Sentences with phrase «with women partners»

Venture firms with a woman partner are more than three times as likely to invest in companies with women CEOs.

VC firms with female partners are more than twice as likely to invest in companies with a woman on the management team (34 % of VC firms with a woman partner versus 13 % of VC firms without a woman partner), according to Diana Report Women Entrepreneurs 2014: Bridging the Gender Gap in Venture Capital.

The Ontario Public Service has a summer dress code that allows us to dispense with suits and ties (and equivalent for women — I forget the exact language) in order that the building air conditioning may be set at a higher temperature (I think 26 degrees C.) That this is a good idea was confirmed to me today when I had lunch with a woman partner at a Bay Street firm, who said that her office is air conditioned to a temperature comfortable to men in suits — which means that women who simply wear a dressy blouse and skirt are frequently cold.

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.

Ellis and partner Nikolay Djibankov use a strategy called Gender Lens Investment, which targets companies with at least three women on their boards of directors, in the creation of a so - called «parity portfolio» for clients.

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.

They will also determine which organizations they will partner with to help build out the pipeline of women and minorities with tech - job skills.

«There was no significant difference in failure rates between women and men, between highly educated and less educated creators, between teams and individual projects, between single or partnered creators, or between creators with children and those without,» wrote Mollick in his paper analyzing the results.

Since its inception, Biz Divas has already impacted more than 10000 individuals, mentored more than 5000 women, and partnered with more than 75 corporate houses across India.

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.

Finally, I spoke to Lisa Clunie, who with business partner Jamie Robinson has started an independent, woman - owned ad agency called Joan Creative.

To compile the proposals, Wu partnered with professors from Harvard, the International Women's Media Foundation, and the social services agency Digital Sisters, which she calls «a pow - wow of high - level feminists.»

Here are just a few Partners & Spade tackled in its work with Ivanka Trump on her namesake fashion label, which includes jewelry, shoes, handbags, accessories, fragrance, and women's apparel.

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.

In 1988, along with Bob Steel and some other future Goldman leaders — former co-presidents John Thornton and John Thain, billionaire investor J. Christopher Flowers, hedge - fund manager Frank Brosens, and Gary Gensler, now head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission — Blankfein was one of thirty - six men (not a single woman) named general partners.

In one, a woman became pregnant through artificial insemination and, after the relationship deteriorated, cut off her former partner's contact with the child.

In celebration of Equal Pay Day for Black Women, I partnered with SurveyMonkey to find out Americans» opinions on the pay gap.

The magazine reports the foundation is partnering with 20 businesses and nonprofits and investing $ 70 million in women in a bid to close that gap.

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.

Gouw and Fonstad are two of the highest - profile women in the venture capital industry, with Gouw having been a partner at Accel and Fonstad a managing director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

But with recent improvements in freezing technology, «social egg freezing» — preserving the eggs of a healthy woman so she can pursue a career or find a partner — is catching on.

Unfortunately, Starbucks still has a business partner with a man who has called Mexicans rapists, stereotyped the Muslim community as terrorists, and disgraces women.

In tandem with the 100,000 Opportunity Youth Initiative, Starbucks has opened four stores with classroom and training space as part of its effort to support local economic development in diverse low - to - medium income communities across the U.S.. Each of these stores creates 20 to 25 new jobs with benefits, partners with a local women - and minority - owned supplier and contractor, and works with local nonprofits to provide job - skills training to youth.

1:1 MatchMaker is a program for Certified Women's Business Enterprises (WBEs) to have a pre-scheduled, one - on - one meeting with a WBENC National Corporate or Government Member and / or their prime suppliers / key business partners to explore sourcing opportunities.

Partnering with Women's Enterprise Centre and Alberta Women Entrepreneurs from Canada, Astra is bringing you more networking and business opportunities to expand your business globally!

She described her months with Trump the way that kind of woman would describe her romance with the investment banker or law partner she married: She loved that he was «an interesting person; he's brilliant»; she was attracted to his good looks and «great posture.»

WBENC, a national 501 (c)(3) non-profit, partners with 14 Regional Partner Organizations to provide its world class standard of certification to women - owned businesses throughout the country.

As part of its commitment to investing in the community and partnering with women - and minority - owned businesses, Starbucks is also working with Rachel Bernier - Green, owner of Laine's Bake Shop, to supply a Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownie to the store in Englewood.

In fact, she credits the success of ISHR Group with bringing on two amazing women business partners, defying the notion that «friends can't be business partners and business partners can't be friends.»

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.

To find out, Fortune partnered with Great Place to Work to understand what it is women are looking for in the workplace.

She's already partnered with Aspect Ventures, a San Francisco - based VC firm founded by two women.

Along with partner, MPWM Theresia Gouw Ranzetta, her company, Aspect Ventures, is one of the few women - led venture capital firms in Silicon Valley.

Rob Kron honors Women's History Month with advice on navigating your finances whether with a partner or going...

Going forward, our early achievement in building a reporting infrastructure will make it possible for the partners to continue to track and measure their spend with women - owned businesses and other underutilized groups of suppliers.

WBENC partners with 14 Regional Partner Organizations (RPOs) to provide its world - class standard of certification to women - owned businesses throughout the country.

«We are proud to honor 20 Top Corporations for their world - class leadership in partnering with women's business enterprises to sustain innovation in this country and fuel our economic growth,» said Linda Denny, president and CEO of WBENC, the leading authority on and advocate for women's business enterprises (WBEs) as vendors and suppliers to the nation's leading corporations.

Women Who Tech partnered with polling firm Lincoln Park Strategies to anonymously survey 950 tech employees, founders, and investors globally on their experiences in the tech sector because very little data has been gathered.

If your company would like to get behind Startup Runway Foundation's mission to connect professional investors with top minority entrepreneurs, find out more and meet our growing community of hundreds of women and minority - led startups and corporate partners.

Self - registration is a unique opportunity for women business owners to enter the WEConnect International eNetwork and partner with other women owned businesses.

Theresia Gouw, whom Time magazine has dubbed one of the 10 most powerful women in technology, is leaving Accel Partners to team with Jennifer Fonstad, who has advised much of the international investing for Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

In the venture capital world, it's similarly staggering, with 4.2 % of deal - making partners in venture capital and 3 % of venture - backed company CEOs being women.

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.

But it will take more than wealthy individuals to fund venture capital funds with women general partners.

By Ellen Chang Nov 15, 2017 3:56 PM EST The number of venture capital firms led with female partners or by women is rising, a positive -LSB-...]

We're proud to partner with WEN to help women across the Kansas City area achieve financial independence.»

Grameen America, a leading nonprofit microfinance organization, announced yesterday (Feb. 21) that it is partnering with Citi and Mastercard to provide financial technology solutions that will assist low - income minority women entrepreneurs.

Sara T Brand and Kerry Rupp, general partners of True Wealth Ventures, shared some powerful statistics regarding women as investors — with their investing characteristics and the influence they have on the markets from investable assets to everyday purchases.

She said while some partners are contributing directly with funding, others are providing training or «purchasing power,» meaning they will commit to purchasing products from women - owned businesses.

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.