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Join Social Venture Network for the 2015 SVN Spring Conference, April 16-19, in San Diego. The event is open to active members, affiliates, family members and first-time prospective members. Click here to register.

As a lead-up to the conference, SVN is sharing best business practices from its members in a series of short video clips. Follow the series here.

By Social Venture Network

SVN members have launched some of the most innovative organizations in the mission-driven business community. They’ve experienced success, failure, setbacks and breakthroughs … and are very candid about the lessons they learned the hard way.

In this video, SVN member Cheryl Contee, CEO and co-founder of Fission Strategy, shares the difficulties of getting funding as a female founder of a tech company. She also speaks to how having the confidence to overcome anything that stands in your way can help you become a successful entrepreneur.

For more business advice from SVN members, check out “The Best Advice I Never Got” here.

Image and video courtesy of Social Venture Network.