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Workspace accelerator Huckletree has launched Fairer Funding Now, a campaign calling for greater diversity among startup leaders receiving investment, after a study revealed the extent of discrimination in the funding process, with almost half of startup leaders in the UK and Ireland having experienced or known someone who has faced discrimination while seeking funding. The Huckletree survey...
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When it comes to fixing gender balance in the workplace, there are plenty of small but hugely impactful changes that companies can implement to make life more comfortable for women in their organisations. Our career partners Jobbio recently shared 5 quick wins that are aimed at helping improve gender equality in the workplace. Over to Niamh Linehan from team Jobbio to explain all...  S...
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International Women’s Day survey from 99designs reveals continuing funding gap and gender differences in approach to entrepreneurship. Male and female entrepreneurs around the world report extremely similar experiences and attitudes toward starting and running a business – except when it comes to raising outside capital. According to a recent global survey of more than 3,000 entrepren...
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With research indicating that there are now around 1.2 million women-led small and medium sized businesses in the UK, which contribute an estimated £115 billion to the economy, Enterprise Enfield has launched another initiative to encourage even more women to entrepreneurship.  London-based Enterprise Enfield is an independent enterprise agency offering a range of business support serv...
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American YouTube personality, filmmaker, vlogger, and co-founder of multimedia company Beme; Casey Neistat has been confirmed as a headline keynote speaker at Dublin Tech Summit 2018. Neistat who is also a self-taught writer and a director has registered his name among the noted YouTubers around the world. His YouTube channel ‘Casey Neistat’ has earned him millions of viewers all...
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If in any doubt about the reality of the #GenderPayGap check this research via careers marketplace Jobbio. On equal pay day (10/11/17), careers marketplace Jobbio have launched original research revealing the top salaries of men and women working in the tech sector. The research reveals a significant disparity in the salaries between men and women for roles in finance, marketing, cu...
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New platform FairFunders is on a mission to provide female entrepreneurs with the voice and power to access capital in a safe and inclusive environment.We recently highlighted a number of Women in Tech communities and platforms which all in one way or another are providing empowerment, inspiration & support to female entrepreneurs, innovators & tech workers. Step forward another addition t...
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Even in this age of supposed enlightenment, a little authority and power, however minute, meaningless, or even imagined, can then go to people’s malfunctioning heads. Particularly in a still sadly female-deficient industry like tech, when these people are men, the result can be a hostile environment in which the women affected often feel they cannot say or do anything about it. Intelligent a...
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Entrepreneurship is difficult. Entrepreneurship for women can be more difficult. Entrepreneurship for women in developing countries can be nigh impossible. Women in these countries who try to start their own business can be confronted not only by a lack of support, but opposition to them even trying. They find it much harder to gain access to traditional sources of funding, partly because many of ...
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No one could deny that technology is a pretty exciting field to be working in right now. Despite some trepidation from the more cynical amongst us, virtual reality, augmented reality, wearable technology, and fashion technology have all seen a rapid upswing in development- typical of technologies which are moving away from mere novelty, towards a more mainstream presence. In the recent past, ther...
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