Sentences with phrase «women run firms»

There, women run firms, and all - female networks of angel investors share deal opportunities and advise one another on investments.

Not exact matches

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.

Venture capital firms, in particular, have long been overwhelmingly averse to funding female - run enterprises, «and I don't see a trend line for any significant change,» added Trish Costello, CEO and founder of Portfolia, a platform designed to help women invest in entrepreneurial enterprises.

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

Only eight percent of Canada's 100 largest companies are run by women, according to talent management firm Rosenzweig & Company.

When I was preparing to speak to a group of Black corporate directors several years ago, I was asked a straightforward question: How much money does the foundation I run invest with firms owned by women or minorities?

Aspect has since closed on a $ 150 million fund and gained some notoriety for being one of an increasing number of venture firms, run by women, willing to look at women entrepreneurs and women - run companies in a new way.

According to financial research conducted by the business consulting firm Rothstein Kass, hedge funds run by women make over three times as much money as those run by men.

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.

A VC firm founded and run by two women is something of a rarity in Silicon Valley.

One of the few VC firms founded and run by women, Theresia Gouw and Jennifer Fonstad of Aspect Ventures take a different approach to investing.

POINT 7 GROUP (P7G) is a women - owned, women run cannabis consulting firm supporting clients from coast - to - coast in the pre - and post-licensure phases with application development, MMJ facility design, and equipment selection.

That is, the firm won't have a bias toward women - run companies.

Bennett runs a Baldwin consulting firm and previously worked for former Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi and for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo as executive director of the Division of Minority and Women Business Development at Empire State Development.

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Interestingly, just after I drafted this article, I ran across an article in the Pacific Business News about a woman who had decided to start a staffing firm at age 60.

Despite efforts to boost diversity, men still outnumber women more than five to one when it comes to running global practices at the UK's top law firms.

The press release's description of a «new legal group run by 2 female lawyers,» coupled with the LadyLawyer.com website, could lead some to conclude that this is a woman - owned firm.

Fellas (because there are few women who run major firms), the bursting of the housing bubble was being discussed for years as were the ramifications.

Ghana - based firm is recognised for running programme to support women who want to have both a career and a family

It can be hard work and it can go against a woman's natural instinct, but succeeding in law — either running your own shop or being one of the most successful partners in a bigger firm — requires a bit of daring.

Despite widespread efforts to boost diversity, there are still relatively few women running global practices at the UK's top law firms.

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I also disagree with the proposition voiced on a couple of panels that women can't «run from inequality» at large firms or the entire big law institution will be left as a bastion of outdated, old boys» clubs.

«Notably, the departures will transform the firm into one run predominantly by women, who make up three of the five remaining partners.

DLA Piper The firm's Women's Network has been running for two and a half years.

Betsy is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass., where she runs a spring semester career coaching program for women law students transitioning to large - firm practice.

Henry ran the Best Law Firms for Women initiative with Working Mother for a decade.