“I was born in the middle of nowhere.”
That is how Sophia Mahfooz, the 25-year-old chief operating officer of Girls In Tech, describes the start of her life. Since 1992, she has masterfully moved from her beginnings in Afghanistan near Peshawar, Pakistan to a global position for a non-profit based in Silicon Valley where she can change the lives of young women around the world.
Read MoreSouth Africa is the world’s seventh largest producer of wine. The wine industry accounts for 4.6 percent of the Western Cape’s GDP and is the nation’s biggest permanent employer in agriculture. However, the industry is almost exclusively filled with wine companianes owned and operated by white men.
Read MoreSharing decades of experience in tech, digital and start-up entrepreneurship, Ursula Hessenflow and Lora Ivanova were prepared for many tough questions in the quest to raise capital.
Read MoreI know, I know! I’m usually telling you to GO. To set your intentions higher and embrace your power TO achieve them, and to go full bore to lead your dreams, not follow them.
But as essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson has said, “Foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”
Read More“Hello, strong women!”
Judging by the applause, whistles, hoots and hollers that followed, you can say that Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) greeting to a room of more than 1,000 for the “Together We Rise: Empower the Women, Develop The Nation” luncheon in Chicago recently was extremely well-received.
Read MoreCracking the Code
How much do we love this news of the week? The #WonderWoman movie is doing better at the box office over the longer haul—not just opening week–than any superhero movie in 15 years. The world is truly ready for her/us. That’s what cracking the code is all about.
Read MoreHumans are meaning-making creatures. We love to tell stories, and these shape how we see ourselves and our world. That’s what makes our ever-present media so powerful.
Read MoreHer biggest hint may have arrived in film school.
As a graduate student at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, writer, director and producer Julie Kalceff says, “I found the process to have predominantly male students. Film and TV traditionally are not terribly inclusive. I was frustrated by the industry.”
Read MoreHave you seen the new Wonder Woman movie? If so, you probably noticed the reference to suffragists. William Moulton Marston, Wonder Woman’s creator, was inspired by the suffragists. So on this weekend leading up to the long July 4th weekend celebrating all that America aspires to be, let’s raise our glasses to celebrate the women who fought for our being part of that vision.
Read More“Stay noisy.”
That is both the hashtag and mantra of Liz Dolan, co-founder and co-host of the award-winning radio show/podcast, Satellite Sisters, as well as an author and celebrated international marketer.
Read MoreIt’s about power this week.
Of course with me, every day of every week I’m obsessed with women’s relationship with power. That’s because it’s so central to the decisions women make to aim for those higher salaries and leadership positions, elective offices, and grander entrepreneurial ventures – or not. The relationship is so profound, it’s almost spiritual, and often fraught with ambivalence.
Read MoreCalling all #WW, here’s why it’s important to get behind the new #WonderWoman movie by going to see it this weekend: Supporting success at the box office by buying tickets, especially in its first weekend, will increase the probability we’ll see more female superheroes women and girls can relate to in pop culture. And the more #WW we see, the more of us will become #WW.
Read More
