A dynamic new female-focused accelerator is launching in Toronto to help women founders break through barriers to better compete in the heavily male-dominated startup field.
TORONTO, February 15, 2018 /3BL Media/ - The DMZ at Ryerson University announced today the launch of a Women Founders accelerator program to help early-stage women-led startups secure early revenue and find their product-market fit. The four-month accelerator program, launched in partnership with Scotiabank and Tangerine, will fuel the success of Canadian women innovators.
América Cristina Paz Tito lives in Arequipa and is a small business owner. She has been taking monthly classes from the DreamBuilder program, a partnership between Freeport-McMoRan and its affiliate Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde, and Thunderbird School of Global Management.
From the ICMM: America had the drive and the dream, then an ICMM member company helped her get the skills to make that vision a reality. She has now gone from selling potatoes at a roadside stand to owning three small businesses. You should hear that story from her:
Like all markets, social-benefit markets provide a platform for buyers and sellers to exchange commodities, but they are distinguished by their unique goal of improving social and environmental conditions. For example, most people are familiar with carbon trading markets, which aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Social-benefit markets are not only a promising strategy to combat pressing social and environmental problems; they are also contributing significantly to the world economy, with trading volumes estimated to reach $1 trillion by 2020.
Angela Baker will be speaking at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's upcoming 2018 International Women’s Day Forum,Partner With Purpose: Business for Gender Equality. Hear her and so many other great speakers from organizations working toward achieving full gender equality in the workplace, community, and marketplace on March 6-7 in Washington, DC. Learn more and save 20% on registration with Early Bird prices here.
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Angela Baker will be speaking at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's upcoming 2018 International Women’s Day Forum,Partner With Purpose: Business for Gender Equality. Hear her and so many other great speakers from organizations working toward achieving full gender equality in the workplace, community, and marketplace on March 6-7 in Washington, DC. Learn more and save 20% on registration with Early Bird prices here.
What gift would you give for the holidays that costs $56? Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci lived on $56 for 56 days in Guatemala and filmed Living on One Dollar, a documentary that has raised over $300,000 for Whole Planet Foundation, funding 1,600 microloans for Guatemalans living in poverty.
