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 1,000+ Women Entrepreneurs Raised More Than $1M Prior To COVID-19
Last year, pre-COVID-19, two of the most underserved groups—minority and women founders—were on the rise. However, “there is still a long way to go to close the gap for women of color,” Harlem Capital partners express.
How Women Entrepreneurs Can Break Into Tech Without Relying On Investors
Women entrepreneurs are hugely underrepresented in the tech startup world. As reported by the New York Times, “Only 9 percent of apps are created by women; 10 percent of innovative start-ups were founded by women.” With such woefully low numbers, I wanted to know how to help more women entrepreneurs break into tech. Before providing some ideas here, we have to first understand what the challenges are.
How To Pull Off A Successful Launch – From A Female Founder Who Has
When Sapphire Bates first had the idea for The Coven, a digital networking community that connects self-employed women all over the world, she had no real notion how she was going to turn it into a viable business.
Period Product Brand Ohne Takes Femtech To New Heights – Can Investors Do The Same?
The female-founded organic period product brand ohne is heading into its second round of investment pitching with a pledge to take femtech one step further. Rather than simply collecting data to inform people of their own cycle and fertility patterns, ohne will be using technology to highly personalise its products, community and content to each individual.
The Number Of Venture Capital-Backed Companies With Female Founders Is On The Rise
In 2018, female founders generated $26.3 billion when they exited their companies either through acquisitions or IPOs, according to the new PitchBook and All Raise report, Women in the VC Ecosystem.
Startup Accelerators Are Exacerbating Financing Gap For Female Entrepreneurs In Emerging Markets
Low-income countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, have the highest rate of female entrepreneurship compared to higher-income countries. For every ten men engaged in entrepreneurship, every eight women are doing the same in low-income countries. This is to be celebrated.
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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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