Karen Linder is the author of "The Women of Berkshire Hathaway" and Founder and President of Linspiration, Inc., a company supporting creativity and entrepreneurship. She is a member of the Nebraska Angels investing group and Women Investing in Nebraska philanthropic group.

In this talk, she gives a recipe for fostering women's participation in start-up companies.

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