Sentences with phrase «of women partners by»

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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.

Currently, about 7 % of partners at top VC firms are women, according to an analysis by TechCrunch.

A panel of three entrepreneurs discussed the relationship between purpose and profitability in greater depth: Pocket Sun, who, as founding partner of female - focused VC firm SoGal Ventures, has a purpose of «building an empire for millennial women to invest in startups»; Eileen Gittins, a serial entrepreneur who founded book self - publishing firm Blurb and now runs Bossygrl, a mobile app meant to introduce Gen Z girls to entrepreneurship by helping them launch micro-businesses; and Cathie Reid, co-founder and current digital advisor to Icon Group, an Australian cancer - care company with annual revenue of more than $ 1.5 billion.

In an industry in which 89 % of partner - level investors are men, a venture capital firm run by three women is rare.

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.

According to a study by TechCrunch last year, 7 percent of partners at the top 100 VC firms are women.

It was founded by PR exec Audrey Gelman and business partner Lauren Kassan, and was inspired by the women's social clubs of the early 20th century.

All four of these campaigns partnered with Lean In, the nonprofit group founded by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg dedicated to advancing women in the workplace, for Equal Pay Day.

And venture is not alone; only 5 percent of the S&P 500 index has a female CEO; 3 percent of U.S. senior leadership teams are racially diverse; 8 percent of law firm equity partners are individuals of color; and 18 percent of the largest nonprofits ($ 50 million + budgets) are run by women, despite an overwhelmingly (75 percent) female employee base.

According to Justice Department statistics, 76 percent of women killed by their partners had been stalked before their deaths.

At the 29 firms founded by at least one female co-founder in the last five years, fully half of the investing partners are women.

It is interesting to note that Scale Venture Partners and Greycroft Partners, two of the firms with the highest percentage of female partners, 33 percent each, were co-founded by women, as was FlPartners and Greycroft Partners, two of the firms with the highest percentage of female partners, 33 percent each, were co-founded by women, as was FlPartners, two of the firms with the highest percentage of female partners, 33 percent each, were co-founded by women, as was Flpartners, 33 percent each, were co-founded by women, as was Floodgate.

If we single out firms that have both a high number of rounds in female - founded firms and those rounds also represent a high percentage of their total, we find a small collection of firms that share a clear attribute: The partnership was either founded by a woman and / or there is a relatively high percentage of female partners.

Only 6 % of VC partners today are women, Gates added, and a mere 3 % of companies led by women get VC funding.

And a crowning indignity was listening to a group of men from work talk about porn stars, sex shows, the Playboy mansion, and sexual - partner preferences — and then hearing them discount a talented woman CEO by saying she was only valuable as a board member because she was «hot.»

This commitment to action, lead by WEConnect International and Vital Voices, brings together a variety of partners to integrate more women - owned businesses into corporate supply chains.

Through Project Shift, a 30 - month project funded by Status of Women Canada, YWCA Canada and partners, like us at Ladies Learning Code, are working to create a safer digital world for girls and young wWomen Canada, YWCA Canada and partners, like us at Ladies Learning Code, are working to create a safer digital world for girls and young womenwomen.

Veris Wealth Partners produced the Women, Wealth & Impact report to demonstrate that «better companies are created by shifting the flow of wealth and power to women, whether we aim to lift women and girls out of poverty or bolster women's leadership and entrepreneurial pursuits» and Trillium's Investing for Positive Impact on Women report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public equiWomen, Wealth & Impact report to demonstrate that «better companies are created by shifting the flow of wealth and power to women, whether we aim to lift women and girls out of poverty or bolster women's leadership and entrepreneurial pursuits» and Trillium's Investing for Positive Impact on Women report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public equiwomen, whether we aim to lift women and girls out of poverty or bolster women's leadership and entrepreneurial pursuits» and Trillium's Investing for Positive Impact on Women report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public equiwomen and girls out of poverty or bolster women's leadership and entrepreneurial pursuits» and Trillium's Investing for Positive Impact on Women report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public equiwomen's leadership and entrepreneurial pursuits» and Trillium's Investing for Positive Impact on Women report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public equiWomen report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public equities.

Last summer, in an expose published by The Information, Caldbeck, who'd previously been an investor with Lightspeed Venture Partners, was accused of making unwanted sexual advances toward six women who said they were groped and propositioned during their professional relationship with him.

There aren't a lot of venture funds that are led by a single general partner who happens to be a woman.

General partner Tracy Warren said at the lunch, which was attended by 20 women from CVC and VC funds: «Astarte Ventures is dedicated exclusively to the health and wellbeing of women and children.»

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A 2014 study by Babson College revealed that the proportion of women partners in U.S. venture - capital firms declined from 10 percent in 1999 to 6 percent in 2014.

Female Funders is partnered with the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) to increase the ratio of women angel investors globally, by creating more accessible tools and resources for aspiring and experienced angel investors.

The stores aim to boost local economic development through the creation of new jobs and by partnering with women - and minority - owned businesses and local nonprofits to provide job skills training opportunities for youth in the community.

We now have examples from seven or eight African countries where the proportion of men and women reporting more than one sexual partner in the past year has declined significantly, and this is followed by a general decline in HIV prevalence at the national level.

Building on the Catholic emphasis on the importance of free marital consent, Luther and Calvin developed further the covenantal understanding of marital commitment, elevated the status of women, emphasized the freedom of young adults to choose their partners, helped make marriage more compassionate and established marriage as a civic institution regulated by secular law yet also blessed and given meaning by the church.

All we need do is demonstrate honestly the true role of Mary Magdalene in the story of redemption, the apparent fact that she was Jesus» partner, wife or lover, his favorite disciple, a full member of a revolutionary community created by One who considered men and women equal.

All we need do is demonstrate honestly the true role this woman had in the story of redemption, the apparent fact that she was Jesus» partner, wife or lover, his favorite disciple, a full member of a revolutionary community created by One who considered men and women equal.

But of course this woman was caught at her business (as was her male partner, though he apparently wasn't accused) after Jesus had come to Jerusalem, and Magdalene was supposed to have been reformed by then, so other myths say.

95000 mostly women are murdered in the USA by their partners because of extra marital affairs or affairs, they are murdered because they feel betrayed, i ask is this not honor killing than what is it?

On the eve of his death, ministry partners, fans, and friends urgently asked for prayer on social media this weekend, offering a wave of early tributes that spread through end - times prophecy circles and chapters of Concerned Women for America (CWA), the 600,000 - member public policy organization founded by LaHaye's wife, Beverly.

Because of that week, not only was my own life changed profoundly through friendships and awakenings, but I'm proud to say that we — and I mean all of us because you have all walked this road with our family — we have partnered with incredible leaders to build a school for kids in earthquake ground zero Port - au - Prince (staffed and run by Haitians), supported a home - based village for trafficked children near the border, built a preschool for early support for these children, supported schooling and food programs in neglected villages decimated by the cholera outbreak, supported pregnant and nursing women with a fantastic maternity centre, and so much more.

The goal is to allow the coexistence of the most contradictory interpretations: maternity, contraception or abortion; voluntary sterilisation or in - vitro fertilisation; sexual relations within or outside marriage, at any age, under any circumstance, as long as one abides by the triple precept of the new ethic: the partners» consent; their health security; and respect for the woman's right to choose.Reproductive health is the Trojan horse of the abortion lobby and of the global sexual revolution.

But doing right by women (and all sexual partners) requires more than simply reversing the logic of abusers.

Similarly, the woman who upset the order of things by persuading her husband to disobedience loses the relationship of a free subordinate partner and becomes his servant, driven by a compulsive attachment (3:16).

Beautiful, intelligent, accomplished young woman, like one of my sorority sisters whose one - night stand «partner» could not be bothered to pay for her taxi ride home the morning after, or a friend of a close family friend whom I saw passed out on the floor at a fraternity house at 2 am with nothing on but her underwear, or a housemate of mine who was dumped passed - out drunk on our front porch one Saturday night by a group of male students with no knock, no doorbell, just a resounding «thud.»

Another addition to the Del Bravo line of tequila is Diva, which was inspired by conversations Large had with the wife of partner Blaine Mills about developing a tequila specifically for women.

«We are excited to partner with DSR driver, Leah Pritchett, who recently closed out her impressive 2017 season with four NHRA event titles,» stated Chris Hall, Chief Operating Officer of Talking Rain Beverage Co. «At Sparkling Ice, we were immediately inspired by Leah's career, especially as a woman making waves in such a male dominated field.

• A shorter length of hospital stay among women with pre / postpartal psychiatric disorders is strongly and positively correlated with supportiveness by their (male) partners.

During a long period of research and drafting by civil servants, the proposals were strongly opposed by a lobby of children's and women's organisations on the grounds that any change would be an invitation to violent men to abuse their partners.

I have begun reading sociologist Eva Illouz's 2012 book Why Love Hurts and while I haven't gotten too far into it, and thus will likely have a lot more to say about, Illouz says the modern world, with its deregulated of marriage markets and freedom to choose one's own partner has, made the search for love an «agonizingly difficult experience» that leads to collective misery and disappointment, which is then internalized by people — especially women — as a personal failing.

It's basically a game of «how many times can we run around mom's feet while she's cooking before she falls into a hot pot of sauce and / or gets overwhelmed by the chaos and throws a feminist rant at her partner about how she shouldn't have to cook dinner just because she's a woman (even though he totally offers to cook and she really just wants to do it).»

Chapters include: The Role of The Doula, Home Visiting, Providing Care with Caution: Protecting Health & Safety in The Home & Car, Honoring Postpartum Women and Teaching Self - Care, Easing Postpartum Adjustment, Appreciating Your Clients» Cultural Diversity by Karen Salt, Supporting The Breastfeeding Mother (Donna Williams & Opal Horvat Advisors) Newborn Basics: Appearance, Behavior, and Care, Offering Support to Partners and Siblings, Unexpected Outcomes: Caring for The Family at a Time of Loss, Nurturing Yourself by

But others thought and expected they'd be married with kids by a certain age but didn't find a good partner, as Melanie Nokin details in her new book Otherhood: Modern Women Finding A New Kind of Happiness.

I earn more than my previous partners and If I am the main provider financially then It would be nice if the man balances it out by being romantic and attentive in the relationship, then income is not so much of an issue.If the man refuses to work or only works part time then the woman may feel like she puts in more effort.

Further survey results: • 78 % of women think that being able to cook makes a man more attractive • Welsh dads seem to be doing best, where 51 % of mums said their partners get into the kitchen and cook with their kids • The North East is the region where Mums are most attracted by involved dads (98 %) • 70 % of women would prefer a meal cooked by their partner and kids to any other traditional treat.

Society isn't happy with single moms; according to a 2011 Pew Research Center study, nearly seven out of 10 said the trend toward single mothers was bad for society (although writer Tracy Mayor in Brain, Child magazine calls out the actual question asked by Pew researchers — how people felt about «more single women deciding to have children without a male partner to help raise them,» not whether they think single mothers per se are bad for society.

It isn't harder to teach yourself (whether by classes, books, a helpful sexual partner, whatever) how to understand a woman's body and be open and interested in learning what turns on each of your partners.

I happen to like porn, but a lot of women get tweaked by porn in part because they think their partner is comparing them to Jenna Jameson and other porn stars; we can be competitive — or insecure — when it comes to other attractive women, and there's just no way most of us are going to have perfect breasts and butts, and the sexual responses a porn star does.