by Startup Parent | July 3, 2017
Dominie Moss is focused on a very specific gap in the market that is wildly underserved: women who have taken a career break and want to get back to work. In her estimation, there are 427,000 women in the UK alone that want to return to executive-level positions and have the talent to do so, but no clear path for what it looks like (yet). Dominie’s company is setting out to fix this.
by Sarah K Peck | June 26, 2017
What does it take to leave a career in venture capital to join a shipping startup—in between your first baby and second baby? Today we get to interview Renee DiResta, co-founder and Director of Marketing at Haven. Renee worked previously in Venture Capital, and before that, on Wall Street. To join a startup with two small kids required some specific negotiations.
by Sarah K Peck | June 5, 2017
Courtney Skott is an award-winning, independent furniture and interior designer. She also wants to talk about blood: women have periods, they have miscarriages, and they have abortions. None of this should be shrouded in mystery or secrecy.
by Mellisa Reeves | September 1, 2016
I have a confession: I’ve never thought of myself as a very creative person. When I was younger, and people would insist “but you’re so musical”, my response was always, “yes, but I’m a very technical musician”. Not a lot of value was placed on being creative in the...
by Sarah K Peck | August 25, 2016
The first several weeks after my baby arrived, I tried to do everything: be a new mom, keep the house clean, pickup after myself, get work done, answer emails. Slowly, despite my attempts to thwart it, I realized that I only had a few increments each day. Nursing is...
by Sarah K Peck | July 26, 2016
Before pregnancy, I had no interest in reading about pregnancy or thinking about what was happening. And so I arrived at this period of my life, pregnant and ballooning outwards, bewildered about what was going on, and with (what felt like) no idea what do do about...