Data, data, data. It’s said to be the new currency. What is it telling you? How are you tracking it? Does it matter?
Bacteria may light up the future. Glowee, a start-up company based in Paris, France, is developing bioluminescent lights to illuminate shop fronts and street signs.
The most wonderful time of the year is just about here, whether we’re ready or not — but what the Earth is definitely not ready for is the impact the holiday season has on it.
“Safety is the biggest barrier for people who don't cycle,” British entrepreneur Emily Brooke tells Forbes. “You could be lit up like a Christmas tree, but if you’re caught in a vehicle's blind spot you can't be seen.”
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How Women With Businesses That Have Social Impact Can Raise More Venture Capital
When I first started out in business the lines were pretty clearly drawn: if you wanted to make money, you joined the corporate world or followed your entrepreneurial vision. If you were a do-gooder, you gravitated to the non-profit sector. When I founded a global economic development company back in 1999, a for-profit social enterprise, I felt like I was almost alone out there.
A New Breed of Funds Has Raised $2 Billion for Women Founders. It’s a Start
When Linnea Roberts retired in 2016 from Goldman Sachs, where she'd been a managing director, she didn't intend to become a startup investor. At a dinner the next summer, she met Bertha González Nieves, co-founder of tequila company Casa Dragones, and was surprised to learn González Nieves had no female backers. Roberts promised to find her 10 great female investors. "
How a Risk-Averse Founder Built Her Ice Cream Dream Company
Some of the best companies are born during tough economic times. Walt Disney incorporated in 1929 just as the Great Depression hit. Microsoft set up shop during the recession of 1975. Networking giant Cisco Systems started in the doldrums of the mid-80s. Similarly, Kim Malek opened Salt & Straw, her "farm-to-cone" ice cream company, in 2011 as the American economy limped out of the Great Recession.
Who’s Funding Black Startup Founders Right Now? It Should Be You
Black founders, particularly women, are making big strides. Over the past five years, businesses owned by black women grew by 50 percent, according to the American Express 2019 State of Women-Owned Businesses report.
There's been a lot of talk these past years about the need to have more women in leadership roles, yet progress is slow. Why is that? I believe it is in part because we haven't gotten to the source of what's really getting in the way: our inherited bias. And I'm not just talking about the perception of women in the workforce, but the one we women
Female VC to Women Entrepreneurs: Here’s How to Answer If an Investor Asks About Children
"It is harder for women to raise money. It just is, and it pisses me off," top angel investor Joanne Wilson has written on her blog. The numbers back her up. Even with record-breaking amounts of capital being invested in startups, just 2.2 percent of that money goes to companies led by a woman.
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Economic Independence And Breaking The Cycle Of Abuse
A big part of YWCA’s work is helping women find stability in their lives during times of crisis. Beyond that, our hope for the women we serve is that they can leave YWCA and go on to create positive change in our community.
New Brand of Innovative Hair Tools Needs Us and We Need Them
From hair creams, puddings, gels, and everything in between, when it comes to natural hair care, it’s not very difficult to find a variety of hair products to cater to your specific needs.
Gulnaz Khusainova – Founder Of The Month – Ceo & Founder Of Easysize
Gulnaz Khusainova is currently the Founder and CEO of EasySize, a data-driven company disrupting fashion e-commerce. Originally from Russia she moved to Copenhagen to start her current company, Easysize. Prior to Easysize she was a founder of 2 tech startups in e-commerce and big data (with the first company founded at the age of 19).
Half Of New Ftse 100 Chiefs Must Be Women To Hit Gender Target
One in every two FTSE 100 executive appointments over the next year will have to go to a woman if the UK is to meet targets to tackle the gender imbalance across British business by 2020, a report has warned.
What It’s Really Like To Launch A Socially Conscious Business
In a nutshell, my job involves… challenging the status quo, whether that means persuading people of the benefits of a food-sharing app, unlocking a slice of the paltry one per cent of all venture-capital investment that went to female-founded company in 2018, or building a remote-first business, I’m always doing things differently. It’s fun but exhausting.
‘Burkini’ Inventor Says Sales Have Skyrocketed On Heels Of Controversy
Aheda Zanetti, the Lebanese-Australian inventor of the swimsuit, said officials in more than a dozen French beach towns seeking to prevent women from covering up have misconstrued the purpose of the bathing suit.
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