, 40 groundbreaking speeches, and an old Hollywood-style Palm Springs resort?

12 / 14 / 2021
All Places 2021 Holiday Gift Guide
Our favorite products from kicka$$ women-owned companies just in time for Black Friday.

11 / 23 / 2021
30 Founders in 30 Days
What we learned about major founder pain points and the easiest solutions.

11 / 16 / 2021
Lessons from our first year
One year in and a million tiny little lessons about how to be better at all of this.

10 / 19 / 2021
CEO's First Annual Report (2021Q3)
One full year in business. We almost can't believe. But here it is, our first 365 days, by the numbers.

10 / 12 / 2021
Doing Less: A Love Story
My five favorite ways to get more out of doing less ~or~ how to manage your time better without being a jerk.

09 / 21 / 2021
Guest Post: Belinda Lau, Founder of Elims
What drove her to try to solve the problem of providing superior oral care without filling the oceans and our mouths with chemicals?

08 / 24 / 2021
How many lawyers does it take to change a lightbulb?
A few of our favorite bad lawyer stories, care of the All Places community.

08 / 17 / 2021
Look + Listen: Summer 2021
The playlist that is shaking off the cobwebs, along with our favorite books and streaming for the end of summer.

08 / 10 / 2021
The Secret to Hiring (and Keeping) Top Talent
Hiring is hard for everyone, but there are some strategies we’ve picked up from many of you that make it a bit less hard.

07 / 20 / 2021
2021 Fund Formation Trends
When we culled our notes from these first six months, three new things jumped out at us.

07 / 16 / 2021
Interview with Latinas in Business
How adversity prompted the creation of All Places and our top piece of advice for aspiring entrepreneurs.

05 / 28 / 2021
What I Learned in Business Class
What do you get when you cross an epic serial entrepreneur, a lawyer, and 1,000 founders? We found out.

05 / 17 / 2021
The One Thing Most Companies Get Wrong on Diversity + Inclusion
Following our event last week on creating diverse and vibrant teams, it struck me that this one thing is the real game-changer.

05 / 03 / 2021
What All Co-Founders Need to Know
If you don't already have a solid co-founder agreement in place, here is the agenda for your next meeting.

04 / 19 / 2021
Interview with Kayo
Why we started All Places, what guides us as we move forward, and the greatest compliment we've ever received.

04 / 16 / 2021
CEO's Report (2021Q1)
It feels like we just started and, at the same time, I couldn’t imagine doing anything else. Here is the second quarter of our All Places life in a nutshell.

04 / 05 / 2021
Our Brilliant Advisors Speak!
A few of the best bits of guidance I've received from our extraordinary community of advisors while working to get All Places up and running.

03 / 22 / 2021
It’s a Pipeline Problem, and Other Lies
The bad news: if you think you have a pipeline problem, it’s probably your own fault. The good news: there is something you can do about it.

03 / 08 / 2021
It’s a (Fundraising) Walk Off
The pros and cons of two different approaches to fundraising, whether you are looking for LPs for your fund or seeking investors for your seed round.

02 / 22 / 2021
5 Things We Hate About Pitch Decks
Most decks just aren’t very good. Welcome to our top five things not to do, pitch deck edition.

02 / 08 / 2021
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Before you storm into a Zoom ready to tell off your boss, read what our founders have to say about when they chose to make the leap.

01 / 25 / 2021
CEO’S REPORT (2020Q4)
What have we learned? Who are our clients? How do we spend our days? What are we planning for 2021?

01 / 04 / 2021