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Women Investing in Women and Girls

Women Investing in Women and Girls

By: The State of Women
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 "Women INVESTING in Women and Girls” is a podcast produced by young women and teenage girls between the ages of 16 and 19. Our show is focused on global women’s issues, from the perspectives of young women.

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2016 Politics & Government Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Creating an International Network for Female Entrepreneurs: Elizabeth Vazquez Spotlight Part 1

    Creating an International Network for Female Entrepreneurs: Elizabeth Vazquez Spotlight Part 1
    Mar 1 2017
    Elizabeth A. Vazquez is the President, CEO, and Co-Founder of WEConnect International, a corporate led non-profit that helps to empower women business owners to succeed in global markets. She is a serial social entrepreneur and world leader in women’s economic empowerment and global supplier diversity and inclusion.Ms. Vazquez is the co-author of the book, “Buying for Impact: How to Buy from Women and Change Our World.” The book includes information on women business owners and ways to support and leverage their potential to create a more sustainable and inclusive global economy.As the CEO of WEConnect International, Ms. Vazquez is responsible for mission delivery. WEConnect International identifies, educates, registers, and certifies women's business enterprises that are at least 51% owned, managed, and controlled by one or more women, and then connects them with member buyers. The WEConnect International eNetwork supports and promotes women-owned businesses based in 100 countries, including local...

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    17 mins
  • Inspiring a New GenHERation of Female Leaders: Katlyn Grasso Spotlight Part 2

    Inspiring a New GenHERation of Female Leaders: Katlyn Grasso Spotlight Part 2
    Mar 1 2017
    Katlyn Grasso is the founder and CEO of GenHERation. In her role as CEO, she has created GenHERation Discovery Days, hosted the GenHERation Summer Leadership Series, developed original GenHERation webisodes, and has grown the GenHERation community to reach more than 65,000 girls. During the summer of 2016, GenHERation's Discovery Days tour consisted of 9 trips across 5 cities with 150 female executives that provided young women with the opportunity to visit the most innovative companies in America. Discovery Days was recognized as the largest career exploration trip for young women in the United States with an audience reach of more than 10 million people. Katlyn is a 2015 graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where she received a B.S. in Economics with concentrations in finance and strategic globalization. She is one of the inaugural recipients of the President’s Engagement Prize created by Dr. Amy Gutmann at the University of Pennsylvania. This award provides graduating seniors...

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    21 mins
  • The Importance of Diversity in Entrepreneur Investments: Arlan Hamilton Spotlight Part 2

    The Importance of Diversity in Entrepreneur Investments: Arlan Hamilton Spotlight Part 2
    Mar 1 2017
    Arlan is an emerging venture capital fund manager, and tour manager to Atlantic Records recording artist Janine & The Mixtape. Having founded and published the internationally distributed indie magazine INTERLUDE, and toured extensively as a live music production professional, she enters the venture investing world from an unconventional path. Arlan is dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are of color, women, and/or LGBT.In this episode, we featured the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, Arlan Hamilton. Arlan talked to us about the importance of investing in entrepreneurs that come from diverse backgrounds and what motivated her to create her venture capital firm, Backstage Capital. Arlan also gives fantastic advice to entrepreneurs and those who desire to create their own investing firms on how to overcome obstacles and rise to success.

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    16 mins
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