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Seattle startup promoting women entrepreneurs is puzzled by Facebook’s ban of its ads

The TheWMarketplace, a Seattle-based platform promoting women and diverse entrepreneurs, was excited to feature Askanya Chocolates and its Haitian founder… Read More

Female Founders Alliance report measures impact of pandemic on women and entrepreneurship

Seattle-based Female Founders Alliance released a new report on Thursday that measures the effect of the pandemic on women and… Read More

Melinda Gates spotlights COVID-19’s disproportionate harm to women

Melinda Gates, an advocate for women’s rights internationally, wrote an article published online Wednesday in Foreign Affairs magazine about the… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: International Tabletop Day, Orca Action Month, GeekWire Cloud Summit

— Video games tend to take center stage in the gaming world today, but classic tabletop competition is still one… Read More

Genneve to launch unique telehealth service for women experiencing menopause

A startup that launched two years ago to sell lubricants and provide information for menopausal women is expanding to become… Read More

Immigrant perspectives: Women entrepreneurs on ‘microaggressions’ and biases

Reetu Gupta, founder and CEO of Cirkled in, has 20 years of experience in corporate America. In addition to having… Read More

Female entrepreneurs launch XXcelerate Fund to help women-led startups access capital

This female founders’ story starts in a kitchen — but the women weren’t there to cook. Portland business leaders Mara Zepeda,… Read More

Chicago rules for women entrepreneurs while Seattle doesn’t crack top 10

If you’re a woman looking to start a business, Chicago might be a better bet than Seattle. Those are the latest findings… Read More

Life in Code: Why this entrepreneur is telling the stories of women in tech

Seattle entrepreneur Paul Watts was tired of just thinking and talking about the lack of women in the tech world,… Read More

Women’s Venture Capital Fund backs messaging startup Ivy Corp.

A new venture capital fund that’s focusing on women entrepreneurs has made its inaugural investment in Ivy Corp., a Redmond… Read More

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