Sentences with phrase «women entrepreneurs raise»

New research from Female Founders Fund confirms a trend that first popped up about six months ago: Relative to women entrepreneurs raising money in other parts of the country, women in New York are killing it.

Not exact matches

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.»

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.

By contrast, women who raise A rounds in the Bay Area, «tend to have more technical backgrounds and many are serial entrepreneurs who have raised venture capital while running other companies.»

It used lifestyle imagery to raise awareness and start conversations by showcasing content featuring a woman's mastectomy scars, as well as a wealthy female entrepreneur managing a greenhouse full of cannabis plants.

And the number of New York women entrepreneurs who raised the next stage of institutional funding — the Series B — more than doubled in 2016.

Agrawal — who recently raised $ 500,000 of funding for Tushy, her bidet venture — is slated to speak on March 23 at the New Orleans Entrepreneur Week's Women's Summit, directly following a discussion on «Navigating Sexuality at Work: Finding the Line Between Harmless and Harassment.»

New Delhi - based intra-city bike and car - pooling startup Pooltoo, headed by three women entrepreneurs, have raised an undisclosed amount in seed funding from Devika Ganesh, a high - net - worth individual.

It's easier for a 25 - year - old male entrepreneur with average ethics and average execution to raise more funds than a woman entrepreneur.

Entrepreneur Vinita Gupta wrote a powerful essay in 2010, about her experience balancing her pregnancy with her efforts to raise capital and the dilemma she has seen other women face.

Luckily, «Momtrepreneurs» across the country are starting online communities to provide a support structure to help one another — not just in the aspects of raising a family, but in offering advice so women entrepreneurs can grow their own successful businesses.

«Start Here Little Rock provides a starting point for minority and women entrepreneurs by raising awareness and providing access to the resources and support already available in the thriving startup community right here in Little Rock.»

«The first step is to raise awareness among women and minority entrepreneurs — or would - be entrepreneurs — about what tools exist and work together to increase engagement by providing access to key resources, education and support.

Since close to 821,000 women entrepreneurs contribute $ 18 billion to the Canadian economy each year, women need to continue raising the bar and raising their voice.

In the Google Hangout video directly below, author Kim Hruba contributed a portion of the funds she raised to Freedom From Hunger, a nonprofit that offers micro-loans to women entrepreneurs in the twenty - four most poverty - stricken countries in the world.

Asay also talks about her journey from Gibson Dunn litigation associate to legal technology entrepreneur and discusses the challenges she faced as a woman trying to raise capital in Silicon Valley.