America's Self-Made Women Billionaires

Rocket ships. AI chips. Chinese food. Clothing. Construction. Chatbots. America's self-made women billionaires are rewriting the rules of wealth. Forbes counts 43 of them now – women who built 10-figure fortunes from scratch – up from 38 just a year ago.

AI is accelerating everything. Record numbers. Soaring net worths. An all-time high in total wealth held by women who earned every dollar of it.

The signal is clear: more self-made women billionaires exist today, with more influence and more opportunity, than at any point in American history.

Access the list.

Flowers Explode

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"In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different." – John Steinbeck

Crowdfunding for Women-Owned Companies

Although the number of women-owned businesses keeps growing, startups led by women continue to fall behind their male counterparts when it comes to raising venture funding.

Women-led startups consistently receive less than 2% of U.S. venture capital, per Crunchbase data. That’s despite delivering 2.5x better returns than male-founded startups, research shows.

What's the deal and what's the solution?  

Former PayPal executive Molly Huyck teamed up with Amie Konwinski, a U.S. Navy veteran and marketing executive, to found Aequitas Invest, an SEC-registered, funding portal.

Aequitas Invest is a space where women founders share their journeys – and investors learn how Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) works to expand access to capital for women-led startups.

Veterans Honorably Serve Our Country and Can Transition From Military Service to Entrepreneurship

Veterans honorably serve our country and often play a valuable economic role. According to the Small Business Administration (SBA), veterans in the United States own over 1.6 million businesses and employ nearly 3.3 million Americans. For vets transitioning from military service to entrepreneurship, a wealth of resources exists, including free training, education, funding and networking opportunities to help ensure their new venture succeeds.

Here's a walk through the essential steps veterans can take when starting a business and resources that can help every step of the way.

Women Entrepreneurs Are Building What's Next

Growing a business takes vision, strategy, and the right support. If you are a woman business owner based in Hawaii (lucky you on numerous fronts), applications are open for WE by CPB Rising Tide, a 10-week program offering mentorship, education, and a community of support for women business owners in Hawaii.

Take your next step for growth.

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The History of Female Entrepreneurship Brought to You By Wikipedia

Sometimes you just have to take a look at what others are writing or saying about the history of female entrepreneurship.  In this case, Wikipedia gives us their perspective.

"The history of female entrepreneurship stretches back centuries, from Eliza Lucas Pinckney's plantation management in colonial South Carolina to Rebecca Lukens's 19th-century ironworks, Madame C. J. Walker's early 20th-century beauty empire, and later pioneers such as Estée Lauder and Martha Stewart. Across time, women entrepreneurs have often faced skepticism, discriminatory property and inheritance laws, and limited access to capital and networks."

Read more here – from defining female entrepreneurship, to breaking barriers, to its rise as a global phenomenon.