Alley to the Valley: Roots + Sauce

Sometime in 2010:  Janet Hansen of Goldman Sachs calls Deborah Perry Piscione + asks, “What do you have going on with those women in Silicon Valley women?....I wish we could bottle it for my NY women!” Deborah replied,“We have a responsibility to do something about it" + Alley to the Valley was born.

Nov 10, 2010:  New York Times reporter covers the launch of Alley to the Valley +women across the country (including Barbara Corcoran “Shark Tank”+ Rosie Rios then-US Treasurer) ask: ”How can I join?"

2012: A2V summits are in 18 cities and the A2V online group launches so that women can continue the deal-making in between summits.

2014: Bravo TV barges into the Harvard Club where Deborah was running A2V (NY) and approaches Deborah about turning A2V into a show.

2015:  A2V moves online with quarterly summits + remains strong with daily deal-making via the coveted A2V Google Group.

2016:  A2V grows to 30K women in the US + Europe.

2018:  A2Vers want more time together so retreats begin.  

2020:  A2V remains strong throughout the pandemic.

2025:  A few C-Suite executives of the Fortune 100 ask Deborah to elevate A2V to the next level.

A2V's Secret Sauce?  Simply put:  

1. We cross pollinate industries and geography to maximize each other's networks;  
2. We get women to invest in themselves + be transactional;
3. We mandate that women have an ask everyday in her own life; and,
4. We mandate that women offers 3x/month to others.

The Rules

We are a referral-based community.  And for now, we do not have an application process, as we want to engage the accomplished women who want to be a part of the Alley to the Valley community, but....

Each A2V member commits to:

• Posting at least one ask a month

• Making an Offer 3x/month

• Refers in one new member per quarter....

Otherwise, her membership is not renewed for the following year.