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Returns on Resilience is a podcast series from the Atlanta Women's Entrepreneurship Initiative (WEI), the nation's only municipally funded incubator for women entrepreneurs. Hosted by Dr. Dawn Sizemore, this series amplifies the voices of women founders building scalable, fundable businesses in Atlanta's innovation economy.
Through intimate conversations with founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders, we explore what women sacrifice before they're funded, how they navigate being overlooked, and the resilience that drives their success. We showcase solutions, celebrate wins, and demonstrate why Atlanta's culture of collaboration is positioning us as a Top 5 Tech Hub.
Whether you're an investor seeking diverse opportunities, a founder looking for inspiration and practical insights, or someone interested in building more inclusive innovation ecosystems, Returns on Resilience offers the candid conversations and actionable wisdom you need.
Through intimate conversations with founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders, we explore what women sacrifice before they're funded, how they navigate being overlooked, and the resilience that drives their success. We showcase solutions, celebrate wins, and demonstrate why Atlanta's culture of collaboration is positioning us as a Top 5 Tech Hub.
Whether you're an investor seeking diverse opportunities, a founder looking for inspiration and practical insights, or someone interested in building more inclusive innovation ecosystems, Returns on Resilience offers the candid conversations and actionable wisdom you need.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 36 days
Average audio length:
36 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
7 episodes
since Oct. 17, 2025
episodic
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In this episode of Returns on Resilience, host Dr. Dawn Sizemore sits down with Atlanta entrepreneurs, Dr. Patricia Kelly Marsh (Founder and CEO of Ask Me Your MD) and Farah Allen (Founder and CEO of Arc Advisory), for a candid conversation about the connection between entrepreneurship, wealth buil…
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In this episode of Returns on Resilience, host Dr. Dawn Sizemore sits down with two Atlanta alumni founders, Jillian Anderson, founder and CEO of HerRide, and Jamine Moton, founder and CEO of Skylar Security, for a candid conversation about building tech companies from the ground up, navigating the…
In this episode of Returns on Resilience, host Dr. Dawn Sizemore sits down with Candace Mitchell, co-founder and CEO of Myavana and WEI board member, to explore the art of the pivot. With 13 years in beauty tech, Candace unpacks how she transformed a Georgia Tech prototype into an AI-driven persona…
In this episode of Returns on Resilience, host Dr. Dawn Sizemore talks with WEI alumni Jenn Graham (Inclusivv) and Tamara Lucas (My PANDA) about the hidden costs of entrepreneurship (financial, emotional, and personal) and how they've reclaimed their businesses by rejecting conventional "growth at …
In this episode of Returns on Resilience, host Dr. Dawn Sizemore goes behind closed doors with three Atlanta investors to hear exactly what they see, think, and feel when founders pitch. Featuring Lisa Calhoun of Valor Ventures, Stephanie Diaz of Catalyst by WellStar, and Charles Robinson of 1888 V…
In this inaugural episode of Returns on Resilience, host Dr. Dawn Sizemore sits down with two Atlanta powerhouses, serial tech founder and ecosystem builder Jen Bonnett, and investor and Zane Venture Fund founder Shila Nieves Burney, for an honest conversation about what it really takes to build an…
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Returns on Resilience is the official podcast of the Women's Entrepreneurship Initiative, empowered by Invest Atlanta. Hosted by Dr. Dawn Sizemore, this podcast goes deeper than funding rounds and elevator pitches to explore the real stories behind women entrepreneurs building busin…
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