Brick by Brick

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 — 1607 views

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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 — 1760 views

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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 — 1465 views

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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 — 1605 views

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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 — 1662 views

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*By Amy Gannon* 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 ...

Amy Gannon

— September 2018 — 1670 views

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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 — 1683 views

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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 — 1515 views

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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 — 1544 views

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Last month I talked about our  Evergreen Fund [1]  and how we hope to see our applicants dreaming bigger and asking for more money. But let’s step b...

Doyenne Group (C), Heather Wentler

— July 2018 — 1636 views

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At Doyenne, we’re trying to transform the entrepreneurial ecosystem so that all entrepreneurs have an equal shot. Over the years, we have worked wit...

Amy Gannon

— June 2018 — 1622 views

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We just finished our third round of the   Evergreen Fund [1] , and we’ve realized it’s time to have a hard conversation about how entrepreneurs thin...

Heather Wentler

— May 2018 — 1460 views

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In my last post, I talked about why, as a community of women, we need to have tough conversations — conversations about race and privilege and gende...

Amy Gannon

— May 2018 — 1671 views

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Every year, I shake my head when I see yet another women’s conference announced. In 2018 alone, there are more than 50 different national conference...

Doyenne Group (C), Heather Wentler

— April 2018 — 1722 views

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We’ve taken a new approach to our blog since the beginning of 2018. Many of you have noticed. We’re living out our motto: Be Audacious. We’re callin...

Amy Gannon

— April 2018 — 1785 views

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Finding funding for your venture is tough no matter who you are. There is no magic bullet. Securing funding is hard, time consuming, prepare for mor...

Amy Gannon

— March 2018 — 1584 views

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By Amy Gannon Building a business is a messy, iterative process. Coaching an entrepreneur through that process can be equally messy — and often in...

Amy Gannon

— March 2018 — 1684 views

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Business is about relationships. Because of what the media puts in front of us and the experiences we witness firsthand, we spend a lot of time look...

Doyenne Group (C), Heather Wentler

— March 2018 — 1486 views

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Early in my career, I was working in a government office focused on women’s health that had a toxic environment. Just before I started, the departme...

Amy Gannon

— February 2018 — 1923 views

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*By Heather Wentler* A few weeks ago, a reporter from a small business blog sent the following request out over HARO, a listserv that connects journ...

Amy Gannon

— February 2018 — 1640 views

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