Sad but true, Penelope Gazin and Kate Dwyer faced a lot of sexism and condescension when they launched their e-commerce marketplace for weird art. Everything changed when they introduced an imaginary co-founder named Keith Mann. The founders of Witchy clearly have guts and a good sense of humor -they must, with a site like that- …
A little more than a third of American companies are now women-owned. That’s an improvement. However, together they still only generate 11% of the combined revenues of businesses and women are less likely to have employees than in the past. Funding seems to be one of the main obstacles. But because women deliver stellar returns, …
The leaders of the largest political groups in the European Parliament, the heads of their umbrella parties and the three EU presidents — of the Commission, Council and Parliament — are all men. Women still make up less than one-third of the College of Commissioners and just one-seventh of the Council. Meanwhile, only six of …
In my new home, Belgium, only 33% of entrepreneurs are women. It’s the lowest level in Europe. But on March 8, international women’s day (yuck! I hope we will soon not need this ‘special’ day anymore) business organisations Start It @kbc and Straffe Madammen (Tough Ladies) have launched a campaign to change this. They’re ambitious, …
