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The Ladies go Gaga for Music Entrepreneurs

Here The NextWomen Events Editor, Misae Richwoods, waxes lyrical about Music4point5. ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ When it comes to the old sing-a-long, two girls who’ve been backing many an act are Petra Johansson and Rassami Hok Ljungberg, whose duo performances are made under the stage name of 2 Pears. Better known for their encore performances staging Tech Crunch Europe’s regular [...]

The NextWomen Invite Female Entrepreneurs to Dine with Michelle Dewberry and Chiconomise

Continuing with their ever popular series of Kitchen Dinners, The NextWomen are excited to announce their newest feast – Dine with Chiconmise on Wednesday March 24th, 2010 in London. Join Michelle Dewberry in The NextWomen’s very own kitchen for an intimate dinner and learn more about the ‘act of living stylishly for less’ from the [...]

Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year Award Finalists Announced

Veuve Clicquot has announced the shortlist for its Business Woman of the Year Award, bringing together shining examples of female entrepreneurship. This year the organisers say the Award places a greater focus on Corporate Social Responsibility. The finalists include for the UK: - Victoria Stapleton, Founder of fashion retailer, Brora - Gill Riley, Founding and Managing Directorof construction firm, [...]

100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day 2010 sees some Remarkable Achievements

Each year around the world, International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8. Hundreds of events occur not just on this day but throughout March to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women. As this year was the 100th anniversary of Women’s International Day 2010 it was a day full of [...]

The 7 Rules of Business Discipline to Succeed in Business

Experienced entrepreneur Emma Wimhurst of Diva Cosmetics, who sold her business after which she started to advise startups how to grow their business, spoke today at International Womens’ Day at the Women Unlimited Conference in London, organized by Julie Hall. She shared her rules of business discipline for entrepreneurs to control, grow and add impact [...]

Astia unites European Investor Community at second annual ‘Doing it Right’ London Programme for Entrepreneurs

If you are a startup with a woman on the team, and looking for additional funding, you can now apply for the Astia venture accelerator program for women-led high growth companies. Astia, the premier Silicon Valley will host its Second European Investor Forum on 24th June 2010, following its ‘Doing it Right’ London Programme which takes [...]

Breaking the VC Funding Glass Ceiling for Female Entrepreneurs

Astia, Spring Board Enterprise and a few other organisation are supporting high growth women-led companies to attract VC funding. The question arises why there should be a specific women focus when it comes to helping with funding. In this video, Kay Koplovitz of Spring Board Enterprises explains the reasoning.

If Only We Could Bottle The Essence of These (Entrepreneurial) Women

This is a guest post by Lou Hamilton, owner of Createlab, where she makes feature films and documentaries about inspiring people. She is also organizer of a women in business networking group in London for which she created a short film series Women Talking Business. There are so many inspiring women in business who are balancing [...]

Women Executives have a Natural Advantage in Demand Creation

Jeff Saperstein and Hunter Hastings are authors of Bust the Silos: Opening Your Organization for Growth now available in e book and soft cover versions. In this article for The NextWomen they provide an insight into their theory of collaboration as a driver of growth. Demand Creation will be the driving force for businesses to [...]

Fund Raising Secrets for Female Entrepreneurs

Female entrepreneurs who are able to find an investor for their plans are able to put a request forward to The Aspire Fund to match the investment by the investor. Everyclick, Alcator and TalentPuzzle were able to attract double funding in this way. But what are the secrets of the business plan and pitches of these [...]