How Bloom Founder Avery Francis Builds Inclusive Workplaces By Pauleanna Reid Thanks in part to the global stage of social media, conversations on race, identity and politics are more amplified today than ever before. Among the slew of other race-based tragedies to make headlines in recent years, the George Floyd protests of 2020 had casual Instagram users and big brands…
Why We Need to Nurture Entrepreneurship in Young Girls Existing programs that promote and support women’s entrepreneurship help address the inequality that currently exists, but they don’t reach women early enough. By Sylvia Acevedo Last month, women on college campuses around the world gathered for Women Entrepreneurship Week, an annual event that brings budding female entrepreneurs together with female startup founders…
Shelley Cable Became a CEO at 24: Here’s What She Learned By Madeline Hislop Shelley Cable says she never planned to be a Chief Executive Officer at the age of 24, but that’s exactly what happened when she was appointed CEO of Generation One at the Minderoo Foundation two years ago. In this week’s episode of The Leadership Lessons, Cable tells…
Her Creative Side Hustle Brings in $32,000 a Month This 24-year-old’s side hustle brought in over $32,000 in one month – and Harry Styles sells her designs By Megan Sauer Drawing was always a hobby for Elena Gatti, who started sketching animals at age 5. She certainly never intended to monetize the skill throughout her side hustle. Yet today, the…
Black Business Women Charting A Path In Social Entrepreneurship By Jasmine Browley When you think of entrepreneurship, often the first thing that comes to its mind is meeting profit margins, prioritizing your bottom line…or in layman’s terms, making a lot of money. This isn’t the case for every business owner. Social entrepreneurship is an approach by individuals, groups, start-up companies,…
Female Entrepreneurs Raise $15 Million For Women-Owned Businesses By Corein Carter In the United States today, there are 114% more female entrepreneurs than there were 20 years ago. With every one out of every five businesses streaming a revenue of $1 million or more being owned by a woman, Behind The Leaf — a 501(c)(3) non-profit — is assisting diverse women in…
By Jessie Tu Doing Social Good: This Melbourne Florist Supports Refugee Women to Bloom With New Skills Social enterprise has always come naturally to Jane Marx. The Melbourne-based entrepreneur was the co-founder of Long Street Coffee, a cafe that employed refugees, before creating Merchant Road Events — an events-focused social enterprise that provides training and employment opportunities to young women from refugee backgrounds experiencing barriers to…
BY LAUREN PUCKETT-POP A vocal critic of the COVID-19 pandemic’s disproportionate impact on women and marginalized communities, philanthropist and businesswoman Melinda French Gates is making renewed efforts to combat global inequity—but, this time, with a new strategy: books. In partnership with Flatiron Books, part of the larger Macmillan Publishers company, French Gates is launching Moment of Lift Books, an imprint dedicated exclusively to nonfiction about social issues…
By Garima Bora Sustainability has gained a lot more importance and attention than it did some decades ago. With the effects of climate change becoming more obvious, being sustainable has started to become more of a norm than just a lifestyle. However, it is easy to forget that our lifestyle has such practices. Mothers are often said to be the…
“Momtrepreneurship” may not be for every mother—it requires a certain skillset and there are many privileges that lead to success that many women are not fortunate enough to have. But it may not be as out of reach as you might think.
