Startups (And Angel Investors) Are A Girl’s Best Friend

Startups (And Angel Investors) Are A Girl’s Best Friend

By Katherine Hague (Founder, ShopLocket) This is the story of how my startup, ShopLocket, found its first investor, Heather Payne. In startup land, we spend a lot of time thinking about that elusive first dollar. Whether it’s from a customer, a bank, or an investor,...
SkinnyScoop Powers Social Curation Platform

SkinnyScoop Powers Social Curation Platform

By Eden Godsoe (Co-Founder & CEO, SkinnyScoop) I was not one of those women who always knew she would be an entrepreneur. Around the time I became pregnant with my first child, I began looking into the dynamics of female purchase power and how women influence one...
Toronto: Mobilizing Ladies Learning to Code Python

Toronto: Mobilizing Ladies Learning to Code Python

By Heather Payne and Melissa Crni&#263 (Organizers, Toronto Ladies Learning to Code) Serious question here. Where are all the female programmers? Despite efforts over the past few years to increase the number of women in tech, the percentage of female Computer...