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The woman shaking up the conservative world of auctioneering

sudshr47 May 4, 2018

Auctioneering has always been a man’s world. Now women, like Helena Newman, Co-Head for Impressionist and Modern Art Worldwide at Sotheby’s, are putting the hammer down on this particular glass ceiling with elegance and poise.

Newman is also taking the auction for major evening sales (the fanciest and of highest value auctions) of impressionist and modern art in London and New York. At an auction in March, she broke a record for highest price for a painting ever sold in Europe. Read more…

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Project Entrepreneur expands accelerator program to help more women entrepreneurs build scalable companies

sudshr47 November 27, 2017

Since launching in 2015, Project Entrepreneur — a media partner of Mashable — has trained more than 1,200 aspiring entrepreneurs representing 131 U.S. cities. Its annual venture competition has yielded an alumnae community of nearly 400 women entrepreneurs, with the 2016 finalists reporting $10+ million raised in seed and pre-seed funding.

Now entering its third year, Project Entrepreneur (PE) — an initiative from the Rent the Runway Foundation and UBS Elevating Entrepreneurs — is expanding the number of winning companies in the accelerator from three to five.

“We are so excited to continue working with UBS in providing women with the tools they need to create high-growth companies, and see their visions through,” said Jennifer Hyman, CEO and Co-Founder of Rent the Runway. “Past participants in our accelerator continue to inspire us with their incredible progress, including closing rounds of funding. We are eager to provide the next class of talented female founders with the tools and support they need to scale, and to see the disruption their companies bring to various different industries.” Read more…

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Project Entrepreneur expands accelerator program to help more women entrepreneurs build scalable companies

sudshr47 November 27, 2017

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Stitch Fix’s IPO was… fine. It was fine.

sudshr47 November 17, 2017

Stitch Fix debuted on the stock market on Friday, and while things didn’t go quite as well as expected, they still went pretty smoothly.

The clothing and personal styling subscription service raised $120 million in its initial public offering—making the transition from venture-funded startup to publicly traded on Wall Street—with an opening price of $16.90 a share. In its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in October, Stitch Fix expected a price between $18 and $20. Then Thursday night, the company downgraded expectations to $15 a share before opening a little higher Friday. The company sold 8 million shares, another downsizing from its previous 10 million target. Read more…

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Dollar Shave Club finally has a real competitor for women’s shaving

sudshr47 November 14, 2017

Dollar Shave Club, which is basically just razors sold through the mail, sold for $1 billion. The subscription razor delivery service offers its wholesale-cost shaving products for anyone who wants to use them—but it’s still mostly marketed for men.

That’s why the founders of Billie, a new startup, think they have a way into the surprisingly lucrative subscription shaving business.

“We looked at the shaving categories and we saw a lot of companies focused on providing a better shaving experience for men,” co-founder Georgina Gooley said. “Women have been kind of an afterthought in this category.” Read more…

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