The Female Founders Alliance didn’t exist when I started Simplicity Consulting in 2006. When I stepped away from a successful,...
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Yesterday I gave a keynote speech in front of an 80% male audience. That’s not an unusual statement. I’m a...
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If you're attending Access Seattle this year, you'll get the chance to meet people that can move your business forward....
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Inger McDowell-Hartye is the founder and creator of With Love, From PDX and With Love, From Reno, two companies built...
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Freada Kapor is a longtime investor and advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion. The Kapor Center, which she founded, invites...
Continue ReadingThe Female Founders Alliance didn’t exist when I started Simplicity Consulting in 2006. When I stepped away from a successful, 14-year career in corporate America, some people thought I was crazy. I wasn’t sure if I’d be successful out on my own, but I knew that I needed something different. I had a track record […] [...]
Yesterday I gave a keynote speech in front of an 80% male audience. That’s not an unusual statement. I’m a reluctantly frequent speaker. And I work in the tech and startup ecosystem, where most audiences are overwhelmingly male. And yet: Yesterday I gave a keynote speech in front of an 80% male audience. I am […] [...]
If you’re attending Access Seattle this year, you’ll get the chance to meet people that can move your business forward. Here’s a list of our Access Seattle VIPs. Meet Investors: Dennis Joyce – Angel Investor: Dennis is an early-stage investor and Real Estate Portfolio Manager specializing in early-stage investing, and Angel and Pre-Seed syndication. He […] [...]
Inger McDowell-Hartye is the founder and creator of With Love, From PDX and With Love, From Reno, two companies built on creating local gift collections and meaningful relationships. Inger launched With Love, from PDX in 2015 and was able to combine her passion for community and locally-made goods into a successful company, despite the many […] [...]
Freada Kapor is a longtime investor and advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion. The Kapor Center, which she founded, invites us to understand the specific needs that different groups of women, trans and non-binary individuals face and to challenge solutions that only benefit the most privileged among us. It’s a lofty and difficult goal, but […] [...]
Heidi Metz is the founder and CEO of IMANI, a platform enabling banking for the unbanked through a safe, inexpensive, cloud based mobile payment system. She has an MBA in International Marketing and Finance, and has 13 years of experience in global senior leadership roles. Connect with Heidi on LinkedIn. Tell us about your company. […] [...]
It might seem obvious now, but back when I first came up with the idea for the Champion Awards in mid-2017 — the “Oscars™ of women’s allyship” — the whole thing was honestly preposterous. FFA was tiny. We had $0. Nobody beyond a few founders in Seattle and my personal network had any idea who […] [...]
Dennis Joyce is an early-stage investor with over 15 years of experience. He has been a key ally and close friend of FFA. Tell us about the professional journey that took you where you are today. What major lessons did you learn along the way? I started my career as a real estate manager, developer […] [...]
Gabriela Alban Hidalgo is the CEO and Co-Founder of Capuli Club Tell us about your company. What inspired you to start it? My first passion, architecture, helped me cultivate a longing to make people happy with my work. In learning more about entrepreneurship I became convinced that business can be so much more than an […] [...]
The Female Founders Alliance has a brand new home. Today, we are thrilled to announce a broad national partnership with WeWork Labs, setting the stage for a meaningful collaboration that will benefit all our members — and every female entrepreneur who is a WeWork member, too. Together, FFA and WeWork labs will build a more […] [...]