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Funding Bias: How Female Entrepreneurs Can Win the Battle in Raising Capital

In a world where female-founded companies not only match but often surpass their male counterparts in revenue growth and profitability, the stark reality remains: Women influence a staggering 85% of consumer spending with their annual $20 trillion expenditure, yet the funding landscape starkly contrasts this influence. Women experience a significant funding bias with most estimates […]

Funding Bias: How Female Entrepreneurs Can Win the Battle in Raising Capital

In a world where female-founded companies not only match but often surpass their male counterparts in revenue growth and profitability, the stark reality remains: Women influence a staggering 85% of consumer spending with their annual $20 trillion expenditure, yet the funding landscape starkly contrasts this influence. Women experience a significant funding bias with most estimates […]

From Behind Bars to Business Owners: How 3 Former Inmates Became Entrepreneurs

For many returned citizens who have served prison sentences, entrepreneurship presents a viable route to support themselves and their families. Being able to make a living also helps them avoid the staggering rates of recidivism among returned citizens in the United States. Nonprofit Inmates to Entrepreneurs teaches business basics to incarcerated individuals and to those […]

From Behind Bars to Business Owners: How 3 Former Inmates Became Entrepreneurs

For many returned citizens who have served prison sentences, entrepreneurship presents a viable route to support themselves and their families. Being able to make a living also helps them avoid the staggering rates of recidivism among returned citizens in the United States. Nonprofit Inmates to Entrepreneurs teaches business basics to incarcerated individuals and to those […]

Former Kansas City Chief Cheerleader, Krystal Anderson Died From Maternal Sepsis

Earlier this week, we mentioned the tragic death of 40-year-old Krystal Anderson, who was a former Kansas City Chief Cheerleader. Anderson passed away after delivering her stillborn daughter, Charlotte Willow, according to USA Today. What Happened To Krystal? Anderson was hospitalized starting with the 21st week of pregnancy and had undergone three surgeries while there. […]

Kathryn Finney’s Tips For Avoiding Entrepreneurial Overwhelm

While we make up 10% of the population, Black women are the fastest-growing segment of entrepreneurs in the country, according to new research by GoDaddy. Many of us romanticize the idea of running our businesses. But trust us, launching one is more than a notion. That overwhelming feeling can quickly overtake anyone entering a new […]

Kathryn Finney’s Tip For Avoiding Entrepreneurial Overwhelm

While we make up 10% of the population, Black women are the fastest-growing segment of entrepreneurs in the country, according to new research by GoDaddy. Many of us romanticize the idea of running our businesses. But trust us, launching one is more than a notion. That overwhelming feeling can quickly overtake anyone entering a new […]