Raise the Bar
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Good Drill Hunting
Riddle me this: I am not buying a quarter-inch drill. Iโm also not buying a quarter-inch hole. What am I buying? Sunday I took myself to a different kind of church. The one that starts with Dunkinโ and ends at the Depot. Needed a new drill. Well, not reallyโฆ
What fear of rejection keeps us from
We donโt take the shot because we donโt want it to get blocked. We donโt let our authentic selves show because someone might not vibe. We donโt ask for the biz because we donโt want to hear noโฆ
Punching above your weight
My rockstar friend, Chris Delahunt, and the band at Citywire RIA hosted a panel to help boutiques punch above their weight. Stop using the wrong playbook. Get advice from real people in the boutique trenches every dayโฆ
How we got our name on the marquee
The best night of my professional life. Inspired by a Chrysler commercial starring Eminem and a ragtag bunch of hockey players who beat the powerhouse Soviet Union in the Olympics, it was a giftโฆ
Camo isnโt a way to hide
When I stepped down as Prez of the Third Party Marketers Association, my team threw a surprise happy hour. They all wore something in my honor. Camo. As an introvert, the fact that I love camo is not lost on meโฆ
Today is a big deal in my book
41 years ago, the U.S. hockey team pulled off an incredible upset against the Soviet Union during the Olympic Games in Lake Placid. The Soviet Union was a four-time defending gold medal team, but the U.S. team took them down 4-3.
Rage against the status quo
If your fund is different, letโs do something different to market it. Here are three things you can do: 1. Stop using prospectus language as marketing language. First, culture of compliance. Second, regulatory docs are not marketing docsโฆ
Dare to be different
Portfolio Manager: We are different than every other fund.
Me: Then why are you marketing yourself like every other fund?
The bland are leading the blandโฆ
4 Lessons from the slopes
After two weeks skiing in Vermont, Iโve got four lessons Iโm bringing home from the slopes. 1. Donโt overthink it. Yes, you need fundamentals - the role your edges play, angles, weight distribution - but when you are actually skiing, rely on yourโฆ
Fall down. Grit back up.
I joined a ski team when I was 12. I wasn't good. Apparently I didn't get the memo that the race team was for good skiers, not new skiers. I fell a lot, caught bamboo in the face, cursed the frigid early morning practices. But I kept getting upโฆ
I didnโt get the memo
If we want different results, we need to do different things. As a podcast guest, people ask me, โHow did you raise billions? What's the secret?โ I find myself saying one phrase a lot. "I didn't get the memo." I didn't study finance in school. I didn't grow up inโฆ
80s Wall Street called. They want their lingo back.
3 phrases we can kick to the curb this year. Let's elevate our language. Starting with "Gatekeepers." This is not The Legend of Zelda. Research analysts are not standing at the gates of capitalโฆ
Meet the blogger
Hi, Iโm Stacy Havener.
Founder of Havener Capital. Raising billions, stomping glass ceilings, and shaking things up (cocktails included).
Iโm a blue-collar girl from the Berkshires who combined a lot of grit with a little glitter to become a successful female entrepreneur in the investment world. Born in the โ70s, survivor of the โ80s, and still in love with the โ90s, Iโm obsessed with all things old school โ hip-hop music, classic cars and vintage furniture.
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