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A Female Filmmaker Takes On Hollywood Gender Inequity
…her passion for exercise and became a personal trainer. For nearly two decades, she owned and ran two fitness-focused businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area. Along the way, she…
How a Tech Exec is Building a Trustworthy Ridesharing App for Kids and Busy Parents
…and several hundred drivers on staff. The company, which started out servicing only San Francisco, now works six counties throughout the Bay Area. It has been profiled by online publications…
Female Entrepreneurs and Maternity Leave
Do women business owners have real maternity leave? San Francisco Chronicle‘s Karen E. Klein looks deeper into the reality of expecting moms in executive positions. Kristen McAlister has moved up…
Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs
…New York City. For more information on Springboard Enterprises visit www.springboardenterprises.org. BlogHer Pro Conference – Silicon Valley – San Francisco, CA If you are a profesionally-minded blogger this conference is…
Laura Zander: Jimmy Beans Wool–Made a Fortune Spinning Yarns
…http://pinterest.com/jimmybeanswool Reason for starting Necessity! In 2002, after 2 years of marriage and a life-changing move from San Francisco to Truckee, CA, my husband Doug and I emptied our savings…
When Pain Derailed This Doctor’s Career, She Started a $5 Million Nonprofit That Saves Pregnant Women’s Lives Around the World
…to hire an engineer and began working with a factory near San Francisco to manufacture the suitcase. Funding comes from individual donations, foundations and corporations. Dealing with degenerating discs in…
Emerge America is Embracing a 50-State Strategy
…like “a pretty dark time,” she had moved to San Francisco to become an advisor to Democratic activist and philanthropist Susie Tompkins Buell, the co-founder of Esprit Clothing. Meanwhile, “I…
Camille Rumani is Feeding the Modern Social Traveler
…from Barcelona to San Francisco to Tel Aviv. And, there are currently more than 150,000 “VizEaters,” or users of the company’s mobile app. The VizEat app allows travelers to enjoy…
Ep. 04: Succeeding as a Woman in Tech – Shaan Kandawalla, Melody McCloskey, Amy Sheng
…we profiled in the San Francisco Bay area. Melody McCloskey: Building software – you have to be very precise and you have to really strive for an excellent product to…
NFL Coach Katie Sowers Shatters Several Glass Ceilings at Super Bowl
…the San Francisco 49ers, became the first woman to ever coach a professional football team in the Super Bowl when she helped lead her team in the big game. She…
Gin Nikoloff of Hire10: Helping Her Community Find Employment
This story is part of our 1,000 stories campaign. What’s your story? Name: Gin Nikoloff Business: Hire10, an employment website for the San Francisco and Bay Area Industry: Other —…
5 Crowdfunders to Watch – Reaching Out Through Entrepreneurship
…move into patio space owned by another business in San Francisco. They’re grabbing the opportunity to go to the big city, but need financial help to make all the necessary…
5 Easy Ways to Come Up With a Super-Sticky Business Name
…Educated Guess, Little Black Dress, and Cat’s Pee on a Gooseberry Bush. The hip Hotel Vitale on San Francisco’s Embarcadero waterfront experienced a 25 percent jump in wedding business when…
These 4 Indian Female Pilots Just Flew Country’s Longest Non-Stop Flight
…San Francisco, California, this week. The team of four women who work for Air India flew 17 hours to the United States, completing the longest nonstop commercial flight ever operated…