Hundreds of women gathered in Atlanta on Wednesday morning to hear from speakers, participate in activities centered around branding, finance, and goal-setting, and network. But though the women were diverse in race, hometown, and age, they had one thing in common: all were business founders and owners. “Atlanta is kind of on the map already […]
A new study, released last week at CES 2019 and entitled “This is Women’s Work: Stepping Up Startup Culture”, reiterates many of the same (disappointing) insights around women’s experiences in the startup world that previous surveys have found. However, a few novel insights emerged, one being the tendency of women to employ crowdfunding as a means […]
This year’s recent Women’s Entrepreneurship Day was celebrated in 144 countries, 65 universities/colleges around the world, and at the United Nations. From reading the supportive Twitter messages and inspiring speeches, one might very well think that the oft-talked about gender gap in entrepreneurship has finally closed. But then, we took a closer look at the latest […]
Venture capital fund HealthVenture Capital has launched a new program, LeadHERs in Digital Health, to find and support women-led digital health technology companies. LeadHERs is a two-day event, taking place at Tech Square in Atlanta, culminating in a pitch competition for 8-10 selected startups co-founded or co-led by women. In addition to the pitch, the founder will […]