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How ShopMy’s relentless focus on product-market fit turned the shopping disruptor into a $1.5 billion unicorn
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How ShopMy’s relentless focus on product-market fit turned the shopping disruptor into a $1.5 billion unicorn
By Emma HinchliffeMay 4, 2026
Julia Hartz, the cofounder and CEO of Eventbrite
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Eventbrite CEO sold her company for $500 million—without a job for the first time since 15, she’s playing chess with a robot and eyeing internships
By Emma BurleighMay 3, 2026
The Tory Burch Foundation is almost halfway to its $1 billion goal for women entrepreneurs
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The Tory Burch Foundation is almost halfway to its $1 billion goal for women entrepreneurs
By Emma HinchliffeApril 30, 2026
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Self-made multimillionaire Emma Grede says she was ‘using AI like a 42-year-old woman’—until Mark Cuban gave her a wake-up call
By Orianna Rosa RoyleApril 28, 2026
Meet the founder who started over at 50 and worked 20-hour days to build a multimillion dollar cookie dough empire—and still won’t take a day off
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Meet the founder who started over at 50 and worked 20-hour days to build a multimillion dollar cookie dough empire—and still won’t take a day off
By Orianna Rosa RoyleApril 26, 2026
Emma Grede’s blunt advice: ‘Nobody’s coming to hand you power—you have to take it’
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Emma Grede’s blunt advice: ‘Nobody’s coming to hand you power—you have to take it’
By Emma HinchliffeApril 21, 2026
I joined a founder lobbying Congress. This is the ‘winnable’ battle she’s fighting for women’s health
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I joined a founder lobbying Congress. This is the ‘winnable’ battle she’s fighting for women’s health
By Lily Mae LazarusApril 20, 2026
Julie’s new AI chatbot aims to fix a major gap in women’s health information
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Julie’s new AI chatbot aims to fix a major gap in women’s health information
By Emma HinchliffeApril 13, 2026
‘I’m still here 12 hours a day’: Luana Lopes Lara on building Kalshi as the world’s youngest female self-made billionaire
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‘I’m still here 12 hours a day’: Luana Lopes Lara on building Kalshi as the world’s youngest female self-made billionaire
By Emma HinchliffeApril 10, 2026
Logan Brown, the founder of AI-powered law firm Soxton
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The founder of a $2.5 million AI-powered legal business started work at her DA’s office at just 12 years old
By Emma BurleighApril 5, 2026
Alix Earle knows exactly how to launch a brand in 2026
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Alix Earle knows exactly how to launch a brand in 2026
By Emma HinchliffeMarch 25, 2026
Female founders had a record year. But a wave of ‘zombie unicorns’ is looming
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Female founders had a record year. But a wave of ‘zombie unicorns’ is looming
By Emma HinchliffeMarch 24, 2026
Exclusive: Pivotal Ventures invests $3 million in a child welfare software business. What it reveals about the firm’s investment strategy
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Exclusive: Pivotal Ventures invests $3 million in a child welfare software business. What it reveals about the firm’s investment strategy
By Emma HinchliffeMarch 23, 2026
Melissa Ben Ishay attends The Build Series to discuss Baked By Melissa at AOL HQ on October 14, 2016 in New York City.
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Baked by Melissa’s founder was fired at 24. Two decades later, she’s ‘so freaking thrilled’ to step down as CEO
By Eva RoytburgMarch 19, 2026
Nicole Bernard Dawes, the founder of Late July and Nixie
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The founder of $100M brand Late July and Nixie started selling $1 cookies at 12 and learned the snack trade from the founder of Cape Cod chips—her dad
By Emma BurleighMarch 15, 2026
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