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CELEBRATING THE POWER & POTENTIAL OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

A tale of two fundraising efforts: VCs reveal their biases through their investments in women-focused ventures

4/16/2019

, Olivia Barrow
— April 2019 — 153 views

In the Spotlight: Lisa Calhoun, founder of Valor Ventures, Georgia’s first women-owned VC firm

4/16/2019

, Olivia Barrow
— April 2019 — 148 views

In the Spotlight: Stacy Jax, founder of Trinity Gunshot Alarm

3/14/2019

, Olivia Barrow
— March 2019 — 155 views

Why pitch contests and accelerators fail to build robust entrepreneurial communities

3/14/2019

Amy Gannon
— March 2019 — 213 views

Stop Trying to Build the Next Facebook or Uber

2/15/2019

Amy Gannon
— February 2019 — 210 views

QBE Employees Chose Doyenne for $15K Grant as Part of the Insurance Company’s New Approach to Philanthropy

2/15/2019

— February 2019 — 182 views

In the Spotlight: Melinda Wittstock, CEO and Founder of Verifeed

2/15/2019

, Olivia Barrow
— February 2019 — 150 views

Diving deep towards transformation with our new Director of Operations

2/7/2019

, Heather Wentler
— February 2019 — 181 views

If you’re not hiring women, you’re not hiring the best talent

1/15/2019

Amy Gannon
— January 2019 — 176 views

In the Spotlight: HaloVino founder Jessica Bell

1/14/2019

, Olivia Barrow
— January 2019 — 189 views

Doyenne Members Had an Awesome 2018

12/31/2018

, Olivia Barrow
— December 2018 — 216 views

2018 Year in Review

12/10/2018

2018 was a big year for Doyenne. In our sixth year as an organization, we launched our Evergreen Fund, made key strategic decisions to support our g...

Amy Gannon and Heather Wentler
— December 2018 — 149 views

To build an equitable ecosystem, start with “the diversity problem”

11/20/2018

There is a phrase I hear ALL THE TIME that makes my brain want to explode: “Women and people of color are welcome here.” Sounds nice and inclusive o...

, Olivia Barrow
— November 2018 — 196 views

How Doyenne is starting a national movement to level the playing field for all entrepreneurs

11/2/2018

Every month, the Doyenne Group equips more women entrepreneurs with the skills and resources to create sustainable businesses that can scale. After ...

, Heather Wentler
— November 2018 — 146 views

How a pivot can turn your ‘failure’ into success

10/18/2018

It’s time to bust another myth about entrepreneurship. MYTH: You only get one shot to succeed as an entrepreneur, and if you can’t hack it on your f...

, Olivia Barrow
— October 2018 — 190 views

The 3 Responses you always get when you try to change an ecosystem

10/7/2018

There are several definitions of the word ‘audacious’, but one of my favorites is “taking risks and offending people by defying convention, propriet...

, Heather Wentler
— October 2018 — 204 views

Let’s Stop Blaming Women for their Fear of Failure (And help them overcome it instead)

9/24/2018

I had an entrepreneur walk into a coaching session with me recently, and the first thing she told me was that she just spent $1,000 on fabric for cu...

Amy Gannon
— September 2018 — 134 views

Let’s Talk about Depression and Entrepreneurship

8/30/2018

Kate Spade’s death was a heavy blow for me. Here was a woman — an extremely successful entrepreneur who I looked up to — who looked like she had it ...

, Heather Wentler
— August 2018 — 144 views

Working 80-hour weeks makes you a bad CEO: How to set and keep boundaries as an entrepreneur

8/14/2018

We’re not a big fan of conventional wisdom about entrepreneurship at Doyenne. That’s because most of the conventional “wisdom” is built on the assum...

Amy Gannon
— August 2018 — 134 views

An Invitation to Men in Madison’s Entrepreneurial ecosystem

7/12/2018

Checking your privilege is an inherently uncomfortable process for  all of us . To build inclusive and equitable communities, those of us with privi...

Amy Gannon
— July 2018 — 174 views

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