Facing Funding Challenges and Barriers Head On

Female-run businesses are on the rise and we love to see it! Entrepreneurism can offer women many benefits like career flexibility, growth opportunities, empowerment and can expand the local and global economy.

With female-run businesses on the rise, the Women's Foundation of Boston understands the importance of continuing this upward momentum through providing women entrepreneurs the support needed to overcome common barriers, like securing funding, finding a good network, and balancing other responsibilities.

Considering only 3% of all venture capital investments are going to female-founded companies, something needs to change. WFBoston is pleased to highlight programs that are addressing this inequity and helping to level the playing field.

Providing Resources so Women Entrepreneurs Can Flourish

Center for Women and Enterprise helps women business owners and aspiring women entrepreneurs launch and grow their business by providing greater access to resources, tools and support.

WFBoston’s recent $25,000 Catalyst Grant will fund a strategic marketing project to expand CWE’s reach and impact.

Welcome Our New Board Member, Stephanie Connaughton

We're delighted to announce the appointment of our new board member, Stephanie Connaughton. She brings a wide variety of knowledge and skills as a marketer and branding expert to WFBoston. Stephanie spent 15 years at Gillette (later P&G) where she pioneered breakthrough products including the original Venus razor. She has been involved with over 50 start-ups as an advisor and angel investor, and founded a consumer products company.

She serves on the board of many wonderful organizations (now including ours!) and is a highly valued community leader. We are excited and honored to welcome her onto our board.

Volunteer Spotlight | Joy Huang

WFBoston is grateful for our talented team of professional volunteers who provide their time and talents, and are delighted to recognize volunteer Joy Huang.

Joy is the Director of Retention at NOBULL and has dived into volunteering with the WFBoston marketing team to build email automations, manage audience segmentation and help with template creation.

"WFBoston is working to not only improve the lives of women & girls, but also to empower them with the tools they need to thrive and succeed, and THAT is really cool and something I'm proud to be a part of." - Joy

Interested in becoming a volunteer? Learn more here.

WFBoston Community News

WFBoston COO Patti Satterthwaite recently spoke at the Boston launch event for our grantee partner Girls With Impact. The organization prepares young women with leadership and college-readiness skills to succeed in school and the workplace so they can become the leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators of tomorrow.

WFBoston Co-Founder and CEO Christina Gordon was recently interviewed by Authority Magazine. Christina openly shares about her own lessons learned as an entrepreneur and outlines 5 things that can be done to help empower more women to become founders. Read more.

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