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NewslettersCan AI level the playing field for early-stage female founders? Their optimism about fundraising is increasing
By Emma HinchliffeJune 8, 2026
By Emma HinchliffeJune 5, 2026
CommentaryWhat Alix Earle knows about business that many of my Harvard Business School students don’t get
By Reza SatchuJune 4, 2026
SuccessEx-Applebee’s exec was told she’d never be CEO—she bought the chain and fired her naysayer: ‘We don’t need two of us, so I’m gonna have to let you go’
By Emma BurleighMay 30, 2026
SuccessFrom Target stockrooms to factory floors: The first jobs that shaped Fortune’s Most Powerful Women
By Preston ForeMay 29, 2026
NewslettersJenn Hyman reflects on the highs and lows of running Rent the Runway for almost two decades
By Emma HinchliffeMay 15, 2026
Arts & EntertainmentJenn Hyman steps down as CEO of Rent the Runway: ‘I’ve left it all on the field’
By Emma HinchliffeMay 13, 2026
SuccessPoppi cofounder maxed out credit cards and sold her car to fund the company—now, she’s a multimillionaire after a $1.95 billion sale
By Emma BurleighMay 11, 2026
NewslettersThe beauty founder who built a business on QVC is ready as America discovers a new love for live shopping
By Emma HinchliffeMay 7, 2026
SuccessMark Zuckerberg once gave a Facebook engineer startup advice at 2 a.m. while ‘hanging out with all the interns’—she quit and raised millions after
By Orianna Rosa RoyleMay 6, 2026
NewslettersHow ShopMy’s relentless focus on product-market fit turned the shopping disruptor into a $1.5 billion unicorn
By Emma HinchliffeMay 4, 2026
SuccessEventbrite 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
NewslettersThe Tory Burch Foundation is almost halfway to its $1 billion goal for women entrepreneurs
By Emma HinchliffeApril 30, 2026
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