Once thought to be a dying art form, the written verse has been revived on social media. Martin Friel talks to Tene Edwards, one of the many bards of the modern era turning the art form into an industry
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.
I collect my moments of rejection like a millennial might have collected baseball cards or Beanie Babies back in the '90s. They are as much a part of me as any moment of success, and I wear them proudly, showing off emails, text messages, and letters from companies and people who have told me no over the years, to anyone who comes over to my house.
Lindsay Medoff, the CEO of Suay Sew Shop, a 30-employee boutique Los Angeles clothing manufacturer, wants the armies of people sewing homemade surgical masks to add a specific blue shop towel inside them.
The fight for women's pay equality has raged among activists, celebrities, and lawmakers for nearly half a century.
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.