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…
How are women reinventing the workplace? Bryant University Women’s Summit By Patricia Andreu According to Virginia “Ginny” Clarke, the business world is in the midst of an enormous transformation. Clarke, the founder of a talent and leadership consultancy, doesn’t just mean the more flexible workplace precipitated by the COVID pandemic. She sees a seismic shift in the very constructs of…
Kimbap Recipe Courtesy of Delish and JUNE XIE Kimbap—Korean rice rolls—are less of a recipe and more of a formula, but no matter how you do it, you’ll love it as a light and savory lunch with with lots of flavors and perfect crunch. INGREDIENTS FOR KIMBAP FOR THE RICE 2 c. uncooked glutinous sticky rice 2 tbsp. toasted sesame oil 1/4…
Freshly CEO Anna Fabrega On Establishing Balance When Focused On Your Career Written by Jess Cording Meal delivery services have become a convenient way to fuel your workday or make it easier to have a nourishing dinner that’s ready when you are. In the last few years we have seen a variety of new companies hit the market that feature…
Black Women in Sports Media Are Winning on Their Own Terms By Alexis Jones I don’t think women of color ever get used to feeling like an “other” in majority-white spaces. The act of walking into a room full of people who don’t look like you will always be unsettling. You’d think the experience would be extinct by now, but it’s…
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…
Asian Women in Tech Face Harsh Workplace Asian women in tech say they feel invisible and discriminated against because of their accents, a new report says. By Sakshi Venkatraman Asian women in the tech industry face an entirely different set of difficulties at work than their white peers, a new study finds. East, Southeast and South Asian women reported issues…
Why Women Aren’t CEOs, According to Women Who Almost Were It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers. By Susan Chira A year ago, dressed in suffragette white and addressing a cheering, weeping convention, Hillary Clinton stood for possibility. Now she is a reminder of the limits women continue to confront — in politics and…
Rachel Balkovec Is the 1st Woman to Manage an MLB-Affiliated Team By Rina Torchinsky Rachel Balkovec, the first woman to manage an MLB affiliated team, took home a victory for the Tampa Tarpons on Friday. Balkovec, 34, has broken glass ceiling after glass ceiling. She was the first woman to be a full-time minor league strength and conditioning coach, and later, she…
How pandemic changes to work can help ‘level the playing field’ for women, according to a female CEO By Morgan Smith Although the pandemic has had a devastating toll on women’s careers, one female CEO believes the emergence of remote work has also created new, unique opportunities for women to climb the corporate ladder. Diane Bryant is the chairman and…
