- While pitching their fashion pricing startup Phia, founders Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni faced repeated questions from investors about how having children might affect their business. In response, they’ve emphasized the importance of documenting achievements to prove professional value and push back against such bias, with Gates advising women to “keep a win sheet” to assert their worth.
When pitching to investors, recent graduates Phoebe Gates and her business partner Sophia Kianni didn’t expect the topic of their potential future children to be brought up.
