Top Five Organisations Supporting Youth Entrepreneurship
For those thinking about starting a business as an alternative career path, we’ve put together a list of organisations in the UK helping young founders to start and grow their startup. These carefully selected organisations offer mentoring, funding and networking opportunities to help youth entrepreneurship flourish. Check out our pick of the top 5 organisations: 1. […]
Young Entrepreneurs Abroad – Startup Story of StyleBank
StyleBank is an online fashion rental service offering women the opportunity to rent trendy clothes from around the world instead of buying them. Founders – Bhavna Suresh, 27, and Aina Barker, 31, (co-founder) Launch Date – February 2016 Country – Bangalore, India. Success Story – Has crossed over 1,000 transactions within four months of launching in February. Tell us […]
Female Entrepreneurs and Alternative Finance
Female business owners are still not fully aware of the alternative finance options available to them. Last year, the alternative finance market grew to £3.2 billion with a range of different crowdfunding and peer-to-business lending platforms entering the space. The alternative business lending sector is beginning to take an increasing share of SME lending through investing […]
How She Did It: Understanding Tech As A Non-Technical Founder
Interested in starting a tech startup but have no technology background? Blooming Founders partners with Udacity for an evening of learning, inspiration and networking. Both Women and Men are invited to the next series of ‘How She Did It: Understanding Tech As A Non-Technical Founder‘ where speakers, who all started as non-tech founders, will share their […]
A Female In The Tech World – 5 Lessons Learnt
Guest writer Jessie Leong shares her perspective as a female working in a male-dominated ‘tech’ industry. Little over a month ago, I hopped back onto the tech startup train. You could say I’m a bit late to the party – after all, so many of my fellow millennials are jumping ship to start their own businesses. […]
Top Fifty Most Inspirational Women In European Tech Revealed
Inspiring Fifty has revealed its top fifty most inspirational women in European technology for 2016. The highlighted top fifty female leaders were chosen from across the sector – including influencers, entrepreneurs, business leaders, academics and policy makers. Inspiring Fifty is a not-for-profit organisation, identifying and showcasing women in leadership positions within the technology sector. This year’s […]
Women in Tech Mentoring Schemes – April 2016
Structur3dpeople are running three mentoring schemes starting in April for women in the tech industry. The mentoring programme targets women looking to move or advance further within the tech sector. Structur3dpeople is a recruitment company working within the tech sector, providing mentoring and resourcing services to help organisations build a more diverse workforce. Each event takes place quarterly […]
Imagine Forest – Safia Begum
Imagine Forest by Safia Begum makes writing fun for kids by using technology to engage them in the art of story telling to improve their creative skills. Imagine Forest helps strengthen children’s literacy skills from a young age by using virtual adventure mini-games to learn the secrets of writing stories. Safia’s vision is to encourage children to take up more writing and […]
Calling all Female Entrepreneurs: #AccelerateHER Competition
Calling all female entrepreneurs looking to start or grow their businesses to enter the #AccelerateHER pitch competition hosted by Investing Women. The Investing Women’s #AccelerateHER pitch competition could win you £5k cash and support to start or boost your business. Application is open until 31st January and entrants are invited to submit a one minute […]
Female Entrepreneurs – Join These Networking Groups
The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute ranked the UK as the 3rd best country for Female entrepreneurship but there is still room for improvement. The report highlighted a 7% increase in female entrepreneurs wanting to grow their business within the next 5 years but a 19% drop in female-founded technology businesses. The study released earlier this year also recognised […]