Designing to close the gap

YWCA Toronto's 40th Women of Distinction Awards Gala: Vicki Saunders

NOTE: This article has been repurposed from a speech Vicki Saunders gave during the Gender Smart Investing Summit. A few years ago I started SheEO to radically transform how we support, finance, and celebrate female entrepreneurs. Many people were deeply perplexed by our model, especially those in the finance world. A 0% interest loan? How […]

The Value of a Global Network

If you’re a woman entrepreneur, you have everything they need in order to conquer the world except, maybe, the world itself.   Economic Development Canada cites “finding customers and partners abroad” as the number-one pain point for Canadian firms that have export aspirations. Add that to other daunting challenges associated with exporting to an international […]

Self-Organize Like a SheEO

Self-Organization New power operates differently, like a current. It is made by many. It is open, participatory, and peer-driven. It uploads, and it distributes. Like water or electricity, it’s most forceful when it surges. – Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnectd World–and How to Make It Work for […]