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Melissa Ben Ishay attends The Build Series to discuss Baked By Melissa at AOL HQ on October 14, 2016 in New York City.
C-SuiteBaked by Melissa’s founder was fired at 24. Two decades later, she’s ‘so freaking thrilled’ to step down as CEO
By Eva RoytburgMarch 19, 2026
Nicole Bernard Dawes, the founder of Late July and Nixie
SuccessThe founder of $100M brand Late July and Nixie started selling $1 cookies at 12 and learned the snack trade from the founder of Cape Cod chips—her dad
By Emma BurleighMarch 15, 2026
NewslettersBumble revenue took a 10% nosedive last year but its stock just jumped 35%. Here’s why investors think the dating app has a chance at a comeback
By Emma HinchliffeMarch 12, 2026
AIVenture dollars to female founders doubled to a record $73 billion last year—but Anthropic and Scale AI skewed the data
By Lily Mae LazarusMarch 6, 2026
NewslettersAfter conquering Brazil, Nubank’s Cristina Junqueira takes on the U.S.
By Emma HinchliffeFebruary 17, 2026
Actress Jennifer Garner
SuccessActress Jennifer Garner just took her $724 million organic food empire public. She started her career making just $150 weekly as a ‘broke’ understudy
By Emma BurleighFebruary 13, 2026
SuccessJennifer Garner’s Once Upon a Farm IPO jumps 40% as the company raises $198 million
By Emma HinchliffeFebruary 9, 2026
Joanna Griffiths, the founder and president of Knix
SuccessThe founder of $400 million company Knix sees a hypnotherapist to ‘rewire’ her brain and work through her fear of failure
By Emma BurleighFebruary 8, 2026
NewslettersMidi just hit a $1 billion valuation with plans to become the biggest consumer brand in women’s health
By Emma HinchliffeFebruary 5, 2026
NewslettersKim Kardashian shaped Skims into a $5 billion brand—now she wants to help other entrepreneurs mold their skills for success 
By Emma HinchliffeDecember 4, 2025
SuccessMeet Luana Lopes Lara: The 29-year-old ex-ballerina spent college summers working for Ray Dalio and Ken Griffin—now she’s the youngest female self-made billionaire
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 4, 2025
NewslettersWhat to know about Anthropic cofounder Daniela Amodei as the OpenAI competitor races toward profitability
By Emma HinchliffeDecember 2, 2025
NewslettersExclusive: Female Founders Fund raises a $29 million fourth fund—a milestone for emerging managers
By Emma HinchliffeDecember 1, 2025
Kathy Harvey is Associate Dean for Global Networks and Innovation at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Keble College.
CommentaryFinance’s outdated view of women holding back female founders
By Kathy HarveyNovember 27, 2025
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SuccessFounder of $100 million company never unplugs from work, but encourages her team to have work-life balance: ‘They didn’t sign up to be entrepreneurs’
By Emma BurleighNovember 23, 2025
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