Awards
It’s been a great 12 months for Lisa Falzone. Last year she
raised $3.7 million in her series "A" funding round; then last month at the Macworld
– iWorld event, her company Revel
Systems was officially announced as the winner of the Best iPad Business App of the Year Award.
The
UK’s largest independent membership network for women in business, everywoman, is inviting entries for the 2012
Specsavers everywoman in Retail Awards.
Now in their fifth year, these awards recognise the achievements of women in the retail sector, with categories including "Entrepreneur of the Year" and "Woman of the Year". Keep reading for details of last year's winners in these categories.
By highlighting inspirational female role models who are excelling, the awards aim to demonstrate to other talented individuals the exceptional opportunities offered by a career in retail.
On the initiative of the HVB Women's Council,
HypoVereinsbank has launched a mentoring programme: experienced
businesswomen support selected women start-up entrepreneurs on
the road to founding their own company.
Eligible candidates are invited to apply for one of six mentoring places by submitting their idea and business plan or concept. The winners will be selected by a distinguished jury. The deciding factors will be the quality of the business plan or concept and the start-up idea itself. Amongst the mentors is DLD Co-Founder Steffi Czerny.
The
UK’s largest female business community, everywoman, has announced the
2012 finalists in the everywoman in Technology Awards, once
again uncovering the UK’s most successful and talented
women working within the technology sector. And our own founder Simone Brummelhuis of The NextWomen is again part of the jury.
These
awards, now in their second year, highlight the achievements of women excelling
in this industry, in order to encourage more to see it as a rewarding career
choice.
Despite increases in the number of women entering the workforce over the past few decades, recent figures show that the number employed within the IT and telecoms sector has decreased. Although 47% of the UK workforce is female, only 18% of IT & Telecoms professionals are female, down from 22% in 2001*.
The search to find
Britain’s most pioneering women has begun with the launch of the 2012 First
Women Awards.
The First Women Awards celebrate trailblazing women from the business, entrepreneurial, manufacturing, science & technology, and media sectors who are leading the way for the next generation. The awards were created by Real Business and the CBI, and are held in association with Lloyds Banking Group.
Arianna Huffington received the Aenne Burda Award, which recognizes
visionary female entrepreneurs, at the international digital conference DLD in
Munich last week.
Huffington, the founder and editor-in-chief of the AOL Huffington Post Media Group, tweeted her excitement at receiving the award . It was presented by Dr. Maria Furtwängler-Burda, who praised Huffington as an example of female empowerment. She said,
"Arianna Huffington experienced backstrokes and was never deterred by them –- her fearlessness is a stimulus for women, to get active themselves."
This weekend will see Lisbon transformed
into a melting pot of innovative thinking, as 150 of the most inspiring
change-makers under 30 will get together for the Sandbox Global
Summit.
Sandbox, for which recent The NextWomen interviewee Robyn Scott is a Global Ambassador, is the foremost global community of extraordinary young achievers below 30. It brings together young people worldwide who have already had an impressive impact, no matter in what field or industry.The growing community counts 600 young leaders in 48 different countries.
Now in its second edition, the BLN MiM Forum 2012 will gather
over 140 decision makers from adopters of mobile technology, the most
disruptive mobile entrepreneurs and the investors backing them to consider
real, commercial opportunities in mobile.
The first app I remember seeing was shown to me by a guy friend of mine, and
it was the Wobble app.
In case you don’t have the pleasure of familiarity with this app, it allows you to add “boob jiggle” to a photo of any woman of your choice. And we wonder why our research with YouGov shows that women with smartphones are nearly twice as likely as men to have never downloaded a SINGLE app.
(Source: The App Economy YouGov/Lady Geek 2010)
Third sector pioneer Michelle Wright said it was “an honour”
to be named Female Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2011 Startups Awards on
Friday.
Wright received the highly coveted title in recognition of the ground-breaking work being done by her company, Cause4, which acts as a development and fundraising partner for charities across the UK.
The business was set up in response to the lack of accountability and high fees associated with charity fundraising consultants, and has revolutionised the third sector with its risk-sharing, transparent approach.
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