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🗽Meet your Business Besties in New York

Bestie, we’re five weeks out from our 2024 NYC Summit. After throwing the best event for female founders last year (Business Insider agrees), we can’t wait to come back bigger and better for the second year of Female Founder World Summit.

This is the ultimate holiday party for entrepreneurial women who don’t usually get a holiday party. It’s part conference, part party.

The speakers this year are next level, and you’ll get the chance to connect with them IRL. Thanks to our partners at VistaPrint, we’ve lined up the best. Here’s a little sneak peak:

• Rea Ann Silva invented Beautyblender, the beauty brand known for its iconic pink makeup sponge. More than 50 million units have been sold to date.

• Katie Sturino has profitably bootstrapped Megababe over the past seven years, launching in Target, Walmart, Ulta, Goop, Anthropologie, Boots in the UK and more global retail!

• Lo Bosworth is building Love Wellness. Lo's business is doing tens of millions in revenue and is a best-seller at Target.

Want to see the rest of the lineup? Check it out here.

You’ll get access to the ‘Money Lounge’, a space to learn and connect on funding and fundraising alongside our Money Lounge hosts from Dream Ventures and Golden Hour Ventures—and maybe even connect with a potential investor. We’ll also have a dedicated ‘Retail Room’ to meet other founders interested in expanding their wholesale footprint, plus buyers and experts in the space.

We’ve got a DJ. A tequila bar. Relaxation stations, brand activations, packed gift bags and ✨vibes✨.

This is our biggest and best event of the year. We’re also selling out. You know what to do. ⬇️

FUNDING FOR WOMEN: Rethink Impact, the venture fund led by Jenny Abramson and Heidi Patel raised $250M dedicated to funding female CEOs. Brush off your pitch deck.

CONTENT IDEA: Waterboy used this simple video transition to go viral. 

PR MAILER IDEA: Ghia sent their newest product to press alongside some cute ways for editors and influencers to customize it.  

POSTY x POPPI: Post Malone invested in beverage company Poppi.

BIG YOGHURT: ‘High protein’ and ‘low sugar’ yoghurt products are leading some serious growth at big food brand Danone North America. Keep this in mind as you’re developing your own products and messaging.

PAY GAP GETTING WIDER: For the first time in 20 years the gender pay gap has widened. For every dollar a man makes, women make 83 cents. 

VIOLET GREY BUYBACK: Cassandra Grey, the founder of beauty retailer Violet Grey, bought back her business from Farfetch.