Sentences with phrase «with woman founders»

There is an upward trajectory in the percentage of startups with woman founders who receive funding.

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 woman CEO.

Not exact matches

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

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

Each young woman conducted five, 5 - minute one - on - one interviews with high - profile business leaders, including Johnson & Johnson Group Worldwide Chairman Sandi Peterson, Instagram COO Marne Levine, Ulta Beauty CEO Mary Dillon, and Build - A-Bear Workshop founder Maxine Clark.

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.

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.

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

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

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 woWith 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 wowith these incredible women.

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

«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.

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.

As a former Goldman Sachs VP and the founder of women's networking group 85 Broads, which paired young women with established execs, Hanson's been around both the old and new guard of female leaders.

When women founders are asked the same question, however, 29 % attribute the disparity to unconscious bias in hiring and promotions, with another 23 % blaming the lack of role models.

We can use the tech sector as an example: when asked why women and minorities are underrepresented in tech startups, 49 % of male founders say that there aren't enough women in the pipeline with another 8 % of male founders blaming low recruitment into college STEM programs.

«If the company has a quirky and eccentric culture, consider wearing a vintage T - shirt over a dress or with a skirt — paired with clean sneakers,» says Whitney Casey, founder and CEO of Finery, a wardrobe operating system that helps women find their perfect outfit.

The Vancouver, Canada - based company's fall from grace began with the embarrassing revelation that some of its pants were see through and the non mea culpa of founder and chairman Chip Wilson, where he claimed in November that «some women's bodies just don't actually work» for the clothing.

Interview with Ankita Vashistha - Founder of India's and Asia's first venture capital fund that promotes women entrepreneurship

As a busy Manhattan executive and workout guru, founder of the DB Method Erika Rayman wanted to create a product for women who were frustrated with doing boring exercises and never seeing any results.

«Women make the majority of purchase decisions for almost every product category in the marketplace, and that includes automotive, electronics, and insurance,» says Kat Gordon, founder and Creative Director of Maternal Instinct, a marketing agency focused on helping brands connect with the mom market.

Zak is a female founder with a product for women — she's able to understand a large part of the problem.

Along with other female venture capital partners, Lee is launching Female Founder Office Hours — a series of events at which investors will talk with and advise women entrepreneurs in one - on - one sessions.

The Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO appears with his tummy painted (like a yo - yo)-- along with more than 100 pregnant women who had their bumps transformed for «The Belly Art Project,» a coffee table book put together for charity by billionaire Spanx founder, Sara Blakely.

Here's Lucila McElroy, the founder of life - coaching company WeAreMomentum.com, explaining just how powerful this approach can be (if you can stomach it): «Not long ago, I had a business meeting scheduled with a woman whom I found intimidating.

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

... Jane Wurwand, founder of the skin care company Dermalogica, is teaming with the microfinance platform Kiva to launch FITE, a provider of microloans to women.

In this episode, we spoke to Evolvin» Women founder Assia Riccio, who shares with us her thoughts on starting up a social enterprise, and how Dubai Startup Hub's Market Access program helped open doors for her in terms of taking her business forward.

«I happen to be fortunate to work with some very ambitious, successful and dynamic women founders and I know that as they think about the future, they may be serial entrepreneurs, but they also see [that investing] is interesting.

Take the underrepresentation of women among tech entrepreneurs together with an overwhelmingly male VC population (with their presumably dude - heavy networks and natural affinity for the types of companies that speak to men) and the result has been dismal amounts of investor dollars going to female founders — less than five percent just a decade ago.

Behind closed doors, expensive dinners co-mingle important moneymen and women with up - and - coming startup founders.

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.

In the course of an interesting discussion jam - packed with advice from the young founder, including tips on successfully bootstrapping and recommendations for some of her favorite tools for entrepreneurs, she offers young women like herself some advice on how to face their well - founded anxieties about the additional challenges that female founders still face.

With each year that passes, more women join the ranks of startup founders, bringing new technologies and ideas to the consumer and business market.

The ability to see new markets and new customers for a core technology is something that is available to founders and CEOs with more diverse skill sets, including women.

«As a result of the mentoring that I do — especially with women startup founders or young women professionals — I do get asked for coffee more than I ask.

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.

In a statement, Nick Denton, the founder of Gawker Media, who was also personally named in the Hogan suit, said: «Just because Peter Thiel is a Silicon Valley billionaire, his opinion does not trump our millions of readers who know us for routinely driving big news stories including Hillary Clinton's secret email account, Bill Cosby's history with women, the mayor of Toronto as a crack smoker, Tom Cruise's role within Scientology, the N.F.L. cover - up of domestic abuse by players and just this month the hidden power of Facebook to determine the news you see.»

The organization is leading efforts to impact these numbers directly with Female Founder Office Hours supporting women who are seeking funding, to having tech founders and CEOs commit to increasing diversity in their team, board and investors.

I know you were already featuring women founders and coworking pioneers on your podcast at the time you connected with Laura.

[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

-- 12 percent of venture rounds and 10 percent of venture dollars globally between 2010 and 2015 went to startups with at least one woman founder.

Lee has funded male founders (August, Dollar Shave Club, Philz Coffee), as well as women founders (Textio, Brit & Co., Accompany); she has also sat around many tables with her mostly male VC peers as they've discussed where best to steer startups as they've sought follow - on funding.

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

At the 2015 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit (clockwise from top left): IBM Chairman and CEO Ginni Rometty; First Lady Michelle Obama; Fortune's Pattie Sellers with Ivanka Trump, Founder and CEO, Ivanka Trump Collection; General Motors CEO Mary Barra.

And Ingrid Vanderveldt, Founder, Chairman & CEO at Vanderveldt Global Investments & EBW2020, with her mission to empower women through entrepreneurship.

Alice helps level the playing field by helping women founders connect with the mentors and resources they need to successfully launch and scale their businesses.

To turn this tide, Circular Board, the first virtual accelerator for women entrepreneurs, approached Dell in 2016 with a new idea to disrupt the startup world: What if we could build an entirely new ecosystem, designed especially for women founders?

Among the women who joined us in 2016: Jewel (performing and sharing her extraordinary story with us), Apple Head of Global Consumer Marketing Bozoma Saint John, Making a Murderer filmmakers Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi, Uber Regional General Manager Rachel Holt, Priceline EVP of Global Operations Maelle Gavet, Facebook Head of People Lori Goler, SoulCycle CEO Melanie Whelan, Accompany CEO Amy Chang, designer Rachel Roy, Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani, Joyus CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Hearsay Social CEO Clara Shih, WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon, and Lean In lead researcher Marianne Cooper, as well as top executives from leading global companies such as Airbnb, Amazon, Coca - Cola, Google, IBM, NBCUniversal, Nike, Pandora, Target, Twitter, and Walmart.