From Astia, here are 10 lessons learned in raising funding for women-led high-growth ventures. By Simone Brummelhuis (Founder, TheNextWomen & VP Europe, Astia) This week, I am leading the Astia Entrepreneur Programme in New York. A very special group of 14 entrepreneurs are going through a rigourous week of panels, workshops, business clinics, in order [...]
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What Can Walmart Expect From Marissa Mayer As A Board Member?
April 17, 2012 – 9:19 am
This week, Google’s VP of Local Marissa Mayer has been nominated for Walmart’s Board of Directors. By Simone Brummelhuis (Founder, TheNextWomen) Walmart Stores announced yesterday that its board of directors has nominated Marissa Mayer, the female face of Google for election as a new member of the company’s board at Walmart’s Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on [...]
Entrepreneur Nikki Durkin Launches 99Dresses At Y Combinator
March 28, 2012 – 1:00 pm
Female-founded fashion startup launches out of Y Combinator Demo Day. By Simone Brummelhuis (Founder, TheNextWomen) Australian entrepreneur Nikki Durkin has re-launched 99Dresses at the Y Combinator Winter 2012 Demo Day. Tech pundits Robert Scoble and Ben Parr (former editor at Mashable) have already named 99Dresses their favourite company to come out of Y Combinator’s Winter [...]
20 Angel Investors-In-Training To Invest In Your Business Soon
February 1, 2012 – 3:24 pm
By Simone Brummelhuis (Founder, TheNextWomen) A new group of angel investors are entering the world of informal investments. The Pipeline Fellowship – which trains women philanthropists to become angel investors through education, mentoring, and practice – has just announced its 2012 NYC Pipeline Fellowship class: Fradel Barber Fradel is the Visionary Entrepreneur and Director of [...]
104 Million New Female Entrepreneurs In 59 Countries
December 19, 2011 – 5:00 am
By Simone Brummelhuis (Founder, TheNextWomen) Necessity drives women to start their own businesses in developing countries, new research from Babson College finds. In more-developed countries, 72% of women started businesses because they saw an opportunity for entrepreneurship. The findings, reported in the Babson Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2010 Women’s Report, show that more than 104 [...]
10 Tips For Rising to the Top and Being Influential (Dare to Dream)
October 15, 2011 – 11:59 am
By Simone Brummelhuis (Founder, TheNextWomen) TheNextWomen met up with rising talents at the Women’s Forum and talked with them about their ambitions and aspirations. Rising talents know what they want. They breed one-liners on life, such as: “You have to dare to dream”, says Suchi Mukherjee, who will start a new venture in India after [...]
10 Lessons From Starting a Business, Lots of Coffee and More
September 21, 2011 – 6:00 am
By Simone Brummelhuis (Founder, TheNextWomen) Elizabeth Hodgson is founder of Civic Boom, a startup that is building the world’s first true community and audience assignment system that connects people with stories with people who need them. A journalist, blogger, publisher or media organisation asks for stories. The audience responds directly with videos, photo, audio and [...]
Marissa Buys Nina: Google Buys Zagat
September 9, 2011 – 9:00 am
By Simone Brummelhuis (Founder, TheNextWomen) ZAGAT, the pioneer restaurant review site has been bought by Google. It was announced by Marissa Mayer, VP Local on Google’s blog as follows: With no other context, I instantly recognized and trusted Zagat’s review and recommendation. So, today, I’m thrilled that Google has acquired Zagat. Moving forward, Zagat will [...]
Never Been a Better Time for Women Entrepreneurs
May 9, 2011 – 11:05 am
By Wendy Tan White (Founder & CEO, Moonfruit) It’s been a great 12 months for our business, taking a $2.25M Series A round from Stephens(US) for international growth, backing from Silicon Valley-based 500 Startups, relaunching Moonfruit to focus on SMB’s who expect better DIY design tools to build better designed websites, record revenues and the [...]
