Feb 19, 2018
"Power UP: How Smart Women Win in the New Economy" with Entrepreneur Magdalena Yesil on Women Entrepreneurs Radio™
Magdalena Yesil, Executive Chair, DriveInformed and Founder,
Broadway Angels
Magdalena Yesil is a serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist of many of the world's top technology companies, including Salesforce, where she was the first investor and founding board member. Her current startup, DriveInformed, uses technology to bring trust and transparency to the auto finance industry.
Magdalena's investing career started at US Venture Partners, where as a general partner, she oversaw over 15 investments. She is a founder of Broadway Angels, an angel group of female investors. She is a technology pioneer who started her career as a semiconductor design engineer, and her three decades in Silicon Valley evolved with the technology industry.
Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, Magdalena founded three companies in succession, dedicated to commercializing Internet access, e-commerce infrastructure, and electronic payments. UUnet, Cybercash and MarketPay earned her the Entrepreneur of the Year title from Red Herring Magazine. She recently received the 2017 Fearless Leader award from WomenOnBoards2020. She is the author of Power UP! How Smart Women Win in the New Economy, where she shares her learnings for success in the technology industry.
www.magdalena.com
www.driveinformed.com
@magdalenayesil