Study: Cary is No. 1 for women achieving success in business; Durham 9th; Raleigh 24th
Cary is the top city in the US when it comes to women achieving success, a new study says. Durham and Raleigh also score well.
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Women CEOs
Women lead only 5% of 700+ biotech firms in NC – here’s a list of the top execs
A search of data maintained by the NC Biotechnology Center and the UNC Population Center finds that females today account for just 5% of the CEOs, founders and/or presidents of the state’s 735-plus life science companies. Here’s a look inside the numbers.
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Report: Raleigh is a top 20 city for women to start a business
North Carolina’s capital is one of the top cities in the US for women to start a business, according to a new study.
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How friendly are companies to women? Durham startup InHerSight rates more than 100,000
InHerSight is now working out of Durham’s co-working space, American Underground. Similar to crowdsourcing rating sites like Glassdoor, the platform uses data to help women find companies that fit with what they want.
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A movable feast: New NC group targeting female founders to host dinners around US
SheWolf Collaborative, a new global online network for female founders, has teamed up with Ampersand Dinner to host private dinners for female founders in 11 cities around the country.
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SheWolf cofounder: Women CEOs must build a ‘pack’ to alter corporate landscape
Jordan Lacenski is co-founder at SheWolf Collaborative, a new global online network for women founders and CEOs with businesses ready to scale.
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Report: More women are now leading tech startup ‘unicorns’
Just 27% of private “unicorn” firms worth at least $1 billion have a woman as a founder, according to financial data company Pitchbook. However, that’s up from only 11% of unicorns in 2018.
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How can black women crack the ‘concrete ceiling?’ Creative Allies CEO offers advice
In talking with WRAL TechWire about her rise to CEO of Creative Allies in Raleigh, Amie Thompson talked about the challenges not only women but women of color face in rising to top business jobs.
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Meet Creative Allies CEO Amie Thompson: She’s black, a woman and running the show
Meet Amie Thompson, the 42-year-old Durhamite who is the new CEO and president of Creative Allies, a content marketing firm based out of Raleigh. She’s spent the past 20 years rising up the corporate ladder, and as her recent appointment attests to, there’s not much that can hold her back.
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