Summary
On this episode of The Bentonville Beacon, host James Bell is joined by Tammy Sun, Founder and CEO of Carrot Fertility. Tammy founded Carrot with the mission to provide fertility care for all, inclusive of age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, marital status, and geography. Today, Carrot is the leading global fertility benefits provider for employers with their coverage of millions of people in over 120 countries. Throughout the episode, James and Tammy discuss the historic lack of infertility care, how Carrot Fertility is improving employee health benefits, and the complexities that women founders face.

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Show Notes:
(1:10) Introduction to Tammy
(2:34) The Frequency and Struggles of Infertility
(4:27) About Carrot Fertility
(5:37) The History and Growth of Carrot Fertility
(7:38) The Scale of Carrot Fertility
(8:31) Tammy’s Journey to Bentonville
(10:18) Lack of Fertility Benefits
(14:28) Funding for Female Founders
(17:05) Navigating Rejection
(19:40) Advice to Other Female Founders
(21:58) Bentonville’s Influence
(26:50) Closing Questions

Quotes
“We make it easy for companies to give employees financial and emotional coverage and physical support for every aspect of lifelong fertility healthcare. Starting from before you’re ready to achieve pregnancy through egg freezing and pregnancy itself.” - Tammy Sun, (4:36)

“When you think about compensation and benefits, what’s included as part of your healthcare is really important because if it’s not covered, what happens is you ultimately have to pay for it yourself.” - Tammy Sun, (10:36)

“Women already make eighty cents on the dollar. When you think about having to then forgo making an investment in a retirement account or real estate, it actually widens the pay gap because they're going into their personal accounts to pay for it.” - Tammy Sun, (11:28)

“I think for any female founder who is thinking about starting a business, I would encourage them to stick very close to their customer.” - Tammy Sun, (14:53)

“If you’re a female founder, building resilience early on and understanding your problem, your solution, and your customer, all you need is one investor to support you.” - Tammy Sun, (17:57)

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