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Three reasons this summer looks good for women growing businesses

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Ruta

The 2015 Global Women Entrepreneur Leaders Scorecard was launched as part of Dell’s Women Entrepreneur’s Network event in Berlin. The 31 country data driven study sponsored by Dell Inc and produced by ACG Inc identifies and benchmarks the gendered conditions … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged africa, barack obama, Dell, Entrepreneur Leaders, female entrepreneurs, female entrepreneurship, gender, Global Women Entrepreneur Leaders Scorecard, high growth, Radical generosity, Sarah Blakely, SheEO, social norms, Tory Burch, vicki saunders, women entrepreneurs | Leave a comment

Catching the Pitch

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Ruta

Bethany Frankel was convinced of the opportunity: I want this, and I know other women will want this, so I’m going to make it But when she pitched her Skinnygirl margarita cocktail to an all male VC team, they didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Babson, barriers, Bethany Frankel, female entrepreneurs, female entrepreneurship, financing, Poshmark, Skinnygirl cocktail, social norms, Tracy Sun, USA, VC funding, venture capital, women entrepreneurs | 1 Comment

Intentions + Accountability: The winning formula for unleashing economic growth

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Ruta

Let’s say, you were hungry And then you suddenly realized, right next to you, was a bag of apples…. You would eat the apples right? So what if you are a world economy hungry for economic growth and you noticed … Continue reading →

Posted in economic growth | Tagged abenomics, accountability, christine lagarde, economic empowerment, economic growth, female entrepreneurship, female labor force participation, imf, Japan, social norms | Leave a comment

Housewives and college dropouts make great entrepreneurs! (time to drop the negative stereotypes)

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Ruta

Recently, Terry Simmonds of the UK Small Business Directory wrote an online post that caused an understandable uproar: This is a serious website for serious men with serious businesses, if you are just a little housewife running a little play … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged barriers, childcare, drop outs, female entrepreneurs, female entrepreneurship, housewives, public policy, social norms, women entrepreneurs | 1 Comment