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Women Face More Challenges When it Comes to Venture Capital Funding

There are more than 11.6 million businesses in the United States that are women-owned. Out of businesses that generate $1 million or more, 1 in 5 is owned by women. Being a female entrepreneur is looking better each and every day. But, with all of the progress that’s been made, there are still looming...

Insights from Dell Women’s Entrepreneurs Network Summit – Singapore #DWEN

For the 10th year in a row Dell hosts successful women at the Dell Women's Entrepreneur Network Summit, this year hosted in Singapore. Through the Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network (DWEN), Dell is connecting female entrepreneurs across the globe with networks, sources of capital, knowledge and technology, giving them the power to do more. At this year's Summit,...

Why Fun (and Tech) Is A Key To This Company’s Success – Elope Inc

Ever wonder how you can make your business more about fun and less about work? Join me as I talk with Sarah Netjek, Elope’s business analyst, and Elisa Rustenbach, their strategic analysis team lead, about how they brighten things up in the workplace, market with social media, and use tech to make more time...

Company Culture and Tech Are Two Ingredients of Success For this Beverage Company

Kathryn Small, the Project Manager at White Labs, is helping to make beer more delicious than ever before with liquid yeast. White Labs makes liquid yeast and distributes it to breweries, wineries, and distilleries to create great tasting alcohol. For those of you who don’t know, yeast is responsible for 70% of the flavor in...

From Homeless to Million Dollar Deals with Amari Ruff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc5P6nR6HHg Amari has one of those gentle, humble spirits that you can’t help but love to be around. I was truly inspired by the conversation we had and the life lessons that took him from being homeless to starting two million dollar businesses.   We all have moments in life where we go through some level...

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2019 Tech Conferences for Small Biz You Don’t Want to Miss

Attending conferences can be one of the best things you do for your business this year. Stay up-to-date on tech trends, hear from industry leaders and experts, and build your network. There are hundreds of tech conferences going on this year, but we’ve picked out a few across the US and internationally that might...

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ReadWrite Acquires SmallBizTechnology

ReadWrite, Inc., a technology and business publisher, has acquired the small business technology publication smallbiztechnology.com. The two sites will retain separate leadership teams to ensure editorial independence while cooperating to cover trends in the tech and business sectors. Entrepreneur and author Ramon Ray launched smallbiztechnology.com in 1999 as a resource for all things small business. Founded as a paper newsletter for Ray’s...