Ventures in the News – June 9, 2023
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“Almost every foundational step of being in New Zealand came from that Coralus network. It was great to feel that that network extended beyond business.”
“When you have that attachment to going out, finding, and sourcing materials, it feels really wrong to just pour it in a plastic cup and
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“That’s really important to us at the end of the day is having that mutual understanding, and people who really believe in this positive impact
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“Ocean health is critical to human health in the long run, and one of the best ways that we can regenerate the local ecology in
“People just don’t see this as a job that they can do, because they don’t see many other women out there doing it. It can
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“In order for us as a country to get better, we have to close the disparity gap. By bringing attention to how marginalized groups in
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“When you are in landfills, you see how things quickly reached their end of life. But it’s really long before they’ve ever reached their end
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“The of culture of silence and shame around sexual violence is what keeps us separated, and what keeps us from activating for a movement.” —
“One of the big themes is this idea of moving from individual to community. How in times like this, do we turn to each other?
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“Kelp forests are declining because of increased temperatures, and kelp forests are just like rainforests on land — they support an incredible amount of biodiversity.
“The notions of being a responsible business owner has taken the forefront of our entrepreneurship journey. We’re a holistic company and we’re trying to look
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“As a startup, you have the decision to make — do I want to make it cheap, make more profit, or do I want to
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“This actually has a lot of potential to be a social enterprise that is for the planet, for people, but also is a delicious product
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“400 million tonne of plastic waste is produced around the world each year. A third of it is single-use packaging, and single-use packaging makes up
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“Plant based meat makes up 1% of total meat sales. Plant based seafood makes up 1% of plant based meat, and they’re predicting that plant
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“There are hundreds of people and now thousands of people who created the conditions for all of this to work. What I hadn’t done was
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“Humans are the only species on this planet to create what is known as garbage. We’re the only species that creates materials or products that
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“We actually create businesses that help contribute to a healthier world for all of us. Businesses are better when they are better for people and
“The systems weren’t built by us, for us. And so we’re rebuilding something that is really healthy for everyone involved. The planet, people, the businesses,
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“I believe that people don’t have to do sustainability perfectly. That you have to do what you can when you can do it, and always
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“All the capital we talk about, the social capital, the knowledge capital — that ends up being added to the money, and then it’s fused or
“We wanted to look at it from a systemic change point of view. We can create more affordable ingredients if we integrate waste from the
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“Consumers can only choose what they’re offered. If consumers demand something, companies will listen.” — Kristin Kagetsu, Saathi In this episode Kristin Kagetsu of Coralus
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“Over a third of the food we produce is wasted. And then you’ve got over 800 million people who don’t have enough to eat. It’s
“They saw the decline that so many seniors had over the last two years now. And we know that the way to help seniors to
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“Our oceans are under great threat. Over 8 billion kilograms of plastic garbage is entering oceans every single year. This is equivalent to over a
“By making those connections in this very safe environment, it allows people to get all of that support and access they need.” — Kerstyn Comley,
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“What’s truly important in life and what we’re going after here — in the end, it’s people, it’s relationships. It’s how we’re bringing value to
“I want to make sure that those hotels and resorts understand that accessibility is really not as hard to achieve as they might think. And
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“We need to have new ways and new tools to be able to help actually tackle the effectiveness of the therapy.” — Emmanuella Michel, Founder
“The pandemic definitely accelerated it, and helped people realize that we can’t continue as normal. We have to do things, we have to act in
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“I got to experience what it’s like when a lot of different ethnicities are valued and celebrated. And so I think that’s what led me
“SheEO made me feel safe — like I was not so crazy and so different, that there are hundreds, thousands, likely millions of us out
“That for me felt like, I have to do something. I’m not going to sit here whilst a third of the Laysan albatross chicks die.
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“It found me. And I thought, we can do this better.” —Leisa Hirtz, Founder of Bfree In this episode Meet new SheEO Venture Bfree for
“I feel like I carry them on my shoulders. And I want to be successful, because that’s what I want for myself. But because I
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“What our real product is, is trusted relationships. That’s what we’re building.“ — Trudie Fell, Co-Founder of BelleVie In this episode Meet new SheEO Venture
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide At this moment of time, I think the historian and philosopher Howard Zinn, who died in 2010, has
Written by Vicki Saunders About a year ago I told the team I need a break. Like a big one. 6 months? The team didn’t
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide What can I do, we do, about the suffering in the Ukraine? That’s the question that has haunted
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide On this day that celebrates love in all its forms (or at least that’s how I think of
“We’re doing a program about bringing the Obama portraits to the metaverse. We will have as our special guest, the first black woman to ever
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Photo by Rose-Lynn Fisher Part of what we’re doing at SheEO is unlearning behaviors and mindsets that do
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Photo by David Ghilardi I’ve been holding onto this graphic for a year. As a person who excels
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide My whole life has been a quest for wisdom. Given the chaos, suffering and greed in the world,
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“Within the SheEO community, it really helped shaped my mindset as an entrepreneur and really looking at opportunities that will strategically position EduCare to be
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Graphic: Albany Public Library Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the U.S. It’s disheartening to see
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“You will have heard of the saying, money makes the world go round. At SheEO, we know that money is not the only thing that
Written by Ecko Aleck, Global Indigenous Lead Photo provided by Adam Ziorio Photography featuring Ecko Aleck of Sacred Matriarch Productions. The Gregorian New Year has started. There is
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Graphic: Albany Public Library We’re 10 days into 2022 and already the year is full of challenges. So
“What I realized was, if I was sitting with all this trauma around my business and what I wanted to do, and not being able
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This podcast episode was recorded primarily in French. Special thanks to Activator Anik Lehouiller for hosting. In this episode Catch up with SheEO Venture Technologies
“We actually found out that RainStick won Best of Innovation in the Smart Home category for the show. So it is incredibly exciting for us.
“I’ve nearly sold out of cans, orders have been flying in. Lots and lots of people coming into the shop and congratulating us. We’ve had
“Fast forward a year. And we’re launching POLLAST!C, working with communities to collect pollution from the beaches and the waterways. We’re paying them a fair
SheEO is transforming as an organization. As we’ve witnessed the power of the community we are co-creating and scratched the surface of what’s possible together,
“I’ve heard so many no’s. So many no’s, because it’s not the normal business model and evidence of best practice is a really big thing
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Image: Patricia Ariel This is the last work week for SheEO before we take our annual 3-week rest.
As a small community, approximately 1500 active Activators, we have co-created significant impact, started to shift some critical systemic barriers and increased the depth of
“Centralizing the food system was the largest social experiment that we don’t talk about how much it’s failed. So I constantly think about, it’s not
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide I recently came across a wonderful author named Donna Ashworth. In her book To The Women, she writes
“So many times we sit there not actually knowing how to Ask. And so that’s what SheEO teaches. If you Ask, there’s just so much
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide I’ve always said I’m a person with goals or dreams. And mostly that’s true. I’ve navigated through life
Written by Activator Dana Marlatt When I was in University I used to write every scholarship essay based on Olivia Pope from Scandal. I was
“What is our highest and best use as an organization? And in many ways I think the biggest gift we can give to the world
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide I’ve been doing a lot of thinking these days about money. Or more accurately, wealth. Back when money
“It’s serendipitous that with COVID, we’ve become more aware of food security, where our food is coming from, and really needing to put more into
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Image source: Conscious Conversations Last week, I shared a model on purpose called Ikigai and offered a variety
“As First Nations, I have an experience learned and loved that I think works, because it works for me and my people and communities. But
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide The media is filled these days with news of The Great Resignation. It seems that Covid gave us
“This is really where the talk gets thrown out the window, and it’s really all about action. We’re seeing the effects of climate change, so
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide One of the most important things I ever learned from Buddhist psychology is the concept of the three
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Do you ever find yourself thinking the same thoughts over and over despite your desire not to? Whether
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Image source: Macrina Busato // Lotus Fruit I always pay attention when I hear something three times. Especially
“We’re teaching them that even though they’re alone, they’re part of something. They’re part of the Planet Protector Alliance—that goes all around the world, and
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide I was standing on a stage in front of 4000 women giving an hour talk. It was a
Join us 25-26 October, 2021 for the third SheEO Australian Summit, a virtual gathering for women + non-binary people working on The World’s To-Do List. “Last year
“Your average hearing aid retails for about $2,000. These things cost as little as $50 to manufacture or less. So as you can imagine, there’s
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In May 2021, the remains of 215 children were found at a residential school in Kamloops, BC. Since then, more than 1,300 unmarked graves have
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide It continues to be the number one topic of conversation with everyone I speak to these days—exhaustion, lack
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide “They are supposed to be our partners but they are going behind our backs to a third party
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Please read the full PNC Press Release. PITTSBURGH, Sept. 14, 2021 – PNC Bank announced today the launch of Project 257℠: Accelerating Women’s Financial
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Image: @happywholeway As we experience the ending of summer 2021 (or winter, depending on what hemisphere you live
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide One of the topics that comes up the most in my supporting women-led entrepreneurs is self-confidence. As in,
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide I am a pack rat for transformative mindset tools and techniques. Whenever I read about something I think
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide I’ve been working with startup founders for the past 20 years. So, when Vicki Saunders invited me to
“We want to help Canadian businesses at any point in their export journey. There’s something that EDC can do to help you.” Jennifer Cooke, Director
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Last week I featured the wonderful effects nature has on us from a scientific point of view. Today
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide I’ve been hearing more and more about the positive effects nature has on our well-being. But it was
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Life is amazing in its web of connections and synchronicities. Recently someone sent me a blog by American
“A number of studies have shown that access to energy and economic growth are perfectly correlated. You literally cannot end poverty unless you also end
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Photo by Daria Sannikova When the pandemic hit last year and I was wondering how to support SheEO
“To listen, to feel—is to Indigenize. The shattering of systems, which is what we’re in right now. It’s very uncertain. It’s uncomfortable. It’s scary, but
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide In her beautifully soulful book Kitchen Table Wisdom, Rachel Naomi Remen tells a story of a surly teenage
“What does it look like to build an organization that has a more matriarchal structure? What does it look like for us to have more
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Yesterday on our SheEO team call, one of our teammates said, “There is so much to mourn.” She
“Whenever people ask me about the growth trajectory, I don’t feel like I’ve come that far. But when I reflect back to the full three
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide I love reading something that makes me aware of my habitual mindset, the autopilot my mind uses to
“I think before, consumerism was out of control. I mean, even with my personal clothing line that I do on the side now as a
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide June is LGBTQ+ Pride month and I can’t let it pass without honoring the occasion. It’s always been
“There’s enough for all of us. There’s truly enough. You know, why waste all the energy we’re wasting when we can actually repurpose it for
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Image by @ohhappydani As a white woman with a lot of privilege, I’ve been thinking a lot about
“It was a side hustle for the longest time. It’s not like I came up with the idea for Save da Sea and then I
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Last month, I wrote about umbuntu, the idea that we exist in connection to one another and that
“I think there’s often the perception that living package-free or a lower-waste lifestyle is more expensive. But it doesn’t have to be. I hope that
“You do need to take debt, but it’s important to be strategic about it. You need to actually sit down and think about how much
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide I learned an important practice at the SheEO global summit this year from social justice doula Lutze Segu—to
“The vast majority of people who need us have never heard of us, or don’t know anything like this exists. And so our biggest challenge
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide One of my SheEO Ventures was having a challenge with a business colleague and was asking my help
“Up until more recently, people didn’t necessarily see how tech might be able to be utilized to either support survivors, to create change, to create
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide We white Westerners have so much to learn from our Indigenous sisters and brothers around the world. Virtually
“How can we make our apps more ethically friendly and sustainable? And I think that actually comes into place when more people of different backgrounds
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Mission II by Catherine Nelson This month, I find my mind continually turning to the question of how
“The idea is to be able to build what you need when you need it. Again, we already know the answers—it’s just restructuring and creating
“Who you are is exactly what the world needs right now they are starving for models of inspiration. And you will know that you’re on
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide How do we get beyond our Western either/or models of thinking that are destroying the earth to embrace
“These movements primarily focus on dismantling the top of the domination pyramid, politics and economics, as conventionally defined. And what happened? This left in place
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide That’s the central question of her heart that led Robin Wall Kimmerer, a member of the Potawatomi First
“Strategic planning can no longer just be about dollars and cents. If you’re not thinking about how antiracism is part of your strategic planning, if
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Contemplating the concept of abundance/sufficiency this month, I was delighted to get a copy of SheEO Activator Harriet
“The real source of the suffering in our relationship with money, is the lies the culture tells about money, that we support, that we’ve agreed
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide “Abundance is not something we acquire, it’s something we tune into.”—Wayne Dyer I’ve been exploring abundance versus scarcity
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide “Sufficiency….isn’t a measure of barely enough or more than enough. Sufficiency isn’t an amount at all. It is
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Credit: Pierre Jean-Louis (@pierre_artista) At the heart of co-creation, one of the SheEO values, is the act of
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide It’s so easy to fall into despair at the fate of the world and stay stuck in isolation.
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide It’s as if a dam has burst. I’ve spent the past week hearing from AAPI women I know
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Last week I wrote about how to use the physics of conscious creation as described by Robert Fritz
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Welcome IN to the new Canadian Cohort! We couldn’t be more excited to announce the newest + biggest Canadian cohort of women-led + owned Ventures,
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide This month at SheEO, we are focusing on our value of cocreation and in future blogs I’ll explore
TORONTO, March 3, 2021 /CNW/ – BMO Bank of Montreal today deepened its commitment to women entrepreneurs and business owners with $1.2 million in funding
Welcome IN to the UK Cohort! We couldn’t be more excited to announce the FIRST UK women-led + owned Ventures, selected by our radically generous
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide “We are not helpless victims in the grasp of some supernatural force. We were active participants in the
“So many of the funds that are called ‘responsible’ or ‘green’ are not truly ethical. So I was really motivated to start exploring what it
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Welcome IN to the US Cohort! We couldn’t be more excited to announce the newest women-led + owned Ventures, selected by our radically generous Activators,
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Whenever we have discussions about Radical Generosity with SheEO Activators or staff, people always raise the issue of
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Twenty-eight years ago, my coworkers and I wrote a little book called Random Acts of Kindness, which spawned
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Since I was very young, I have been obsessed with the cultivation of wisdom—what does it mean to
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“Norms, as those of us who work on gender norms know, are one of the most powerful intractable things because nobody even sees them. Right?
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide This month at SheEO, we are focusing on delving deeper into our core value of Radical Generosity, the
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide I have been an advocate of cultivating a growth mindset, the ability to see challenges as opportunities to
“This is a really profound crisis. It’s a crisis of an old form of production and consumption in the economy. It’s the crisis of its
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Pretty much everyone I talk to these days describes a similar thing when I ask how they are:
“People are always like, ‘What is the Zone of Freaking Out?’ Yes, it is the ZOFO. It is the opposite of the comfort zone. And
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide “We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand…and melting like a snowflake. Let us
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” –Aristotle I believe
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Watch our Year End By The Numbers Below. “It’s been a crazy year in the SheEO community + in the world. During COVID, we’ve done
Mindset Monday written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide As you are well aware, it’s been a hard year. Covid and its effects on our
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Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Last week I wrote about the power of gratitude to bring us happiness and give us a sense
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide One day, quite a while ago, I wrote a little book called Attitudes of Gratitude. At the time,
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SheEO Shopping Guide This year support women-led and women-owned Ventures that are working on the World’s To-Do List when purchasing gifts for friends, family or
“Enthusiasm is incredibly infectious, and people just want to ride that wave. It makes you feel good. That’s kind of how I roll in the
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide It’s two weeks after the U.S. election, with all of its lessons of where we are as a
In this year of racial reckoning, people are waking up to the fact that our systems and structures are biased. The deck is stacked against
“We sat down to solve this problem in the same way that you sit down to solve any problem. And even though it’s a big
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide You don’t need me to convince you that we are living in and through profoundly uncertain times. The
“When you show up, as your whole self and you’re like I’m here to give and I’m here to ask. Both kind of in circular
On 17-18 November, 2020 we host the second SheEO Australian Summit, a virtual gathering for women working on The World’s To-Do List. Join us to
With 73 Ventures in 5 countries, we are rounding up the news every 2 weeks to share what is happening, it can be hard to
This article is written by Denise Hearn. Recently released PitchBook data shows that funding for US-based women entrepreneurs slowed to a three-year low in Q3,
“I was honestly sick of women volunteering their time for this problem. It’s not their problem. It’s the world’s problem. It’s everybody’s problem.” – Ally
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide As you read this, it is the eve of the U.S. Presidential election. Who will win? What will
“We decided very early on that we were going to try and get online as fast as possible. That was something that always was in
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide In addition to dealing with all the challenges in our outer world right now, most of us also
With 73 Ventures in 5 countries, we are rounding up the news every 2 weeks to share what is happening, it can be hard to
“First we have to really think about what’s possible. Because the resistance revolution change starts in the imagination.” – Lutze B. Segu, MSW, Doctoral Student
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide One of the founding principles of SheEO, which we are hopefully honoring more and more, is to learn
2020 New Zealand Cohort AWWA Using the latest fabric technology AWWA period proof underwear provides a sustainable alternative to all other menstrual products and revolutionises
“We must. It’s not an option. We must be looking at where our capital is going if we really believe in the things that we
“People have a great idea, but they don’t have experience in the industry. So number one, find somebody who’s worked in that industry for a
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide Maybe it’s because I live in a fire zone in the US, but right now times feel very
“To all the creators, innovators + game changers; as an entrepreneur – I recommend becoming an Activator first. You’ll immediately join the SheEO community, start
Every 2 weeks we will share what is happening in the news with our Ventures + community. Engage, share + follow using the hashtag #sheeomagic
“Fearless compassion to be able to say, am I willing to give an incarcerated person a second chance? Am I willing to understand that they
Written by MJ Ryan, SheEO Development Guide When the white women of SheEO did the Race2Dinner conversation with Regina Jackson and Saira Rao (https://race2dinner.com/) about
Quote from Podcast “Economics needs feminism and feminism needs economics. It’s so key for solving the problems we have today. I firmly believe this is
When I hit 40, I changed my life. It was a convergence of a number of painful circumstances that forced me into it, but mostly
Quote from Podcast “Mentorship is why we’ve been able to accomplish as much. Loren, my SheEO mentor, brings a new perspective and shifting up that
“Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere.” – Erma Bombeck Somewhere in my distant childhood,
Quote from Podcast “To create another brand that’s bigger than all of us and that is really scary and that’s hard and we need to
So many of us are under a lot of stress from our external circumstances. We don’t need to pile onto that with our self-talk. How
“When I didn’t see what I liked, I thought OK, well let me create it. I either had to accept what was available and if
From the beginning, the name SheEO was either a love it or lose it vibe “Brilliant!”, said many. Redefining a new way of being a
Dia Bondi is a U.S. SheEO Activator who is the most kick-ass communications catalyst/speaker/coach I know. A few months ago, she wrote a newsletter that
At SheEO, we are committed, as a community, to using our energy + resources to work on the most pressing issues of our time. We
Are you working on The World’s To-Do List? Applications in Australia and New Zealand open on 10th of May. Applications in Canada, US, and UK
Need some words of encouragement today? One of my go-to inspirational writers these days is Glennon Doyle, author of several books, including Untamed, her new
NEW Podcast Series You ask a question and we answer it! Join us for this bite-sized series, each episode answers a ‘Behind The Scenes’ question
NEW Podcast Series You ask a question and we answer it! Join us for this bite-sized series, each episode answers a ‘Behind The Scenes’ question
I’m not ready to let go of the theme of Love and Fear quite yet. It feels so important for where we are as a
“Would you risk your influence? Would you risk your power? Would you step out and say something bold? Because that is more risky than giving
NEW ZEALAND Again Again Limited Again Again is a coffee cup share network for takeaway without the throwaway. Cups are accessible for $3 deposit, which
It’s so easy these days, at least for me and those I am speaking to, to get focused on all that is wrong and fall
“I want to get the right capital to entrepreneurs, in the way that they need it without pressure for them to have to want to
How an extraordinary group of female entrepreneurs keep innovating through the pandemic Launched in 2015 in Canada, a visionary funding model for female entrepreneurs is
“It’s not enough to be aware if you’re not willing to use your power to challenge those systems of power.” – Joy Anderson, President and
Civil rights activist and U.S. Congressperson John Lewis was laid to rest last Friday. He asked that on the day of his funeral, the
Last week I talked about why love and fear are, at base, our two possible responses to life. I was writing, as I usually do,
“People who haven’t historically had access to the system deserve access to the system and it’s screwed up that they don’t have it. That’s wrong,
Recently at SheEO HQ and among the women-led Ventures who have been funded by the global group of radically generous women we call Activators, we
“How do we mobilize funding for the efforts that are not working within the current system who are potentially being prophetic or bold enough to
“What was Lunapads and is Aisle, has always been an activist brand. It is never been otherwise. We have never been part of the status
“Anxious.” “Exhausted.” “Sad.” “Depressed.” “Overwhelmed.” These are the feelings I am hearing about over and over as I talk to clients and friends. One thread
“Resilience requires a constant transformation of relationships of power.” – Joy Anderson, President and Founder of Criterion Institute Overview of podcast We hear a lot
At the rate of our current consumption, by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean (Source: Ellen MacArthur Foundation). Plastic Free
“There’s a huge apocalypse happening in this space right now in the Canadian local news sphere. We’re solving for that problem because we know having
“To change systems, you have to focus on A system, not THE system. Because if you try to take on THE system, it’s just an
By MJ Ryan I’ve been reflecting a lot on comfort recently—the white privilege of comfort and the knowledge that to change anything, we white folks
“What can we implement to support community like models of caring? How can we introduce safeguards to definitely keep people safe, but still provide enough
By MJ Ryan June is LBGTQ+ Pride month, something that has been celebrated for the past 50 years in my neck of the woods, the
“We’re actually the ones that are disrupting expertise, not reinforcing expertise.” Overview of podcast Our market systems impact almost everything in our modern lives, from
A new LIVE Series on Facebook & IGTV on Instagram called SheEO Unplugged where Ventures talk to each other about what is happening in their business during these times, what change
A new LIVE Series on Facebook & IGTV on Instagram called SheEO Unplugged where Ventures talk to each other about what is happening in their
A new LIVE Series on Facebook & IGTV on Instagram called SheEO Unplugged where Ventures talk to each other about what is happening in their
“If someone else knows how to do it, teach me. You teach me and I will give you back whatever I can. Knowing that you’re
By MJ Ryan Sitting here thinking about the Black Lives Matter movement and what those of us who are white can do to be better
“The big work that philanthropy has to do is in organizing other philanthropists. To understand the importance of undoing this current system, so that we
“If we can get the guts to ask for help, somebody out there is going to be so stoked to help you. Whether there is
By MJ Ryan Each and every one of us has something unique to contribute to the world. I truly believe that. In fact, I have
This podcast was recorded live from the Wisdom Room Stage at the #SheEOGlobalSummit hosted in Toronto, March 9 and 10, 2020. In this session moderated
By Vicki Saunders Building a new world starts with Wisdom from the Ages My first real connection to Indigenous culture came in New Zealand in
“You’re going to have to learn to move in fear. When you can move in fear, it’s called bravery. So you’re not supposed to be
By MJ Ryan, Featuring Steph Speirs, Co-Founder of SheEO Venture Solstice From MJ Ryan: SheEO is dedicated to supporting new mindsets and new models to
By MJ Ryan There is nothing in my mind these days except the pain of the racial violence that the U.S. in particular is experiencing
This podcast was recorded live from the Wisdom Room Stage at the #SheEOGlobalSummit hosted in Toronto, March 9 and 10, 2020. “Many women before us
By MJ Ryan How do we cultivate wise action to take advantage of the moment we are in, especially in this time of stress and
Clean, renewable sources of energy like solar power is more important than ever before, yet most people are not able to put solar on their
This podcast was recorded live from the Wisdom Room Stage at the #SheEOGlobalSummit hosted in Toronto, March 9 and 10, 2020. Moderated by Tatiana Fraser,
By MJ Ryan I’ve seen a lot of articles about Zoom fatigue recently. About how all our zooming—up to about 200 million meetings a day
Robyn McLean and Mary Bond are two friends who always dreamed of going into business together. When Robyn made the switch to menstrual cups to
By MJ Ryan Yes, a lot of us are more tired than usual. There are lots of reasons, especially for those juggling kids at home
This podcast was recorded live from the Wisdom Room Stage at the #SheEOGlobalSummit hosted in Toronto, March 9 and 10, 2020. This session showcases SheEO
By MJ Ryan One of the guiding principles of SheEO is to learn from the wisdom of the ages. I have been seeing this message
Plastic packaging and shipping waste is part of the parcel of a growing eCommerce industry, but it doesn’t have to be. Rebecca Percasky and Kate
By MJ Ryan Today, I am offering an excerpt from an email that Steph Speirs, CEO of SheEO Venture Solstice wrote to her community recently.
This podcast was recorded live from the Wisdom Room Stage at the #SheEOGlobalSummit hosted in Toronto, March 9 and 10, 2020. We all have the
By MJ Ryan Covid, climate chaos, political unrest….I think we can all agree that we are living in unprecedented times, full of uncertainty and upheaval.
Chloe and Florence Van Dyke are the real-life sisters behind Chia Sisters, producers of New Zealand’s most nutritious and sustainable juices and seeds. In this
by M.J. Ryan I am copying in full an post by New York state psychologist Eileen Feliciano because I found it the best summary of
La présentation des nouvelles entreprises d’Australie s’est faite en direct le jeudi 2 avril, dans le cadre de notre toute première annonce virtuelle! La communauté
The new cohort of Australian Ventures was announced on Thursday, 2 April, live from our first-ever Virtual Venture Announcement! The SheEO community from across Australia
by M.J. Ryan If there is one thing that I work with most of my clients on, including SheEO ventures, it’s what typically people call
What do you do when you can’t “do” anything? When it’s out of your control? When someone close to you whom you love is suffering?
Photo de Dahlia Katz La présentation des nouvelles entreprises SheEO du Canada et des États-Unis a eu lieu en direct sur scène à Toronto le
Photo by Dahlia Katz The new cohort of SheEO Canadian and US Ventures was announced on Monday, March 9 2020, live on stage from the
by M.J. Ryan Today marks day one of the Global Summit, a celebration of 5 years in Canada for SheEO and the launch of the
by M.J. Ryan We at SheEO practice radical generosity, which I define as giving with no strings attached, no expectation of some kind of personal
by MJ Ryan One of my most important teachers is Jack Kornfield. I have studied with him, on and off, for the past 35 years.
by MJ Ryan One of the new mindsets I have the most difficulty with is the concept of interbeing, defined as inter-dependent co-existence. I mean,
by MJ Ryan When I was younger, I really thought of my body as a taxicab for my brain. Then as a senior in college,
by MJ Ryan I’ve come to understand that change fundamentally only requires three things: desire—I really want to do this; intention: I am going to
by MJ Ryan It’s the end of January. How are you doing on the changes you committed to at New Years? If you’re like most
On March 9 and 10, 2020 the world is coming to Toronto for the SheEO Global Summit, a gathering of women working on the World’s
By: MJ Ryan We’re doing something new at SheEO this year. Each Monday, I’ll be sharing perspectives, tools, and wisdom I’m encountering about the mindsets
On March 9-10, 2020 the world is coming to Toronto, Canada for the first-ever SheEO Global Summit, a gathering for women working on the World’s
Today SheEO announced this year’s Canadian and US Venture Semi-Finalists selected by Activators, women who each contributed $1100 as an act of Radical Generosity. “Working
In a world where we have more than enough food to feed everyone, many are going hungry. Farm From a Box has created a solution
The old saying “it’s lonely at the top” might be cliche, but there’s some truth to it. Which is why for Bethany Desphande community plays
As a biochemist and pharmacologist, Margaret Magdesian dedicated her career to studying the nervous system. After realizing that drug testing is performed on animals that
Infant falls are a new and rapidly growing problem, with large organizations spending years and countless dollars in research and development to figure out how
Neige and Pippa Blair are building Routine on their own terms. In this episode of the SheEO.World podcast, hear how they grew from arts markets
In New Zealand, Beany just closed a $1.5M round of funding. Beany’s founder Sue De Bievre described the support of the SheEO Community as a
Sandra Kwak’s vision for 10 Power is to provide communities with more than just the benefits of electricity. Through financing and development of renewable energy
Sonia Strobel, Co-Founder and CEO of Skipper Otto, is using community to redesign the seafood industry – supporting fishing families, Indigenous communities and growing bolder
