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Exclusive: A VC firm backed by Melinda French Gates just closed a $46 million fund to invest in caregiving
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Exclusive: A VC firm backed by Melinda French Gates just closed a $46 million fund to invest in caregiving
By Emma HinchliffeJuly 1, 2026
Exclusive: Hera raises $27 million to tackle the unpaid caregiving that falls on daughters of the sandwich generation
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Exclusive: Hera raises $27 million to tackle the unpaid caregiving that falls on daughters of the sandwich generation
By Emma HinchliffeJune 25, 2026
From Audrey Gelman to Bobbi Brown, second-time female founders are on the rise
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From Audrey Gelman to Bobbi Brown, second-time female founders are on the rise
By Emma HinchliffeJune 23, 2026
How Bobbi Brown reinvented herself—and outperformed the brand that bears her name
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How Bobbi Brown reinvented herself—and outperformed the brand that bears her name
By Emma HinchliffeJune 15, 2026
Bridgit Mendler, co-founder and CEO of Northwood, at Fortune Brainstorm Tech 2026 in Aspen, Colorado. (Photo: Stuart Isett/Fortune)
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How Hollywood trained Bridgit Mendler for life as a space founder
By Emma HinchliffeJune 11, 2026
New York is going crazy for the Knicks in the NBA finals. Only one brand is advertising to women inside Madison Square Garden
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New York is going crazy for the Knicks in the NBA finals. Only one brand is advertising to women inside Madison Square Garden
By Emma HinchliffeJune 10, 2026
Can AI level the playing field for early-stage female founders? Their optimism about fundraising is increasing
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Can AI level the playing field for early-stage female founders? Their optimism about fundraising is increasing
By Emma HinchliffeJune 8, 2026
Melinda French Gates is done waiting for health care to take menopause seriously
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Melinda French Gates is done waiting for health care to take menopause seriously
By Emma HinchliffeJune 5, 2026
What Alix Earle knows about business that many of my Harvard Business School students don’t get
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What Alix Earle knows about business that many of my Harvard Business School students don’t get
By Reza SatchuJune 4, 2026
Former IHOP CEO Julia Stewart
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Ex-Applebee’s exec was told she’d never be CEO—she bought the chain and fired her naysayer: ‘We don’t need two of us, so I’m gonna have to let you go’
By Emma BurleighMay 30, 2026
Mary Barra with both her hands up in front of a microphone
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From Target stockrooms to factory floors: The first jobs that shaped Fortune’s Most Powerful Women
By Preston ForeMay 29, 2026
Jenn Hyman reflects on the highs and lows of running Rent the Runway for almost two decades
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Jenn Hyman reflects on the highs and lows of running Rent the Runway for almost two decades
By Emma HinchliffeMay 15, 2026
Jenn Hyman steps down as CEO of Rent the Runway: ‘I’ve left it all on the field’
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Jenn Hyman steps down as CEO of Rent the Runway: ‘I’ve left it all on the field’
By Emma HinchliffeMay 13, 2026
Poppi cofounder Allison Ellsworth
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Poppi cofounder maxed out credit cards and sold her car to fund the company—now, she’s a multimillionaire after a $1.95 billion sale
By Emma BurleighMay 11, 2026
The beauty founder who built a business on QVC is ready as America discovers a new love for live shopping
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The beauty founder who built a business on QVC is ready as America discovers a new love for live shopping
By Emma HinchliffeMay 7, 2026
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By Sydney LakeJune 25, 2026
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