Women

  Poornima Vijayashanker is the founder of Femgineer, an educational business that empowers forward-thinking techies of all backgrounds and promotes inclusiveness in the high-tech industry. She Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

  Entrepreneurs are generally far more interested in creating a product or service and getting it to market than the tedious and often humbling process of obtaining funding.  Yet, finding Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Linda Hall

  In her years as an entrepreneur, Toni Sikes has focused on helping artists find people who will pay for their work. Her company, CODAworx, serves as an online community for painters, Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Jon Eckhardt

  In 2002, both Linda Hall and her new company -- which would later become MinuteClinic, a fixture in 1000 CVS stores -- had a lot to lose. Hall was the sole breadwinner in her household and had Read More...

Category: Interviews

Authors: Daniel Forbes and Linda Hall

  In a candid interview with EIX's David Deeds, Ann Winblad, co-founder and managing director of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, shares her war stories -- including her earliest entrepreneurial Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: David Deeds

Women who start new businesses with men have limited opportunities to move into leadership roles, according to a study we conducted at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and when they Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Howard E. Aldrich