More women in the United States are starting new businesses than ever before, with the first three quarters of 2021 alone seeing $40 billion raised by female-owned startups. While this is still a mere fraction of the $239 billion in venture capital invested over the...
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg announced Thursday (May 21) that the social media giant would be awarding $20 million to U.S. businesses owned by minorities, women and veterans, according to CNBC. The giveaway is based on those groups often taking the worst brunt in crises like...
On Sunday, the world will celebrate International Women’s Day for the 45th time as a global community since the U.N. first declared the global observance in 1975. In 1977, the event was crystallized into an annual occurrence by decree – though technically, women’s rights has since...
It’s not often that one gets to see a new form of retail emerge, but that’s what’s happening with, of all things, legal recreational cannabis. So far, this retail is taking a form that is big, feminine and even a bit luxurious. The “big” comes...
June 08, 2022
More women in the United States are starting new businesses than ever before, with the first three quarters of 2021 alone seeing $40 billion raised by female-owned startups. While this is still a mere fraction of the $239 billion in venture capital invested over the same time period, it is double the amount raised by […]
March 04, 2020
On Sunday, the world will celebrate International Women’s Day for the 45th time as a global community since the U.N. first declared the global observance in 1975. In 1977, the event...
May 22, 2020
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg announced Thursday (May 21) that the social media giant would be awarding $20 million to U.S. businesses owned by minorities, women and veterans, according to CNBC. The giveaway is based on those groups often taking the worst brunt in crises like the coronavirus pandemic. “We know when crises hit the most […]
May 03, 2019
Young women are spending more and more in China, driving the economy and the view of spending habits in the country, according to a report by CNBC. There’s a business...
March 08, 2017
Women entrepreneurs in Africa are on the rise, according to the Mastercard Index of Women’s Entrepreneurship (MIWE) released this week. This index is said to help enhance the understanding and...
March 08, 2017
Following the release of the Mastercard Index of Women’s Entrepreneurship (MIWE) today (Mar. 7), it was revealed that 34.8 percent of businesses in Uganda are owned by women entrepreneurs, making...
