VC and Mama Jesse Draper on why we need to invest in female entrepreneurs

“I want to solve childcare. I want to invest in childcare. It…

“I did have a bit of a cry.”

She doesn’t take career advice from men because “it’s not applicable to women and mothers in particular.”

When pitching an investor, I got a question that stopped me in my tracks. Here’s how I wish I had responded—and what it taught me about proving the doubters wrong.

“George ate the effing BLT while I was in the other room feeding the baby. I cried. We have since made amends.”

“We’re all blessed, and it takes a village to raise a family.”

“My life has gotten 10 times easier and, for the first time in a long time, I feel like I have space to breathe.”

On May 20, 2025, Governor Bob Ferguson signed into law Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5217, a landmark bill...

“I think we try to hold it together so much that we make no room for our emotions.”

“I definitely don't have all the answers. I never will. And we created Motherly in part because we needed Motherly.”

“Connection is the reason why we're here on the planet.”

“You can't control everything. But I've also learned that we can shape environments to improve situations.”

“You just increased the human population by one. The least you can do is to take time off and take it slow.”

“Learning to delegate a little bit at a time is something that we want to instill and teach.”

“There simply aren't enough hours in the day to do it all, let alone to do any of it well, let alone to enjoy any of it along the way.”