Gillian Muessig
Keynote Speaker: Managing Director of the Sybilla Masters Fund; Co-Founder of MOZ; Host of Podcasts VC Confidential & CEO Coach
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Categories:Innovation, Peak Performance, Business Leadership, Customer Experience, Marketing, Finance, Networking, Hospitality, Entrepreneurship, Personal Growth, Human Resources, E-Commerce, Psychology, Internet, Technology, Work-Life Balance, Social Media, Business, Gaming, Leadership, Venture Capital, Female Leadership, Women in Business, Futurism, Future of Work, FinTech, Gender Equality, Women, Podcast Hosts, Women in Tech, Influential Women, STEM, Thought Leadership, Strategic Leadership, Executive Leadership
Gillian Muessig Biography
Gillian Muessig is the General Partner and Managing Director of the Mastersfund™, a global gender-lens venture capital fund based in Seattle, WA. She is a co-founder of several tech startups, including Moz, the world’s most popular provider of digital marketing software. In addition to serving on dozens of Boards of Directors and Advisors worldwide, Muessig has served as a tech advisor to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a business and program advisor to the U.S. State Department, German Marshall Fund, SwissContact, as well as government programs in Switzerland, Germany, China, Peru, and throughout the Balkans.
Muessig speaks globally on the future of work and life, emerging funding models in private equity and venture capital, and solutions to improve equality in entrepreneurship. Her audio podcast, "VC Confidential," focuses on the expanding venture capital investment opportunities for diverse investors and capitalization options for diverse tech company founders. Over more than three decades, Muessig has helped thousands of companies to launch, grow, pivot and thrive.
An acknowledged authority on both investing in the future of work and life and on emerging trends in Private Equity investing, Muessig has designed new, risk-mitigated and sustainable venture investment models to better serve the expanding diversity of tech founders. She has helped launch numerous emerging fund managers to launch innovative VC funds to better serve the startup and investor communities.
She is the host of "CEOcoach," a ten-year running podcast for entrepreneurs and now co-hosts the weekly podcast, VC Confidential. Over the course of more than 30 years, Muessig has helped hundreds of companies to launch, grow, pivot, and thrive.
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Gillian Muessig Speaking Topics
Audiences: Corporate leaders and Private Equity (PE) investors: asset allocators for Private Family Offices, corporate funds, governments, banks, NGOs
It is time to pay the piper. After 30+ months of battering from a global pandemic, coupled by trillions of dollars in expenditures to help buffer the impact for employees, SMBs, and entire industries such as travel and tourism, the bull is finally in retreat. The cost of capital is rising. The classic signals of >4% inflation and <4% unemployment rates are evident and investors are pulling capital from high risk investment structures such as VC Funds at breakneck speed. Economic storms are common. They have an impetus, a life cycle, elements of uncertainty and opportunity. What signals inside this particular downturn do we need to look for? Where can asset allocators strategically place capital to set it up for success as this storm transitions to its most important stage: the emergence of economic opportunities?
Audiences: Entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, students or Early stage individual or corporate investors and asset allocators
As a speaker, advisor, board member, and host of the decade-long podcast CEO coach and now VC Confidential, I have helped thousands of companies to launch, grow, pivot, and thrive. For founders and leaders of early stage tech companies, as well as for potential investors seeking to understand the angel / early stage investment landscape, I speak often about Wizards and Executors. The Wizard is the 'idea person' often a technologist. The Executor executes on the ideas of a Wizard and builds a company around her/him. One famous example would be Zuckerberg and Sandberg. In this context, I am an executor. I build and optimize the value of tech companies.
- Of Wizards & Executors: the Assets and Attributes of Successful Entrepreneurs and Startup Companies
- The Capital Stack: On Beyond Venture Equity! How to Capitalize Your Company at Every Stage
- Powerful Boards of Directors: The Secret Sauce of Successful Enterprises
Conventional Venture Capital is anything but a meritocracy. The numbers are well known: Women receive 2% of venture capital; men receive 98%. At the Series A, women are awarded an average of 16% of the valuations awarded to men. Women raise 44% of the capital raised by their male colleagues over the deal. Women exit at the same rates as men, but do so about 12 months sooner on average. And when they exit, women have been returning an average of 35% higher ROI to their investors for more than a quarter of a century! THAT. IS. NOT. A ROUNDING FIGURE!
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How much does it cost to book Gillian Muessig for a speaking engagement?
Speaking fees for Gillian Muessig, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Gillian Muessig are Below $10,000 for live events and Below $10,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Gillian Muessig, click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
What topics does Gillian Muessig speak about?
Gillian Muessig is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Innovation, Peak Performance, Business Leadership, Customer Experience, Marketing, Finance, Networking, Hospitality, Entrepreneurship, Personal Growth, Human Resources, E-Commerce, Psychology, Internet, Technology, Work-Life Balance, Social Media, Business, Gaming, Leadership, Venture Capital, Female Leadership, Women in Business, Futurism, Future of Work, FinTech, Gender Equality, Women, Podcast Hosts, Women in Tech, Influential Women, STEM, Thought Leadership, Strategic Leadership and Executive Leadership.
Where does Gillian Muessig travel from?
Gillian Muessig generally travels from Seattle, WA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.
Who is the agent for Gillian Muessig?
AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Gillian Muessig for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Gillian Muessig for your next private or corporate function.
What is a full-service speaker booking agency?
AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Gillian Muessig or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?
If you’re looking for the best speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
Gillian Muessig is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Innovation, Peak Performance and Business Leadership. The estimated speaking fee range to book Gillian Muessig for live events is Below $10,000, and for virtual events Below $10,000. Gillian Muessig generally travels from Seattle, WA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Libby Gill, Alexandra Wilkis Wilson and Sharon Gai. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Gillian Muessig for an upcoming event.
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Gillian Muessig Speaking Topics
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Keeping Your Head While Those Around You Lose Theirs: Positioning Capital for Success in the End Game
Audiences: Corporate leaders and Private Equity (PE) investors: asset allocators for Private Family Offices, corporate funds, governments, banks, NGOs
It is time to pay the piper. After 30+ months of battering from a global pandemic, coupled by trillions of dollars in expenditures to help buffer the impact for employees, SMBs, and entire industries such as travel and tourism, the bull is finally in retreat. The cost of capital is rising. The classic signals of >4% inflation and <4% unemployment rates are evident and investors are pulling capital from high risk investment structures such as VC Funds at breakneck speed. Economic storms are common. They have an impetus, a life cycle, elements of uncertainty and opportunity. What signals inside this particular downturn do we need to look for? Where can asset allocators strategically place capital to set it up for success as this storm transitions to its most important stage: the emergence of economic opportunities?
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Illuminating Success Factors for Early Stage Tech Companies
Audiences: Entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, students or Early stage individual or corporate investors and asset allocators
As a speaker, advisor, board member, and host of the decade-long podcast CEO coach and now VC Confidential, I have helped thousands of companies to launch, grow, pivot, and thrive. For founders and leaders of early stage tech companies, as well as for potential investors seeking to understand the angel / early stage investment landscape, I speak often about Wizards and Executors. The Wizard is the 'idea person' often a technologist. The Executor executes on the ideas of a Wizard and builds a company around her/him. One famous example would be Zuckerberg and Sandberg. In this context, I am an executor. I build and optimize the value of tech companies.
- Of Wizards & Executors: the Assets and Attributes of Successful Entrepreneurs and Startup Companies
- The Capital Stack: On Beyond Venture Equity! How to Capitalize Your Company at Every Stage
- Powerful Boards of Directors: The Secret Sauce of Successful Enterprises
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Gender Lens Investing: The Power of Investing in Market Anomaly
Conventional Venture Capital is anything but a meritocracy. The numbers are well known: Women receive 2% of venture capital; men receive 98%. At the Series A, women are awarded an average of 16% of the valuations awarded to men. Women raise 44% of the capital raised by their male colleagues over the deal. Women exit at the same rates as men, but do so about 12 months sooner on average. And when they exit, women have been returning an average of 35% higher ROI to their investors for more than a quarter of a century! THAT. IS. NOT. A ROUNDING FIGURE!
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Gillian Muessig News
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‘Startup whisperer’ Gillian Muessig shares tips for scoring VC while juggling family life
Gillian Muessig seems to have acquired more than one life-time’s worth of connections, venture capital experience and insights into how to help women — and really anyone else — succeed in business, juggling family obligations and entrepreneurial endeavors. Her resume includes such skills as “startup whisperer” and “product visionary.”
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Gillian Muessig unveils new venture fund to back women-led startups
Muessig’s new fund, the Sybilla Masters Fund, focuses on funding companies that have at least one woman on the founding team or C-suite.
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How do I book Gillian Muessig to speak at my event?
Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Gillian Muessig for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Gillian Muessig, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Gillian Muessig or any other speaker of your choice. -
How much does it cost to book Gillian Muessig for a speaking engagement?
Speaking fees for Gillian Muessig, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Gillian Muessig are Below $10,000 for live events and Below $10,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Gillian Muessig, click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent. -
What topics does Gillian Muessig speak about?
Gillian Muessig is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Innovation, Peak Performance, Business Leadership, Customer Experience, Marketing, Finance, Networking, Hospitality, Entrepreneurship, Personal Growth, Human Resources, E-Commerce, Psychology, Internet, Technology, Work-Life Balance, Social Media, Business, Gaming, Leadership, Venture Capital, Female Leadership, Women in Business, Futurism, Future of Work, FinTech, Gender Equality, Women, Podcast Hosts, Women in Tech, Influential Women, STEM, Thought Leadership, Strategic Leadership and Executive Leadership. -
Where does Gillian Muessig travel from?
Gillian Muessig generally travels from Seattle, WA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. -
Who is the agent for Gillian Muessig?
AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Gillian Muessig for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Gillian Muessig for your next private or corporate function. -
What is a full-service speaker booking agency?
AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Gillian Muessig or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us. -
Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?
If you’re looking for the best speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
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