Women Entrepreneurship Reading List

Women Entrepreneurship Reading List	September 11, 2015
The Women in Entrepreneurship reading list is a curated list containing morsels relating to women founders and leaders.

Women Entrepreneurship Reading List Startup Digest is curated by:
	Babs Lee Contact Babs Lee at barbara.lee@startupdigestmail.com
	Estela Pochintesta Contact Estela Pochintesta at estela.pochintesta@startupdigestmail.com
	Anna Curran - Founder, CookbookCreate.com Contact Anna Curran at anna@startupdigestmail.com

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TechCrunch Disrupt is the most anticipated tech event of the year coming to San Francisco this September 21-23. Come for the fireside chats and panels on hot tech topics with thought leaders (view the full agenda here), a stroll through Startup and Hardware Alley, and the iconic Startup Battlefield competition. Leave knowing you’re one step ahead of the future. #TCDisrupt Make sure you get your tickets!

What We Learned From 40 Female YC Founders

Jessica Livingston

Diversity thoughts from Jessica Livingston, cofounder of Y Combinator. Because startups are hard, gender doesn't matter; it's about the drive.

Startup Accelerator Blackbox Chose All Women Founders for Its Next Class

Matt Weinberger

Blackbox Connect Female Founders, an intensive 2 week residential mentorship program for international startups sponsored by Google for Entrepreneurs, has only female-led companies as participants. The most significant reason behind this decision is that studies have shown that women-led startups have 12% higher revenues and they make better use of their cash.

Woman-focused accelerators: A step forward or holding women back?

Susan Price

Contrary to the belief of that gender segregation may not be a good idea for startups accelerators for a variety of reason, many do find that the benefits are quite bountiful for women founders and their startup. For starters, it's nice to get role models, feedback and support as women led startups get off the ground.

An Idea is All You Need to Win Startup Weekend

Lauren Maffeo

An amazing story of how Kate Glanz, founder of Heartful.ly, started a startup with no business or tech background. Her idea was to connect wedding registries to specific infrastructure or development projects. She built a MVP with her Startup Weekend team over 1 weekend. Fast forward to today, a year later, Kate is working full time on Heartful.ly, which was also recently was accepted into S&R Foundation’s Halcyon accelerator in Washington DC. All it takes is an idea and passion.

Women Who Tech Startup Pitch Challenge

Women Who Tech

Here is a great pitch opportunity for women led startups - 10 women led startups will be selected to pitch in front of an amazing panel of judges (including Joanne Wilson, Susan Lyne of BBG Ventures) for a chance to win $25,000 cash and other startup perks. Craig Newmark, founder of Craiglist, will also profile you and talk about your startup in various online places, including the Huffington Post. Apply here.