Article of Interest: Women Investors Fuel Women-Run Companies

Source:  Businessweek (9/10/14)

According to Karen E. Klein for Businessweek, "Women made up 23 percent of all entrepreneurs seeking angel capital in 2013, up from 9 percent in 2005. There were fewer than 20,000 female angel investors in 2005, but that number increased to nearly 58,000 by last year."

Read the entire article:  Angel Investing:  Rise of Female Investors Fuels Women-Run Companies

Related paper:  The Angel Investor Market in 2013:  A Return to Seed Investing

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Resource of Interest: How Women Presidents Can Use Social Media

Here's a look at how smart companies, especially those run by women presidents like us, are using Twitter and Facebook to get ahead.

• Social Media Beachcombing: Survival of the Twittest?

  Twitter and other social media are quickly entering the mainstream, but it will be years before we see which innovations will endure.

• Slide Show: CEOs Who Use Twitter

  Dozens of CEOs who find Twitter to be a personal and professional delight. Here's how they use the service, and who they like to follow.

• A Twitter Code of Conduct

  To prevent information leaks and other liabilities, companies are drafting guidelines for social media interaction. A rule of thumb: Don't be stupid.

• Keeping Momentum in Social Media

  A few simple steps can keep employees involved in a company-sponsored social media platform long after the excitement of the initial launch.

• Starting a Corporate Social Network? Don't

  Save your company's cash. Leveraging Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter is fast, easy, and free.

Article of Interest: Who Are the Greatest Entrepreneurs of All Time?

We could spend a lifetime compiling a list without ever agreeing on who deserves a mention. From the pirates of Silicon Valley to the captains of industry, there are far too many figures to choose from to give anyone the final say.

BusinessWeek picked the brains of professors, authors, and its own staffers. Their criteria for entrepreneurs to be considered among the greatest was simple. If they had the vision to create new markets or tap into underserved markets, changing the way people lived in the process, then they were candidates on a list they whittled down to 30 players.

Find out who's a player here. Hint: Four (4) women made the list and one (pictured) is based in our sweet home town Chicago.