The Woman's Playbook: Recent Episodes
The Woman's Playbook
As more women earn top-drawer degrees in science, technology, engineering and math, they're moving full STEM ahead their technological knowhow by remaking the models for business startups, with guests Tina and Sonny Israni, cofounders of Zoraab.com, and Supriya Hobbs, cofounder of Miss Possible.
Learn how nontech entrepreneurs can communicate with the development team to bring their startup forward, with CTO of Webgrrls International Nelly Yusupova
Launched in 2011 with funding from the Small Business Administration, the V-WISE program offers national support for women vet owners, with Army vet and V-WISE graduate Noelle Cherubim, who founded Les Artistes De Cherubim, which uses art to improve cross-cultural communications, and Me'Shae Brooks-Rolling, who directs all conferences and special events for IVMF and V-WISE
Female-friendly biz labs support next-gen role models, P2P collaboration, access to funders, digital tools and strategic blueprints for women’s innovation, with Susan G. Duffy, director of Babson College's Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership, and Brittany Lo, a recent Babson accelerator grad and founder of Beautini, a NYC makeup bar.
How women who code are dealing in a male-dominated industry with guests Ashley J. Swartz, CEO of Furious Minds, and Sabrina Mageed, BuzzFeed Product Designer.
Women typically start business with less capital than men and often end up with smaller companies and less revenue. Here are lessons in why and how to clear those hurdles, with Laura Fredricks, multimillion-dollar fundraiser/asker, and Maddy Maxey, winner of a Thiel Fellowship and founder of Crated, a design consultancy on the cutting edge of fashion and technology.
Women are launching enterprises at a faster rate than men, gaining control, independence and way more satisfaction. Are you ready to start up? With Pace Univ's Entrepreneurship Lab director Bruce Bachenheimer and serial entrepreneur Camille Hugh.
The Olsen Twins, who know a thing or two about marketing and money, just launched a fashion line for older women. Take the hint: Four out of 10 of the nation's top 3 million wealth holders are now women, says the IRS. More than a third (35%) of those women are age 50 to 65. With State Certified Business Advisor Freda L. Thomas and celebrity stylist Nancy Beltrandi.
First put on sale in June 2007, the iPhone clearly changed life forever. Next step: Developing the apps and biz model that makes hay out of the hype. With Lori Cheek, founder of Cheek'd, and Kelly Queijo, CEO, Smart College Visit.
Purpose-driven enterprises blur the line between for-profit and nonprofit, fueling the fast-rising “fourth sector.” With Andrea Lo, founder of Piggybackr.com, and Elizabeth Kulik, CEO of crowdsourcing platform ProHatch.
The rewards of sustainable products have moved well past saving on utility bills to generating significant revenue. With Sarah Shaw, CEO, Entreprenette, and Patricia A. Boswell, founder of 100% all-natural Safonique detergent.
A deep dive into explaining why women entrepreneurs don’t seem to scale the way male-owned firms do. With Northeastern Univ's management professor Jamie J. Ladge, and Samuella Becker, founder of TigressPR.