Uploaded June 2018 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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[Sponsored by JPMorgan Chase]

Only 2.2 percent of venture capitalist funding goes to female- owned businesses — but that didn’t stop sisters Lee Mayer and Emily Motayed from defying the odds. Find out how they persevered on the second episode of Power Walk, Bustle's new series highlighting extraordinary women, created in collaboration with JPMorgan Chase.

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