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Female entrepreneurs. American entrepreneur, television host and media executive Oprah Winfrey receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from US President Barack Obama in 2013. Finnish entrepreneur Armi Ratia (1912–1979), founder of the Marimekko textile and home decorating company. Female entrepreneurs are women who organize and manage an ...
The barriers women face to becoming entrepreneurs are exemplified through the perspectives of existing female entrepreneurs in Kenya. Mary Okello, the executive director of a cluster of private schools called Makini schools, discussed the difficulty of accessing loans.
v. t. e. Women in venture capital or VC are investors who provide venture capital funding to startups. Women make up a small (usually less than 10%) fraction of the venture capital private equity workforce. A widely used source for tracking the number of women in venture capital is the Midas List which has been published by Forbes since 2001.
Women-owned businesses continue to fuel the U.S. economy, generating $2.7 trillion in revenue and employing 12.2 million workers. According to a 2024 Wells Fargo report, the number of...
Entrepreneurial feminism. Entrepreneurial feminism, developed from social feminism, is a theory that explains how feminist values are enacted through the venture creation process to improve the position of women in society. [1][2] Coined by Barbara Orser and Catherine Elliott, entrepreneurship is viewed as a mechanism to create economic self ...
Feminine Capital: Unlocking the Power of Women Entrepreneurs is a non-fiction book written by Barbara J. Orser and Catherine J. Elliott. The book provides insight into how the intersection between entrepreneurship and feminism is evolving. [1] The authors situate women’s entrepreneurship within the broader contexts of economics and feminism ...
The Female Lead. The Female Lead is an educational charity launched in 2015. It is dedicated to increasing the visibility of women's success stories in all walks of life and offering girls a wider selection of role models than those represented in popular culture. [1]
Prisca Anyolo, 28, is an international model, journalist, and entrepreneur. Anyolo also owns Elysian Beauty Parlour, where she empowers "young women through job creation," according to her Miss ...