Taking the Entrepreneurial Leap with Hello Alice

Elizabeth Gore serves as co-founder and president of Hello Alice (helloalice.com), which helps businesses launch and grow. A free multi-channel platform powered by AI technology, Hello Alice guides business owners by providing access to funding, networks and services. Through a network of more than 350,000 companies in all 50 states and across the globe, Hello Alice is building the largest community of business owners in the country while tracking data and trends to increase owner success rate. At this time Hello Alice is hosting the COVID19 Small Business Resource Center as we believe in business for all by providing access to all owners, especially women, people of color, veterans, and persons with disabilities. Hello Alice exists to serve all Americans with an entrepreneurial spirit. Elizabeth previously served as entrepreneur in residence at Dell Technologies. There, she drove initiatives to support Dell's goals of helping small and medium businesses scale and prosper, fueling the expansion of global entrepreneurship. Elizabeth personally advises the growth of purpose driven companies, such as rideshare commuting company Scoop, and she is an investing limited partner with Portfolia fund. In addition, Elizabeth is part owner of Gore Family Vineyards in Sonoma County. She is the emeritus chair of the United Nations Foundation’s Global Entrepreneurs Council and previously served the UN for nearly a decade as the first ever entrepreneur in residence for the foundation, as well as vice president of global partnerships, where she founded strategic grassroots efforts like Nothing But Nets, Girl Up, and Shot@Life. Elizabeth is a former United States Peace Corps volunteer for which she served in Bolivia. Elizabeth has also been a leader in organizations like the Points of Light Foundation, Share Our Strength, and the Texas A&M Foundation.

As founder of Alice, the intelligent business advisor for entrepreneurs, I serve as an advocate for inclusive entrepreneurship. I work alongside governments, corporations, foundations and ecosystem builders to connect women, minority, veteran and other underrepresented entrepreneurs to the capital, resources, mentors and partners needed to fuel their growth. An entrepreneur myself, I've helped raise billions of dollars in capital through my work as an investment banker for JPMorgan and as founder of Cake Communications, an interactive marketing agency serving companies around the world. I currently serve as a board member for the Texas A&M Mays College of Business, a United Nations Global Accelerator delegate, and TEDx speaker. Other honors include an American Express Micro to Millions award, Sam Walton Emerging Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur Magazine 2016 "Woman to Watch" and Inc. Magazine "17 Inspiring Women of 2017." I've also testified before the Congressional Committee on Small Business in a hearing titled, "“Empowering Small Businesses: The Accelerator Model” in May 2017. Fast Company named Alice's accelerator, Circular Board, "The Fastest-Growing Accelerator for Women and Minorities."