Female Founders

Alex and Miriam are co-founders of Kinvolved (www.kinvolved.com). Kinvolved is an education technology startup dedicated to improving student attendance and family engagement. Kinvolved's software program allows teachers to easily record student attendance and instantly involve families by sending SMS/emails when students are absent/late. The software also graphically analyzes student data to identify at-risk students. Pairing human capital with technology is key. We provide support to schools to build out policies and a stronger culture around attendance, too.

Miriam Altman is Co-founder and Director of Educational Partnerships for Kinvolved, a social venture dedicated to increasing K-12 student attendance. Miriam is a former NYC Dept. of Ed. high school history teacher through Teach For America, a 2012 Education Pioneers Fellow, and holds an MPA in Public Policy from The Robert F. Wagner Graduate School Public Service at NYU, an MA, Ed. from Lehman College, and BA from Brown University.

artist designer inventor (RISD) shaking up nature learning in games, toys + apps. NYC

CEO of Jellyvision, a multimedia production company that is best known for making the You Don't Know Jack games

CEO of ZootRock: automated content for your social media accounts. Aussie taking on Silicon Valley. #500strong

Founder of @SourceBottle - Free media queries from journalists & bloggers. For journalists & bloggers needing sources + anyone wanting free publicity and @TheMediaBag - We match journalists + bloggers with products and services. Pitch your product or service to targeted media to get reviewed. Australia

Betsye Sargent and Barbara McFall co-founded The Phoenix School in Salem, MA in 1981. Frustrated with the changes happening in public education we sat down one day and decided to each contribute $300 and our retirement--The Phoenix School opened the following fall. For the past 33 years we have focused on developing an education model based on how we observed children learn best, one in which they are actively engaged in learning, working hand-in-hand with teachers, learning how to be independent, resilient, creative, empathetic. In fact, the past 33 years have been spent refining so much of what the world seems to be demanding of a 21st century education today. For us these ideas are not new.

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Bree Mitchelson is the founder of human and social capital company The Strategist Group and more recently, Strategist Learning and Development, a Registered Training Organisation.

Commencing her career in human resources before moving into executive search and human capital consulting, Ms Mitchelson has advised a wide range of industries both in Australia and the UK, spanning resources, manufacturing, IT, professional services and finance.

She launched The Strategist Group in 2008. Since then, the company has has developed an enviable reputation for tailoring innovative resourcing strategies that address a changing employment market with market leading results. Since its inception, the company has expanded to open an office in Melbourne and today team members work with a range of major ASX and private companies across Australia and New Zealand.

Building on the success of her first company, Ms Mitchelson founded Strategist Learning and Development last year and in doing so launched the nationally recognised Certificate IV in Recruitment Sourcing. This is the only accredited program in the field of strategic recruitment sourcing within Australia, and was developed over a 12 month period in close collaboration with key industry contributors.

Ms Mitchelson has a Bachelor of Commerce (Psychology and Human Resource Management), Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and is currently completing a Graduate Certificate in Change Management with Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM)

She is passionate about improving and raising standards within the recruitment industry through through training and innovation.

Part marketing mentor, part savvy systems specialist, part entrepreneurial maven AND the force behind Empowered Women with Casey Lightbody. She is on a mission to help women overcome their fears, overcome their overwhelm and overcome their limits to live life on their own terms. (http://www.twitter.com/caseylightbody)

Catriona Pollard is the director and founder of CP Communications, a public relations and social media agency. Catriona is a strong believer in the power of social media and an early adopter with many proven successes. She is regularly featured in the media and welcomes inquiries from journalists and conference organisers.

She has been named as one of the top 100 PR People to follow on Twitter and is one of the Sydney PR scene's leading movers and shakers.

(https://twitter.com/CatrionaPollard)

Co-founder for Envato, and an avid traveler. Envato operates marketplaces where hundreds of thousands of people buy and sell digital goods every day, and a network of educational blogs where millions learn creative skills. www.envato.com
Melbourne, Australia

Founder @abbey_post, bringing fashion & fit to Plus Size ecommerce. Wife, Mom, Entrepreneur. Not always in that order. http://AbbeyPost.com. NYC Metro

Deb Lange, Founder of her own Mentoring and online learning business.

Do you wonder why you make some choices that are successful and others that lead you astray?

Deb shares how she found out to uncover blind spots and learn how to daily nourish yourself, learn to be emotionally resilient and transform moment by moment limiting thoughts, beliefs and emotional pain to bounce back to a state of contentment, peace and inner truth.

These skills giving you a way to navigate your life and relationships to fulfilment, grace and ease.

Internet entrepreneur. Founder of fun new style advice site (& App!) www.whatshouldiwear.com.au. Past founder of Find A Babysitter.com.au.
Melbourne, Australia

Co-Founder and CEO of GiveForward, a crowdfunding platform for out of pocket medical expenses.

Founder @getfoospot! Design Engineer at NXP semiconductors, Technology freak and putting the first step in startup world!. New Delhi
Foospot.co is a parking assistance platform operating within the Capital of India. The platform provides premium services for car drivers within city like Valet, Car Cleaning and On Demand Pre-Booking, all at the tap of a Button!

Co-founder of Remember The Milk, an app to help manage your tasks.
From Sydney, now in San Francisco.

Co-inventor of Sproutel / Jerry the Bear (@DiabetesBear) and @Design4America. Providence, RI

Ilene is CEO and Founder of WomenLEAD, Inc.

Cofounder of OutTrippin, Indi has focused her passion for travel on empowering a huge network of travel writers to put together tailored trip itineraries for travellers.

Jennifer Fitzgerald is the CEO and co-founder of PolicyGenius, a startup that provides online education and shopping for consumer insurance. She writes about insurance and personal finance, drawing from years of experience in consumer financial services and wealth management. Previously, Ms. Fitgerald was a consultant at McKinsey & Company, where she advised Fortune 500 financial services companies. She holds a B.A. from Florida State university, a J.D. from Columbia Law School and is a licensed insurance broker.

She's also an expert in Eddie Murphy's early works.

Co-founder & CEO of Polyvore. Ex-Googler. Silicon Valley, CA

Co-Founder and President of Eventbrite.com. San Francisco, CA

In 2006, she jumped into the startup scene with her husband as co-founder. Their company, Eventbrite, has since raised $80 million. Eventbrite merges ecommerce with the social graph to democratize event ticket sales, and it's likely you've used the platform to purchase tickets — the platform has helped event organizers sell more than $1 billion in ticket sales. Hartz is a proponent of fostering happiness in the workplace, and Eventbrite has been named one of the best places to work in the Bay Area.

Founder and CEO @thefetch.

Kate has done an enormous amount to encourage and build the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Immersed in community, startups, marketing, publishing, events, tech, geek cities and good tea. http://t.co/kX11oDY303. MEL→SF→NYC

Birchbox is a subscription service that delivers women a box of four or five deluxe beauty samples every month, allowing for a more hands-on sampling and beauty experience. Founded in 2010, the unique idea landed them a seed investment of $1.4 million, followed by a Series A round of $10.5 million. Birchbox hit its third year’s sales target in just seven months and launched Birchbox Man early in 2012 after the company racked up 100,000 subscribers.