Female Founders

How Edan Adan Ismail became an advocate against FGM. Edna Adan Ismail was born on September 8, 1937, in Hargeisa, British Somaliland. She was the daughter of a prominent Somali medical doctor and was one of five children but two died at birth. During her early years, girls were not…

It’s been a few years since I became a venture capitalist. Previously, I was a consultant in financial services, an early-stage startup employee, and a founder. …

Guest blog from Moojan Asghari, Thousand Faces Co-founder and CEO Thousand Faces is a reward-based crowdfunding platform powered by Partisia Blockchain. It aims to address funding gaps and support impact-driven female founders. With only 1.9% …

…You already have all the tools you need right now to do this. You will learn everything else you need as you go. I had a mentor tell me, before I signed my first client, that I had to recognize my value first. I had to believe the client was…

Branding plays a crucial role in the success of any business, regardless of its size. For solopreneurs — those brave individuals who take on the challenges of entrepreneurship alone — effective branding is even more critical. A strong brand helps establish credibility, attract customers, and differentiate oneself from the competition…

Paige Arnof-Fenn is the founder & CEO of global marketing and digital branding firm Mavens & Moguls based in Cambridge, MA. Her clients include Microsoft, Virgin, The New York Times Company, Colgate, venture-backed startups as well as nonprofit organizations. She graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Business School. …

Started in the School of Global Studies in Bangkok, to an internship with MIT in the middle of an organic farm in Sisaket, to co-founding a company together from our family’s garage and redefining Thailand’s food system out of the pandemic, to making it on Forbes 30 Under 30, and…

In 2022, women in the UK established over 150,000 new companies — more than twice as many as in 2018. (source Rose Review Progress report 2023) One-fifth (20.5%) of all new company incorporations in 2022 were all-female led, up from 16% in 2018. That’s a significant leap and is driven…

The reality of being a founder, mother and advocate for a better life. For those that don’t know, I’m an indie founder, mother to 5 and I’ve also unschooled my kids for the past 12 years. I grew Ministry of Testing to “7 figures” and then handed it over to someone else to run. It’s honestly been a non-stop journey with little time…