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Be inspired. As Walt Disney said, "If you can dream, you can do it."
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Be inspired. As Walt Disney said, "If you can dream, you can do it."
This is why fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff created The Female Founder Collective, a powerful, high-impact network and education platform designed to help women build wealth, scale their businesses, and offer access to content, learning and capital.
Women need community to support one another.
Today, the FFC has grown into a thriving community of 25,000 founders, spanning industries from beauty to healthcare to tech. Most of their early supporters, including prominent founders Aurora James, Zanna Roberts Rassi, Michelle Cordeiro Grant and others, are still part of the network today.
Learn more about the movement here, which is needed more than ever now in such a volatile market.
In September, 2024 Walton became the world’s wealthiest woman once again, overtaking French L’Oréal heiress Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, who had surpassed her for the previous two and a half years. The Walmart heiress is best known for spearheading the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in her family’s hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas. She has given away an estimated $1.7 billion, including a recent gift of $249 million to help fund the new Alice L. Walton School of Medicine, also in Bentonville.
In all, the 15 “centibillionaires” are worth $2.4 trillion, nearly $400 billion more than a year ago—and more than the planet’s 1,500 “poorest” billionaires combined. Put another way, this group of just 0.5% of the world’s 3,028 billionaires holds an incredible 15% of all billionaire wealth.
Here's more focusing on the world's richest women 2025.
One was Mary Crumley-Effinger, Managing Partner at Texas Roadhouse. She shares how she navigates being in a male-dominated field.
"For me, like we said before, it's a male-dominated field, so making sure you find those allies and the people to look up to whether they're in your business or a business like yours. It doesn't necessarily have to be the same restaurant business. Someone that you can ask to support you in your endeavors," Crumley-Effinger said.
Read the entire article here to learn what other female business owners had to say.
Here are several businesswomen from diverse sectors, including footwear, fashion, beauty, women’s health, food, auto repair and more sharing their stories and what motivated them to embark on their entrepreneurial journeys.
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Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro makes a great statement:
"Strong leaders stand with their allies and they stand on their principles – and I believe we must continue to advocate for the values of freedom and liberty, not cower to dangerous dictators like Vladimir Putin."
And as Zelenskyy says, "It's very important to save our country, our values, our freedom and democracy."
I ask all women to #standwithUkraine and their valiant people.
“I’m one of those people who prefer to work 24 hours a day and when you have your own business that’s exactly what you do,” [Terri] Cooper said. “This is not my first business. I owned a cheerleading camp for 20 years and I was a teacher and a coach and a counsellor before this, so I knew what I was in for, and I make the sacrifices really happily.”
Terri, one of the entrepreneurs featured in the article, runs Village Boutique in Detroit.
The report by KPMG is a decade old (2015). See, if in your opinion, anything has changed since then. The table of contents is:
Discover good answers to the following questions:
Read the report: Women Entrepreneurs: Passion, Purpose and Perseverance
The research contributes to a deeper understanding of how digital transformation influences the landscape of female entrepreneurship, emphasizing the role of digital ecosystems in promoting inclusive entrepreneurship.
In her shop, Dono Zupparhanova carefully curates a selection of colorful bed linens and towels, each item a testament to her family’s long history in the textile industry. Her journey began in 1996, when her mother opened the Demir Shopping Centre, introducing foreign textiles to Uzbekistan. Today, Zupparhanova continues that legacy as the newest entrepreneur running the business her mother started.
Zupparhanova plans to open four more stores by the end of the year. She is committed to uplifting other women entrepreneurs, sharing her experiences, and breaking down societal barriers in Uzbekistan.
Read more about her journey and other women entrepreneurs who are breaking down barriers, challenging the status quo, and inspiring each other to reach their full potential.
As a woman, do you wonder whether your ADHD, autism, or related conditions will propel your success or hold you back?
Learn how to build a business that works for your ADHD brain.
Gender bias shapes the world of entrepreneurial financing.
To learn more about Olivia Walton, CEO of Ingeborg Investments, visit: here.
Ingeborg Investments was founded by Olivia Walton and is dedicated to achieving top tier returns by investing in women.
Here's what Olivia says:
I grew up in a family of strong women who ran their own businesses. I saw first-hand the freedom they had from controlling their own finances. All women deserve that kind of freedom.
When I entered the workforce as a journalist, I covered stories of incredible women who struggled to raise money for their business ideas. I also interviewed incredibly successful female investors who brought their own unique perspectives to taking risk and making money.
It’s a privilege to be able to bet on these women now through Ingeborg Investments.
Learn more about Ingeborg Investments.
So as we step into 2025, let these five insights (bold trends) inspire you to embrace change and lead the way forward.
What will you do with 2025? How do you plan to redefine it?