Yesterday, we had an opportunity to visit the United States consulate in Hamburg for a special event about women and entrepreneurship. The keynote speaker was Monica Dodi, founder of the Women's Venture Capital Fund.

The insight (and jargon-filled) evening was delightfully rounded off by drinks and pretzels.

Ms Dodi brainstormed a variety of key points which venture capital funds look for when deciding on whether or not to bestow their financial largesse and managerial expertise. The result was a whiteboard completely filled with a variety of important terms: