Sentences with phrase «only woman founder»

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

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

Though only 1.3 % of all privately held companies have a female founder, 6.5 % have a female CEO, and 20 % have one or more female C - level executives, these high - ranking women of the start - up world weren't evenly distributed, according to the report:

Women create the majority of Canada's new businesses, yet they receive only 7 % of venture capital, according to Vicki Saunders, the Toronto - based founder of SheEO, an organization that recruits wealthy women to back female entreprenWomen create the majority of Canada's new businesses, yet they receive only 7 % of venture capital, according to Vicki Saunders, the Toronto - based founder of SheEO, an organization that recruits wealthy women to back female entreprenwomen to back female entrepreneurs.

The number of women, African - Americans and Hispanics employed at companies such as Google, Facebook and Yahoo lag far behind the U.S. work force as a whole; meanwhile, only 3 percent of venture funding is earmarked for female founders, and founders of color claim less than 1 percent, according to U.S. chief technology officer Megan Smith.

In the United States, 1,864 male founders have received VC funding, compared to only 141 women.

With that as her goal, Herrera was accepted into the Founders Institute incubator — the only woman in her 2010 class.

Those are some of the findings from the latest research conducted by the Female Founders Fund, an early - stage, New York City - based fund that invests only in women entrepreneurs.

And the information that they'll need will not only cover the basics but also emphasize «more relationship - oriented and life - stage topics than bottom - line transactions,» says Liz Davidson, founder and CEO of Financial Finesse, a company in San Francisco that's dedicated to serving women's investment needs.

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.

According to PitchBook, women founders won only 2 percent of venture capital dollars invested in 2017, while all - male teams walked away with 79 percent of the pot.

[01:30] Introduction [02:30] Tony welcomes Alexandra [03:40] Launching in 2007 — it came from a place of passion [04:25] Establishing clear roles among founders [05:40] Flexing her multilingual skills in business [06:25] Adjusting how you speak to someone based on their objectives [08:10] The secret to Gilt's growth [09:20] Building a business that would thrive during winter [10:20] Finding the capital to purchase inventory [10:40] Moving from venture to private equity funding [11:20] It's all about smart money [11:40] The future of traditional retail [12:20] The subscription model [12:40] Catering to the time - starved customer [12:55] Bringing services into the home [13:10] Leaving Gilt to lead Glamsquad [16:10] Glamsquad started as an app [17:10] Vetting employees [18:10] Building trust with customers [19:00] Taking massive action — now [20:20] Launching the first sale on Gilt — without a return policy [21:30] Fitz [22:00] The average person wears only 20 % of their wardrobe [23:00] Taking the time to understand your customer [23:20] Challenges as a woman in business [24:40] Advice to a female entrepreneur that's just getting started [25:25] The importance of networking [25:50] Knowing the milestones to hit along the way

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

In 2009, only 9 % of startups had a women founder.

«It is not good enough that only 5 % of our founders and CEOs are women.

Just 7 percent of partners at the top venture capital firms are women, and only 17 percent of startups have a female founder, according to Crunchbase studies.

There is a similar delta with the venture capital investments into women: only 2.19 % of total venture dollars globally in 2016 went to startups with female founders.

Women Investors: While only 4 % of venture capital partners are women, women VC's are 2x as likely to invest in a company with women founders, and 3x more likely to invest in a womanWomen Investors: While only 4 % of venture capital partners are women, women VC's are 2x as likely to invest in a company with women founders, and 3x more likely to invest in a womanwomen, women VC's are 2x as likely to invest in a company with women founders, and 3x more likely to invest in a womanwomen VC's are 2x as likely to invest in a company with women founders, and 3x more likely to invest in a womanwomen founders, and 3x more likely to invest in a woman CEO.

«There's a myth out there that women only know how to invest in women's products,» said Cindy Padnos, founder of Illuminate Ventures.

Not only is she a popular author and speaker, she's also the founder of IF: Gathering, a conference with a mission to «equip and unleash the next generation of women to live out their purpose.»

According to the Australian Women in Wine founder Jane Thompson, only 10 % of the Australian wine industry is made up of women winemakers, despite an equal split between the sexes of winemakers leaving oenology and viticulture couWomen in Wine founder Jane Thompson, only 10 % of the Australian wine industry is made up of women winemakers, despite an equal split between the sexes of winemakers leaving oenology and viticulture couwomen winemakers, despite an equal split between the sexes of winemakers leaving oenology and viticulture courses.

I have only had the good fortune to meet two of the Founders in person, Edwina Froehlich and Marian Tompson, but the importance of all seven of these women to my life — both my career as an anthropologist and my experiences as a mother — can not be overstated.

Sharon is a founder of the BAM Bloggers at Midlife conference, the only conference focusing on midlife women who blog.

Samantha Montpetit - Huynh is the mother of two beautiful girls and the founder of Core Expectations — Toronto's only full service wellness team that delivers personal training, abdominal rehabilitation and other support services to the homes and offices of pregnant women and new moms across the GTA.

But even in this population only 2 percent of women carry any of these three so - called «founder» mutations, the FDA said.

The founder of the shell model, Maria Goeppert Mayer, is the only woman theoretical physicist to win the Nobel prize for physics.

Heather runs the popular site EatRealFoodNYC.com and is the founder of the women's only Treehouse Retreats.

WhatsYourPrice Reveals Perfect Woman for New York Males (NewsLI) Brandon Wade, CEO and Founder of WhatsYourPrice: «Of all the major cities surveyed, New York is the only one to value Brown - eyed girls the most, women who are also educated (Master's Degree) and lead social lives (Social Drinker) also constitute as «The Perfect Woman,» according to male New Yorkers.»

There's simply a social stigma attached to it, says Nermin Jasani, the founder of the women - only friend - finding site Lumelle.

Markus Frind, dating site founder: «Of its 3.3 million UK users, only 6,041 women are seeking an «Intimate Encounter» on internet dating website Plenty of Fish.

Of its 3.3 million UK users, only 6,041 women are seeking an «Intimate Encounter» on internet dating website Plenty of Fish (POF), said founder Markus Frind, who has announced the company will be rooting out fake and sleazy profiles.

Whitney Wolfe on Forbes Wolfe is the founder and CEO of Bumble, a dating app that only allows women to initiate contact.

Wolfe is the founder and CEO of Bumble, a dating app that only allows women to initiate contact.

Miller is the founder of Rebelle Rally, a women - only off - road competition, and also has an impressive number of professional racing awards and accomplishments to her name.

Camp founder Dustin hires only positive, inspirational women, and the energy is felt by everyone that attends our camps.

«If Only Bella Abzug Were Here» acknowledges congresswoman and activist Bella Abzug, founder of WEDO (the Women's Environmental and Development Organization) and celebrated for her trademark big hats.

Becoming part of the Beat scene, she was the only woman among the founders of the legendary Six Gallery, where Allen Ginsberg first read «Howl» to a public audience.

Opening: «If Only Bella Abzug Were Here» at Marc Straus Equal rights activist and Women's Environmental and Development Organization (WEDO) founder Bella Abzug is the subject of this group exhibition, which is jam - packed with an amazing lineup of women artists, including Nicole Eisenman, Anj Smith, Ann Craven, Holly Coulis, Sarah Crowner, Shirin Neshat and otWomen's Environmental and Development Organization (WEDO) founder Bella Abzug is the subject of this group exhibition, which is jam - packed with an amazing lineup of women artists, including Nicole Eisenman, Anj Smith, Ann Craven, Holly Coulis, Sarah Crowner, Shirin Neshat and otwomen artists, including Nicole Eisenman, Anj Smith, Ann Craven, Holly Coulis, Sarah Crowner, Shirin Neshat and others.

The NBA's 12 original founders included a single woman, Gertrude E. Durden Rush, who, in 1918, became the first women of color, and only the second woman ever, to practice law in Iowa.

Legaltech founders have surprisingly low diversity (as noted, only 5 % are black / Latinx), which is especially problematic given that the justice gap disproportionately affects women, immigrants, and minorities.

Morin — who's one of only 16 percent of venture - backed tech founders who are female — said she organized the event because she was «pissed off» to see that many women were missing out on a new kind of investment.