Sentences with phrase «by leading women»

American philanthropist Barbara Lee has just donated 20 works by leading women artists to the Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art

For example, this week's «Book at Bedtime» is Engleby by Sebastian Faulks, the Book of the Week is Peeling the Onion by Gunther Grass, and the Afternoon Reading is a series of five crime stories written by leading women writers.

Not exact matches

These power centers are starting to have an impact, both through their investments and by convincing others that companies led by women are an undervalued asset class — one that will deliver superior returns.

Now, both the SPD and the Christian Democrats — both parties in the country's ruling coalition — will be lead by women for the first time (the other woman is, of course, Chancellor Angela Merkel).

Women own about 36 percent of U.S. businesses; just 10 percent of Inc. 500 companies are led by wWomen own about 36 percent of U.S. businesses; just 10 percent of Inc. 500 companies are led by womenwomen.

Like most VC firms, its goal is to make smart bets and earn strong returns — but that's exactly why 40 % of the portfolio companies in Aspect's first fund were led by women.

Morneau's group of extraordinary men (six) and women (six), led by Dominic Barton, the head of global consultancy McKinsey & Co., appears destined to receive a certain amount of criticism.

The presumptive Democratic nominee enjoys the largest gender gap in recorded history, with a recent Pew Research poll showing her leading among women by 24 points.

Women - led teams received just $ 1.9 billion of the total $ 85 billion invested by venture capitalists in 2017, which is just 2.2 percent of the year's total, according to data from VC database PitchBook, an M&A, private equity, and VC database, reported by Fortune.

She put together a report, called Project Diane, to show just how much venture capital goes to women of color, and the results are bleak: Of 10,284 venture deals funded from 2012 to 2014, just 24 were with startups led by black women.

Only 2.7 percent of venture - funded companies are led by women, according to a 2014 report by Babson College.

Pulled from this year's Inc. 5000, here are 10 Los Angeles - based companies led by some of the hardest working women in business.

Less heralded by history was a group of six women who worked in wartime secrecy at the University of Pennsylvania, where John Mauchly and Presper Eckert led a team that was building ENIAC, the world's first programmable, all - electronic, general - purpose computer.

Currently, only 3 % of America's venture capital - backed startups are led by women, and only about 4 % percent of US - based venture capital investors are women.

Digitalundivided is a nonprofit that helps provide networks, coaching, and access to capital to tech startups led by women of color.

And this concerted, targeted effort led by CEO Klaus Kleinfeld resulted in a 3.2 percentage point bump in executives and a 2.7 percentage point increase in women in professional and plant manager roles.

Sure, Wonder Woman is an Amazon, but she leads like the best female disrupters — by taking the time to understand the people in her world.

Under reforms led by 32 - year - old Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the government is easing many of those restrictions, and also plans to lift a ban on women driving next year.

-- based leadership training firm Lead by Design knows a woman in her 50s with a master's degree in IT sciences who recently interviewed for a tech position.

This fall, the company — doubtlessly aware that young people distrust brands that don't give back and eager to signal its commitment to gender equality — launched what it calls the 50/50 Founders» Fund, donating a dollar from each sale to a pool of seed money evenly distributed between startups led by men and women.

A 1994 Pentagon policy preventing women from serving in combat was rescinded in 2013 by then - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, and ultimately led to the current DoD head Ash Carter making the historic change.

The list, compiled by ALPFA, prioritizes women leading large public companies with significant operating roles, rather than C - level staff roles.

We are living in an enormous fabric of life, where anti-poverty measures may create new pressures caused by excess consumption; where methane emissions increase if we eat more beef or throw food waste in a landfill; where drought leads to forest fires and more carbon; where marginalizing women makes communities less resilient.

The southern capital has long been recognized for its wealth of Fortune 500 companies, and it's now home to 10 of the fastest - growing, private businesses led by women.

BabyCenter, which is still the leading site for pregnant women and new parents, was started by two guys without kids — so we needed to go out and try to understand what it's like to be a pregnant woman.

She founded a VC fund that's investing in portfolio companies led by women, and is creating a platform to empower and better equip female entrepreneurs.

A recent study from Babson College found that venture capital firms with female partners are more than three times as likely to invest in companies with female CEOs than firms led by all - male teams, but the percentage of women in the VC industry has dropped from 10 % to 6 % since 1999 — and only 2.7 % of VC - backed companies have a female CEO.

Tech entrepreneur Ingrid Vanderveldt shares the story of her early struggles, professional success and personal growth that led to an audacious plan to help a billion women entrepreneurs by 2020.

Rosé has been a stronger selling wine in the U.S., a trend that has been led by increased consumption among women.

Richelieu Dennis is the founder of Essence Ventures, and also the CEO of Sundial Brands, a leading haircare and skincare company that caters to women of color and was recently acquired by Unilever.

U.S. health officials have concluded that Zika infections in pregnant women can cause microcephaly, a birth defect marked by small head size that can lead to severe developmental problems in babies.

The budget also included $ 105 million over five years to regional development agencies to support investment in businesses led by women and $ 10 million over five years to connect women with expanded export services.

Noel's findings led to a revamping of the trustee system, and the knowledge provided by one of the inmates even led to the arrest of a woman who tried to sneak drugs into the jail shortly after filming ended.

Her company is the fastest - growing company led by a black woman on the 2016 Inc. 5000.

Published by Alfred A. Knopf Inc., «Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead» will be launched Thursday with a reception in New York City hosted by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Arianna Huffington.

Assuming I got along with both CEOs and enjoyed working with either of them equally, but the number of women - led ventures receiving venture investment was still disproportionately less than their male counterparts, I would probably invest in the venture led by a female CEO.

According to a study led by Alison Wood Brooks of Harvard Business School, men and women are more likely to be influenced by a business pitch if it is delivered by a man — even if the exact same words are spoken by a woman.

I don't invest in women - led ventures just because they are led by women.

When women - led ventures are underrepresented in terms of securing venture investment, I will have the propensity to direct investment dollars towards high potential ventures led by women.

I've passed on opportunities to invest in ventures where I didn't trust the CEO or felt the relationship lacked alignment or the problem or solution presented wasn't compelling - these were led by women and men.

Brad Feld, founder of Incubator Techstars, estimates that women - led companies now make up around 10 percent of TechStars» portfolio, and that companies led by immigrants or minority entrepreneurs make up another 10 percent — but of course they can only work with what teams choose to apply.

(That initiative is being directed by Liz Roaldsen, another Leading Woman.)

According to Bloomberg and research by Lesa Mitchell and Professor Vivek Wadhwa, women - led high - tech startups are more capital efficient, achieve 35 percent higher return on investment, and generate 12 percent higher revenue than male - owned companies when venture - backed.

In meetings led by men, women would echo key points made by female colleagues and be sure to attribute them to the original speaker.

One of them is Vicki Saunders, whose startup, SheEO, aims to raise capital from ordinary women (by definition, people outside the usual capital networks) to finance female - led companies.

In the film Wonder Woman, a band led by the eponymous hero fight and win a battle at a place called No Man's Land.

Entitled Women Entrepreneurs 2014: Bridging the Gender Gap in Venture Capital, the study was conducted by Babson professors leading the Diana Project ™, a program founded in 1996 to research women - led businesses globWomen Entrepreneurs 2014: Bridging the Gender Gap in Venture Capital, the study was conducted by Babson professors leading the Diana Project ™, a program founded in 1996 to research women - led businesses globwomen - led businesses globally.

Rent the Runway, a website that lets women rent and return designer dresses for special events, raised $ 60 million in a series D round of financing led by Technology Crossover Ventures in December 2014.

Led by corporate members, it certifies firms that are at least 51 % owned, managed and controlled by women and connects them with the growing global demand from corporations and the public sector for diverse and innovative suppliers.

In summary, two - thirds of women - founded companies are led only by women or are co-founded with one male founder.