An entrepreneur's transforming moment
Given that she started with a trunk show in Austin, Texas, in 2003 and generated more than $100 million in revenues last year, Stella & Dot CEO Jessica Herrin chose a fitting theme for her 2011...
View ArticleWill the next Facebook be founded by a woman?
There is no shortage of female entrepreneurs. But where are the women who think really, really big? FORTUNE -- Ever wonder why there 's no female Mark Zuckerberg? It is, after all, the era of the...
View ArticleThe Steve Jobs route to building a startup
I met Steve Jobs only once--back in 2007 when he came to Fortune to demo the iPhone. What a thrill when he walked into the conference room and took the empty chair next to mine. Over the next 90...
View ArticleWhy Silicon Valley’s ‘NFL moment’ may never happen
The Ray Rice case of Silicon Valley may never come. Last week, The Wall Street Journal posted a column headlined with a timely question: Will Silicon Valley Have Its NFL Moment? The article explores...
View ArticleWhy age 40-44 is the sweet spot for women in business
The complaints each year are by now predictable. A few sample tweets since last week: “Why so few women on the #Fortune40?” “We need more women on this list.” “Astounding… Less than half? Wake up.” I...
View ArticleWomen’s Entrepreneurship Day: Time to debunk some myths
Cynthia Breazeal has never considered herself a woman entrepreneur. An entrepreneur? Yes. A leader? Certainly. But gender really has never come into play as she expanded her company Jibo, the maker of...
View ArticleTory Burch schools Bank of America on small business
Before Tory Burch opened her first boutique in 2004 on Elizabeth Street in Manhattan, she designed clothes in her very own kitchen. Now Burch’s eponymous global brand has more than 125 freestanding...
View ArticleThis woman says a 10-minute spot on QVC catapulted her company
This post is in partnership with Entrepreneur. The article below was originally published at Entrepreneur.com. By Geoff Weiss Talk about a make-or-break moment. Upon learning that QVC had finally...
View ArticleThink there aren’t women in bitcoin? Think again.
The bitcoin community--the developers, executives, venture capitalists, policy wonks, academics, and even bloggers who work in, engage with, and support the decentralized technology and the digital...
View ArticleA huge percentage of Etsy sellers are women
Take a look through the names of Etsy store owners online and you’ll notice something cool: They’re nearly all run by women. In fact, 86% of Etsy ETSY businesses have female owners, according to a...
View ArticleThe first ever White House Demo Day focuses on female entrepreneurs
If you think pitching your business to VCs sounds intimidating, just imagine pitching it to the Investor-in-Chief. Today is the first ever White House Demo Day, a gathering of more than 90 startup...
View ArticleMeet 3 surprising startups trying to change the face of the beauty industry
Being an entrepreneur is tough. Being an entrepreneur in the beauty space--where hundred of companies compete over the highly coveted yet extremely limited space in a women’s makeup bag--may be even...
View ArticleTyra Banks has an unusual trick to avoid feeling intimidated
If you need to fake confidence when speaking with someone important, look at their forehead instead of into their eyes, former supermodel Tyra Banks suggests. The trick, according to Banks, is a sure...
View ArticleThis new store promises to help women with the impossible: looking cool at work
The Thursday work dress. Every woman has at least one: The dress you wear to the office when you have a social event to go to afterwards, but don’t want to look too, well, office-y. But why shouldn’t...
View ArticleTory Burch is Offering Big Money to Women Business Owners
Tory Burch wants female entrepreneurs to embrace ambition and grow their businesses. And she's offering more than just words of encouragement: Her foundation will provide one lucky business owner...
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