Expert Interviews
The NextWomen Expert Interview series looks at women that have enjoyed great success over many years in the world of Tech. They are designed to show how these women have arrived at their positions to date or to provide readers with insider knowledge from industry experts.
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As funding of social enterprise is found too risky by many mainstream parties, Jumpstart, a new incubator program that calls itself a seed philanthropy organisation has launched to fill the gap.Read more… |
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| Sheetal Mehta, founder of Innovative Social Ventures, has won many awards such as: Asian Women of Achievement; was listed in the 35 under 35 of Management Today and awarded for her Public Services this year at the Jewel Awards. Read more… |
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A recent report by Library House stated that female led companies funded by VC’s performed better than male led companies. However, in 6 years in this space, less that 5% of the companies I have worked with have been led by women. Read more… |
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| In my view you need to ask for the right amount of money for what you realistically – with ambition – believe your business can achieve and needs to do so. However, you need to be canny about the fact that market forces, economic trends, competition and so on and so forth can all impact on your targets. An investor needs to see that you are not blinkered and are considering all these things – that you are focussed but flexible. Read more… |
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As the power of the web strengthens, more and more educational institutions are going online, as they look to solve the fragmentation of the industry. Here, Rosie Phipps of the Oxford College of Marketing and Oxford Learning Labs, talks to The NextWomen about online education, male:female trends and living with too many ideas. Read more.. |
Interview: Sheetal Mehta, the Female Microfinance Guru
