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Julie Alvin

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As seen in: The New York Times, Yahoo Life, HuffPost, Adweek, Bustle, Travel + Leisure, InStyle, Refinery29, Yahoo Life UK, Autoweek and
SVP of Content at @theskimm Before: Refinery29/VMG, Bustle, Google, Time Inc., Condé Nast. NYU adjunct professor. Occasional TV pundit. I don’t tweet.
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How to Pitch as a Female Founder

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By Julie Alvin
| leanin.org
Last week, a friend of mine pitched her startup to a room of investors. One of them pulled her aside afterward. “Stop pitching like a man,” he said. “You’re a beautiful woman, and you can rely on your looks.” She was stunned. She tried to brush off his comments completely, but they got her thinking: Should she alter her pitching style to be more stereotypically feminine? Had she been trying to “pitch like a man”? And what does it actually mean to pitch like a man versus a woman?
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The Benefits of Paternity Leave for Dads, Moms, and Kids

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By Julie Alvin
| leanin.org
When dads take leave, everyone wins — including dads We’re two dads and educators who’ve spent over a decade studying how men can be better allies to women. We’ve long known that parental leave benefits mothers and babies. But here’s what we’re just : when fathers take meaningful leave and step fully into caregiving, the benefits ripple out to everyone, including fathers themselves.
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Moms' Equal Pay Day: How Companies and Partners Can Help Close the Gap

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By Julie Alvin
| leanin.org
To anyone who’s left an important meeting to pick up a sick child, or left a sick child at home to get to a job; to anyone who’s had their ambition questioned simply because they are a mom; to anyone whose partner isn’t carrying their fair share of the load: We see you. This week marks Moms’ Equal Pay Day, which means that mothers have to work an additional 218 days to catch up to fathers’ earnings from the year before.
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