In Her Words: 5 Mistakes I Made When Starting a Business
Women-owned businesses have been steadily increasing for years. In 2019, more $1 billion female-founded "unicorn" start-ups were born than ever before. What's more? Female-founded startups generate more revenue — with far less access to capital (only 2.2% of all venture
Nine Takeaways From Global Innovators
If you weren't able to join our unplugged virtual conversations in celebration of SXSW last week, we have you covered: Below are the top-line lessons learned from each discussion, along with key quotes and links to watch each conversation in
20 Quotes That Will Inspire You to Stay on Top of Your Game
The Equality Lounge® @ NBA All-Star 2020 provided a space for leaders — in Chicago and beyond — to share where their strength comes from, what inspires them, and why it’s important to embrace risk (and occasionally fail). Here are
Passing the Mic to Women in Film
Media shapes culture and how we see ourselves, yet equality is far from reality in Hollywood. Just look at the gender imbalance at the Oscars this year. While the percentage of female nominees has certainly improved over the past two
Seen & Heard in the Equality Lounge @ Davos 2020
We just returned from the World Economic Forum’s 50th Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland where conversations centered around this year’s theme Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World. Inside the Equality Lounge @ Davos, we featured panels and discussions dedicated
Where We Stand Today
From where we stand today, "None of us will see gender parity in our lifetimes, and nor likely will many of our children." That's the latest finding of the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2020, which projects that
Inside the Equality Lounge @ CES 2020: Why Visibility for Women is Key to Closing Tech's Gender Gap
Women make up nearly half of the total labor force in the United States. And yet, the tech industry is still very much a boys’ club. While the percentage of working women has gradually climbed over the past decades, it
Part 2: Command Your Voice of Authority – Up Your ACT™
True greatness is unique for each person. It is a special combination: an integration of what you believe about yourself, how you hold yourself to high standards of accountability, and who you are as you grow through experience. These are
10 Leaders on How to Turbocharge Innovation
Managing bias in artificial intelligence, the innovations accelerating progress on the SDGs, business as a platform for change: These are a few of the major themes that appeared this week at Dreamforce where we hosted the FQ Lounge with Deloitte