Sentences with phrase «of women founders»

The day is part of a growing series of events that was originally spearheaded by investor Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures and moved forward by Jess Lee of Sequoia Capital, who along with their women friends in venture wanted to work more closely with the far larger — and growing — community of women founders that has begun to form in recent years.

In a women - backed community, Gouw, a FORBES Midas lister, says it's easier to see the opportunities that exist there — and the number of women founders in venture - funded companies is climbing.

«Women control a lot of capital,» says Darya Allen - Attar, co-founder of the Women Founders Network.

Previously we reported on the steady increase in the number of women founders and the universities that produce them.

(Said Lee of the growing number of reports of women founders who've been mistreated by male VCs, «I» m pretty pissed off.»)

The EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women ™ program helps a select group of women founders rapidly accelerate their growth.

While 23 % of women founders agree that there are not enough women in the pipeline, the inclusion of implicit and systemic factors as perceived contributors suggests that we must go beyond the number of women at the table and consider how the table itself is constructed.

Not exact matches

Only 2 % of venture funding went to female founders in 2017, and just 8 % of partners at the top venture capital firms are women.

But over the past year, the company has endured a series of embarrassments: soft sales, see - through pants and insensitive comments about plus - sized woman by founder Chip Wilson.

The CEO and founder of Knixwear created a high - tech bra and underwear brand to solve the unsexy problems facing real women, without sacrificing design

The new one bills seven female keynote speakers out of 23 total, including Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen; Jane McGonigal, a game designer; and Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code, a non-profit organization that teaches software development to women.

Founders of theSkimm, Rent the Runway, and Other Badass Women Share Their Top 5 Tips for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

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Theresia Gouw, once a partner with Accel Partners, and Fonstad, formerly managing director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, founded Aspect Ventures; Aileen Lee left Kleiner Perkins to launch seed fund Cowboy Ventures; Gilt Groupe's former CEO Susan Lyne hatched AOL's BBG (Built by Girls) Ventures; serial entrepreneur Anu Duggal launched the Female Founders Fund with the express purpose of investing in women.

With a program called Radical Generosity, the founder of SheEO wants to offer a different option for women entrepreneurs seeking growth - stage funding

The daughter of late Walmart founder Sam Walton, Alice Walton holds a major piece of the company fortune, making her the richest woman on earth.

Today, she wants to send a message to female founders that they should try to dismantle stereotypes and show that women are capable and not to be dismissed, regardless of what color they're wearing.

-- Michelle Kennedy, founder and CEO of Peanut, an app which helps mobile - first mothers connect with other like - minded women

Two founders of Facebook's most popular groups for women entrepreneurs provide marketing tips on the use of social media.

«The reason for this pushback lies in many of the unconscious assumptions we all hold about women and men,» Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook and the founder of Lean In, wrote for The Wall Street Journal.

A report by Digitalundivided found that black women tech founders get approximately 0.2 percent of venture capital — statistically, zero.

She was one of many accomplished female founders who'd converged to talk about what's needed to grow women - led businesses.

Wynn Resorts, stung by allegations of founder Steve Wynn's sexual misconduct, has added three women to its board.

Chris Sacca, founder of Lowercase Capital, explains why there's a lot of money to be made by companies run by minority and women founders.

When it comes to financing business growth, the stats are grim: «Women raise 50 % less capital than men do,» explained Geri Stengel, president and founder of digital media and market - research agency Ventureneer and a Forbes columnist whose writing focuses on successful female entrepreneurs, during a breakout session, «And, often, capital means success.»

A quarter of the women in the survey are in the highest executive ranks, 11 percent are founders, and 11 percent are in venture.

Some 869 founders took the survey, of which 17 percent were women.

NEW EVENT ALERT... Female Founder Office Hours is coming to Los Angeles with a who's who of women VCs, including Sequoia's Jess Lee, USV's Rebecca Kaden, and Forerunner's Kirsten Green.

Men were more than four times as likely to say that the media has overblown the issue of sexual harassment: 22 percent of male founders believe this, versus just 5 percent of women.

Canadian companies even have a new resource to turn to in their quest for female candidates: a recruiting firm launched last year by Pamela Jeffery, founder of the Women's Executive Network.

She's also the founder and president of the Lady Spyder Ryders of America, organizing and leading daylong rides for women bikers.

Hyper - popular beauty brand Glossier was born out of founder and CEO Emily Weiss» blog «Into the Gloss,» where she profiled the beauty routines of women like Bobbi Brown and Karlie Kloss.

Venture capital firms, in particular, have long been overwhelmingly averse to funding female - run enterprises, «and I don't see a trend line for any significant change,» added Trish Costello, CEO and founder of Portfolia, a platform designed to help women invest in entrepreneurial enterprises.

Marsha Firestone, PhD, is president and founder of Women Presidents» Organization, a non-profit membership organization for women presidents of multimillion dollar companies with 93 chapters on four continWomen Presidents» Organization, a non-profit membership organization for women presidents of multimillion dollar companies with 93 chapters on four continwomen presidents of multimillion dollar companies with 93 chapters on four continents.

Raise a fund that invests in companies founded by underrepresented entrepreneurs, including women, people of color, LGBTQ company founders, or any combination of the three.

Joe Segel, founder of QVC, last year co-founded dual customized hair care brands: HairRx, aimed at middle - aged women, and Millennial - oriented Cloud 10.

Necole Parker (woman in the front row, on the left, in a suit), the founder of The ELOCEN Group, with her team.

Only 2 % of venture funding went to female founders, and just 8 % of partners at the top venture capital firms are women.

(Female Founder Office Hours is a series of events at which investors will talk with and advise women entrepreneurs in one - on - one sessions.)

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On the stage of Inc.'s Women's Summit, we hosted the great Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx and the youngest self - made female billionaire in history.

With ranks including the talented and beautiful Dasha Zhukova and the pediatrician wife of Facebook's founder, it's no wonder billionaires wanted to be with these incredible women.

President's conversation with Tumblr founder ranges from student loan debt to the tech industry's lack of women.

There is one difference, though (aside from the attendance of the President)-- today's event includes a particular focus on women and minority founders.

The app was designed by three women founders to provide information from a multitude of services and agencies in a one - step, one - stop fashion.

As reported on Inc., seventy - eight percent of women startup founders say they have been harassed or know someone who was.

«The conflation of STEM experience with ability to be «in tech» is something that seems to happen far more frequently (and reflexively) where women are concerned — yet it's a standard that is not similarly imposed on the many, many male entrepreneurs and VCs who participate in the industry,» wrote Rachel Sklar, founder of TheList.

That's unusual for any entrepreneur — but especially for a female founder, given the tiny percentage of venture dollars that go to women.

At only 25 - years - old, award - winning producer and founder of Black Bicycle Entertainment, Erika Olde is one of the youngest and most successful women in Hollywood.

To learn about the state of financing for women - owned ventures, I spoke with Vonda White, serial entrepreneur and founder of Camp Pillsbury, a Minnesota - based boarding school that White acquired after overcoming all the hurdles associated with securing business funding.