AgentSync’s Jenn Knight On Diversity, Community And Finding Investors Who Share Your Values
As co-founder and CTO of AgentSync, Jenn Knight is building the tools and infrastructure powering the insurance industry.
Wealth As Financial Wellness: The Beans CEO Melissa Pancoast On How Tech Can Bridge The Gap
In this Q&A, Pancoast shares insights into her journey founding The Beans, why we need to treat financial wellness as a health problem, and her advice for other entrepreneurs.
AI Meets D&I: How Diversio Is Redefining the Diversity Gold Standard
Laura McGee is the co-founder and CEO of Diversio, a technology company that uses artificial intelligence to help organizations become more inclusive.
Perseverance, Empathy And A Sense of (Dry) Humor: Asoka Dissanayake Shares Valuable Career Lessons
In this Q&A, Asoka Dissanayake shares her less-than-linear career path and how perseverance, empathy, and a sense of (dry) humor have contributed to her success.
Passion for Podcasts: How Lindsay Tjepkema is Empowering Brands To Rewrite The Content Marketing Playbook
Lindsay Tjepkema, CEO and co-founder of Casted, a content marketing platform built around B2B brand podcasts, is a marketer at heart. She started her career in the discipline and rose through the ranks before taking off her marketer’s hat to become a SaaS founder.
How Cleo’s Dr. Chitra Akileswaran Is Building Better Workplaces For Parents
The Crunchbase “Female Founder Series,” is a series of stories, Q&As, and thought-leadership pieces from glass-ceiling-smashers who overcame the odds and are now leading successful companies. Dr. Chitra Akileswaran, MBA,...
Plenty’s Shireen Santosham on her Eclectic Career & Passion for Mission-Driven Companies
Shireen Santosham is head of strategic initiatives at Plenty, an indoor vertical farming company that delivers fresh, flavorful, and pesticide-free produce.
7 Ways To Support Female Entrepreneurs Affected By The Pandemic
Nahla Davies discusses seven ways in which we can help female entrepreneurs as they navigate the disproportionate impact of the pandemic.
Transforming the Nursing Industry: Iman Abuzeid’s Mission to Reduce the Nursing Shortage
Dr. Iman Abuzeid is the co-founder and CEO of Incredible Health, a career marketplace with custom matching technology that offers hospitals the fastest, most effective way to hire qualified permanent nurses.
How Lidia Yan Is Transforming The Trucking Industry
We asked Yan about her biggest inspirations and motivations for launching and building NEXT Trucking in a typically male-dominated industry.
Discovering A Path To Business Growth Amidst A Global Pandemic
Here are five key takeaways from 2020, which we’ve harnessed to grow our business in new — and unexpected — ways.
Carefully Curated: How Bilyana Freye is Building Better Connections in the Business Community
Bilyana Apostolova Freye, Co-Founder & CEO of Orbiit, is helping communities realize their full potential through connection.
Business Lessons from a ‘Border Town Kid’ Turned Established Academic and CEO
Growing up as a border town kid was really formative in the early stages of my career. However, I wanted to more formally build on those skills to become a better academic and business leader.
Q&A with Samantha Ettus, Founder and CEO of Park Place Payments
The Crunchbase “Female Founder Series,” is a series of stories, Q&As, and thought-leadership pieces from glass-ceiling-smashers who overcame the odds, raised funding, and are now leading successful companies. Sam Ettus...
Daring Greatness Resonates: Know Your Fruit’s Jacqueline Alexander on Community, Culture and Commitment
Jacqueline (Jackie) Alexander has a proven track record in business. A lawyer by trade, she purchased a pear orchard and, after realizing how much fruit goes to waste due to falling off the tree, discovered an opportunity to create freeze-dried fruit for snacking.
Q&A with Contentstack’s Neha Sampat
In this Q&A, we asked Sampat about her entrepreneurial journey, lessons learned from her recent Series A funding round, and advice she has for others looking to advocate for diversity and inclusion within their own companies and broader communities.
Female Leaders Share the Most Impactful Business Lesson They’ve Learned in 2020
Although the new year is promising a fresh start, we can’t look forward without first looking back at what this year has taught us.
Q&A With Appify CEO Jen Grant: Nurturing Your Superpower
In this Q&A Grant dives into her experience becoming Appify’s CEO, and why the days of women trying to break into “the boys’ club” are over.
Caribou Co-Founder Christine Simone on Fundraising, Bias and the Pandemic’s Toll on Women
The Crunchbase “Female Founder Series,” is a series of stories, Q&As, and thought-leadership pieces from glass-ceiling-smashers who overcame the odds, raised funding, and are now leading successful companies. I was...
Q&A with Keira Kotler, Founder of Everviolet
The Crunchbase “Female Founder Series,” is a series of stories, Q&As, and thought-leadership pieces from glass-ceiling-smashers who overcame the odds, raised funding, and are now leading successful companies. Keira Kotler,...
