Tag: women entrepreneurs
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Building Scalable Startups in the Southeast with Monique Villa, Founder of ModernCapital
In just over a year since moving to Nashville from Los Angeles, Monique Villa has already become a vocal champion for the Southeast. And it’s not just because of the Southern hospitality — she’s a firm believer in our region’s potential to breed high-growth startups and vibrant entrepreneurial communities. As a veteran company-builder and investor,…
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Perfecting Your Personal Pitch with Annie Scranton of Pace PR
Annie Scranton knows the power of a solid pitch. After nearly a decade working as a producer with leading networks like CNN, Fox News, CNBC, MSNBC and ABC (where she booked guest appearances for shows like Good Morning America), she founded Pace PR, a full-service media relations agency based in New York City. Leveraging her…
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Boy’s Club No More: The Rise of Women’s Co-working Across the South
Once an unconventional concept found only in major metros, co-working is now a mainstay for entrepreneurs and digital nomads around the world. Statista estimates there are about 11,300 co-working spaces worldwide, a number that could reach nearly 14,000 by 2018. And as the number of co-working spaces continues to grow, so, too, does their ability…
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20 Powerful Women in Business Speaking at DIG SOUTH
DIG SOUTH’s 5th Annual Innovation Conference is less than a month away! The speaker lineup features 150+ successful entrepreneurs, executives, and investors from around the country, including several glass-ceiling-shattering women who are leading the charge in marketing, media, e-commerce, technology, healthcare, and more. Here’s a sampling of some of the women powering up our agenda this April,…
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9 Southern Female Founders to Know During Women’s History Month
March is Women’s History Month, so we thought it’d be fitting to honor a few trailblazing female entrepreneurs who are forging new paths in medicine, technology, media, and finance right here in the South. It’s not an easy path to forge, either. Only 9 percent of high-growth tech startups have female founders, an estimated 94…
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Essential Resources for Female Founders in the South
If you’ve been on Twitter or Facebook this week, you probably caught some clips of this week’s United#StateOfWomen Summit. The daylong event celebrated what’s already been done by and for women, and took a collective pulse check on our unfinished business. Not surprisingly, one of the key gender equality issues discussed was entrepreneurship and innovation.…