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Pay Gap? For Women at Startups, the Equity Gap is Worse

Female employees at startups typically get less than half the amount of equity of their male peers, according to a new study, highlighting one factor that has limited women’s involvement in the Silicon Valley wealth-generating machine......»»

Category: smallbizSource: wsjSep 18th, 2018

9 startups helping moms get back to work after having kids

Getty Images Women today spend 16 more hours a week performing paid labor than they did 50 years ago, yet they spend just as much time with their children as stay-at-home mothers did in the 1970s, Pew Research shows.   Since the US .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMay 8th, 2020

Arch Grants taps Covid-19 relief fund to assist 16 St. Louis startups

Arch Grants, the local nonprofit that awards $50,000 equity-free grants to startups, has provided new funding to 16 of its portfolio companies to help them navigate the Covid-19 pandemic. The funds were distributed from the Arch Grants Relief Fund,.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 30th, 2020

Accelerator for women-owned startups expands to Dayton

A Cincinnati-based accelerator dedicated to empowering women-owned startups and small businesses has expanded to Dayton......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 13th, 2020

US Equity Futures Crash Into Red, Gold Spikes After Record Jobless Claims

US Equity Futures Crash Into Red, Gold Spikes After Record Jobless Claims Another hope-filled overnight session crushed on the shores of reality... A worse than expected and simply unp.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeApr 2nd, 2020

Billie vs. Flamingo razors — how 2 popular startups trying to change women"s shaving compare

  Billie a.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 26th, 2020

Goldman manager says virus hit may be worse than market bets

A Goldman Sachs Group Inc. asset manager who correctly predicted last year’s rally in stocks says the equity market is overly complacent about the possible damage from the coronavirus and could face... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Category: blogSource: crainsnewyorkMar 14th, 2020

Women of Influence: Courtney Horrigan, Reed Smith

Courtney Horrigan is an equity partner in Reed Smith’s Global Insurance Recovery Group and has held a number of leadership roles at the firm......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 11th, 2020

With Futures Limit-Down, ETFs Suggest Bloodbath In Stocks, Credit Is Even Worse

With Futures Limit-Down, ETFs Suggest Bloodbath In Stocks, Credit Is Even Worse In the words of CNBC, US equity futures have been stable (limit down at 5%) for hours. That joke of a comment is entirely crushed by th.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeMar 9th, 2020

Victoria"s Secret Sale To Sycamore Imminent; L Brands" Shares Pop

Victoria's Secret Sale To Sycamore Imminent; L Brands' Shares Pop Shares of Victoria's Secret parent company L Brands jumped 10% Monday on news private equity firm Sycamore Partners is close to a deal to purchase the women's li.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeFeb 10th, 2020

Is your partner hiding money secrets from you?

Men are more likely to sign on for some credit card debt when buying this year’s Valentine’s Day gift, but a majority of women think irresponsible spending and other financial infidelities in a relationship are worse than cheating. CreditCar.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsFeb 10th, 2020

New Jersey"s male-dominated politics has its #MeToo moment

Women have whispered for decades about sexual harassment and worse from some male elected officials, lobbyists and others in New Jersey politics. Now victims are leading a #MeToo wave, to swift... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Category: blogSource: crainsnewyorkFeb 7th, 2020

Where are the 2007 Dividend Aristocrats today?

There is a big misunderstanding that somehow the financial crisis was worse for dividend growth investors, than equity investors in general. This is an incorrect statement.  Dividend growth investors did .....»»

Category: blogSource: dividendgrowthinvestorFeb 6th, 2020

5 things every founder should know before they even think about raising money

Morsa Images/Getty Images Dreamers // Doers is a networking community of women entrepreneurs, creatives, and change-makers. Many of their members are founders of startups .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderJan 28th, 2020

Personalities of Pittsburgh: Alison Falk with Women in Tech PGH

Alison Falk grew up on a farm without access to the internet. Now she's president of Women in Tech PGH and fights for tech equity......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsJan 27th, 2020

Billie vs. Flamingo razors — how 2 startups trying to change women"s shaving stack up

Billie; Flamingo; Samantha Lee/Business Insider Billie and Flaming.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderJan 9th, 2020

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Hawaii among best states for wage equity between men, women

It appears that Hawaii women are slowly inching toward closing the gap in wages between their male counterparts, according to a new report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the report, Hawaii women who were working in full-ti.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsJan 8th, 2020

Meet MassChallenge’s 2020 startups in healthtech and fintech

This article first appeared on BostInno. Next year, 27 digital health startups and 34 fintech startups will be incubated by MassChallenge, the zero-equity accelerator that turned 10 this year. Beginning in January, the healthtech startups will h.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsDec 18th, 2019

TEDCO making "conscious effort" to increase investment in minority, women-led startups

None of the portfolio companies in two of TEDCO's funding programs self-reported as being minority- or woman-owned in fiscal 2019. Not all portfolio companies reported......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsDec 6th, 2019

UPDATE: Hologic to sell underperforming Cynosure business for proceeds of about $138 million

Hologic Inc. said Wednesday it has agreed to sell its Cynosure medical aesthetics business to funds managed by private-equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice for $205 million in cash. The company, which focuses on health care for women, expects to recei.....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchNov 20th, 2019

Create33 has a new way of helping tech entrepreneurs flourish

Create33 takes the work of being a tech incubator to a new level with educational programming and entrepreneurial support without charging equity to the startups in its network......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsNov 4th, 2019