Bridging the Equity Gap with Emily Kramer, VP of Marketing at Carta

Millions of people know about the "pay gap," or the average difference in wage earnings for men and women in the USA and throughout the world. Relatively few people know about the "equity gap," or the difference in ownership stake between men and women who work at early-stage companies. Emily Kramer, VP of Marketing at Carta, is trying to change that.

On this episode of Marketing Trends, Emily talks about the data behind the equity gap and how to address it, driving startup growth, leadership lessons she has learned, how to succeed in a head of marketing role, and much more.

Links: Full Notes & Quotes: http://bit.ly/2UbWMLu Emily's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/emilykramer/ Emily's Twitter: twitter.com/emilykramer Carta: carta.com/

5 Key Takeaways:

- Everyone should know what questions to ask and how to negotiate when getting hired, especially women in tech. - "We're trying to help arm employees who haven't worked at tech companies to understand what's going on, and help level the playing field." - Emily Kramer - "We need women founders. We need women in earlier positions. We need women in engineering roles because that's where equity is created -- at the beginning." - Emily Kramer - During the hiring process, don't give your requirements because you may be below where they are coming in. Ask questions, and if they don't have a system, that should be a red flag. - "Calculate out what you think the possible exit scenarios are and how much you'd get in those situations to compare your multiple offers or what you had before in your previous role. Try to gather as much information possible." - Emily Kramer

Bio:

Emily Kramer has been building Carta's marketing team for the past year and a half as their VP of marketing. Emily joined Carta to help bring more diversity and transparency to the cap table. Prior to joining Carta, she has built and led marketing teams at Asana, Ticketfly, and Astro (acquired by Slack), and attended Tufts University and Harvard Business School.

Opinions expressed in this podcast are those of Emily Kramer alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carta.

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