Femmessor-Montreal is an economic development organization dedicated to women entrepreneurship. It supports all stages of the evolution of a business start-up: acquisition, expansion and consolidation, in any activity sector.
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Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan’s Drawbridge develops the first self-learning ad technology to bridge desktop and mobile advertising
Drawbridge aims to solve the two biggest hurdles in mobile advertising today: targeting and tracking. The company is developing a first of its kind self-learning cross-device advertising solution that brings desktop-like targeting to mobile advertising.
Female entrepreneurs face a ‘green ceiling’ when it comes to financing, according to a new study
In 2009, for example, not one of the 19 high-tech IPOs the researchers studied was led by a female CEO, although all but two of those firms had one or more lower-ranking female executives.
Solanux Inc and SasaAfrica are the first winners of the Courageous Women Entrepreneur Awards
The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship has awarded two new awards for Courageous Women Entrepreneurs at the 2012 Rice University Business Plan Competition.
The 4th Annual Women Who Tech TeleSummit to focus on Women in Technology
Companies like Facebook and software leader Adobe currently have no female board members. Neither do many recent IPOs like Pandora, Zillow, Zynga, and Splunk.
WIGS, the new digital channel featuring original short films all starring female leads
The first trailers for the channel and series are available now at their official Youtube Channel or at their website and accessible worldwide in English and Spanish. WIGS will also feature documentaries, behind-the-scenes videos, and cutting-edge unscripted content, all starring female leads.
Juliette Gordon Low to be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
From the beginning, the Girl Scouts has insisted on being a voice for all girls. Juliette Gordon Low’s first 18 Girl Scouts included girls from influential Savannah families, as well as girls from the Female Orphan Asylum and Congregation Mickve Israel.
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The Civic Accelerator is now accepting applications from social enterprises that inspire positive change.
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Women Entrepreneurs in the UAE meetup over Connect Breakfast, courtesy Virtuzone
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The Cartier Women’s Initiative Award 2013 edition for committed female entrepreneurs is now open
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The Season’s Greetings from wowElle
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Marianne Lake is the new CFO of JPMorgan Chase
- Tara Peisley: I am so grateful for Heidi Thompson. This business...
- Luke: The SOPA Saga continues to this day. I am a typica...
- wowElle: Thank you Christine, its wonderful to hear from yo...
- christine tour: thanks guys you all inspire me....
- Glenda Johnson: I would like to know about the different programs ...
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The Civic Accelerator is now accepting applications from social enterprises that inspire positive change.
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Heidi Thompson’s wickless-candles get her US $ 178.4 Million in 3 years and becomes US’ fastest growing consumer products company
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48 hours on, Laura Dekker’s online trackers still down, Manager says she is fine and well
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Annalise Grobler’s Aqua Salveo drops disinfect water in an hour for an year
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Christine Seyboe Tour is helping reshape Liberia with her salon, one girl at a time
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Julia Gillard raises the standards, convictions and reaffirms faith in the most crucial battle in Australian democracy