Women Empowerment

Krystle Rodriguez was recently awarded a grant and mentorship from organization C200, through its “Champions” program aimed at helping minority women entrepreneurs. ATLANTA — A local business owner recently earned an award aimed at helping minority women entrepreneurs. Krystle Rodriguez, owner of Hodgepodge Coffeehouse east Atlanta, said Black businesses have an important role in Black history, helping …

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Cristina Aleixendri is the COO of a multi-million dollar environmental startup she co-founded at the age of 23. bound4blue At 23, Cristina Aleixendri co-founded a startup reducing cargo ship fuel consumption and emissions. The company, bound4blue, had a revenue of $3.6 million in 2020, 25 times greater than 2019.   However, Aleixendri has faced a great deal …

A sexist remark drove this founder to build a $3.6 million startup that aims to cut CO2 emissions by 540k tons Read More »

Elsie’s Women Empowerment Farm is known as the first women-owned farm producing organic cotton in the Gambia, and as the name might suggest, women’s economic empowerment is at the heart of this enterprise. Moreover, as a member of the Young Female Farmers Association, Elsie A. Williams works together with the association to boost women’s role …

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CEO of Stor.ai. Image Credit: GETTY Throughout my 20-year career leading high-tech and startup companies, I’ve worked with a number of inspirational entrepreneurs who I always strived to emulate. I admired my role models’ abilities to handle adversity and negotiate ambiguity. Despite working in an overwhelmingly male industry, I never saw my gender as an obstacle …

What I’ve Learned As A Female CEO In A Male-Dominated Industry Read More »