Female Founders Rise

What advice would you give to potential female founders? 💌 We asked the founders featuring in our big campaign 'You've Got What It Takes' to share their insights of what they have learnt on their entrepreneurial journey! A big thank you for sharing your advice and tips: ✨ Pamela Aculey founder of Just Like Me & MIXD Reality ✨ Rebekah Clark FRSA founder of Happy Marlo Studios ✨ Emmie Faust founder of Female Founders Rise and Female Founders Directory ✨ Rebekah Lloyd founder of TIL YeahNice.

❌ Only 15% of UK businesses are owned or led by women, the lowest that figure’s been since before the pandemic. To highlight this issue, Female Founders Rise have partnered with creative agency YeahNice. for their biggest EVER campaign: “You’ve Got What It Takes”, a celebration of women-led businesses. It showcases 15 female founders sharing their stories to help inspire business owners of tomorrow. Did you know: 🤯 Only 15% of UK businesses are owned or led by women, a figure that has declined since before the pandemic 🤔 81% of 11-18 year olds can't name a single female entrepreneur Yet: 🤩 Startups founded by women generate 78 cents per dollar of funding, while male-founded startups generate just 31 cents 💰 Up to £250 billion of new value could be added to the UK economy if women started and scaled new businesses at the same rate as men That’s where Female Founders Rise, led by the amazing Emmie Faust, comes in. It breaks down those barriers and empowers women with the resources, community, and support to succeed. #FemaleFoundersRise #YouveGotWhatItTakes 🌟 Do check out some of the incredible founders featured in the campaign, to find out more about their stories: Dr. Dupe Burgess Burgess, who founded gynaecological health app Bloomful after seeing women were not getting the care that they needed. Debbie Zaman, who founded and sold PR business With that helps clients in the technology sector. Pamela Aculey, who founded Just Like Me Books to improve representation in children’s stories after her eldest son was diagnosed with autism. Catherine Ann Reid, who founded Doqit, an app that gives people a single place to manage their day-to-day life admin. Did any of these stats surprise you? Have you heard about this campaign already? ❤️

Organisations supporting Female Founders around the UK and beyond! 🙌 There are so many wonderful projects, communities and initiatives helping female founders in the ecosystem and here are some just name a few - make sure to follow and check them out below: ▪ BUY WOMEN BUILT ▪ The 51% Club ▪ The Stack World ▪ Sie Ventures ▪ Pathways Forward ▪ The Women's Chapter® B Corp Certified ▪ The Lifted Project ▪ Found & Flourish ▪ The Girls' Network ▪ Arāya Ventures ▪ Bae HQ ▪ Dechomai Ltd ▪ AccelerateHER ▪ Lucienne Shakir (MEd)

We've been featured in The Times! 🗞 What a massive moment for everyone involved in the 'You've Got What It Takes' campaign and for the FFR community. 💜 A special mention to Hannah Prevett who wrote this article. ✍ A big shoutout to those who worked hard to put this campaign together: YeahNice. | Belinda Walshe | Michele Baylis | Emmie Faust | Clare Benson-Geddes | Pamela Aculey | Dr. Dupe Burgess | Rebekah Lloyd | Debbie Zaman | Anshika Arora | Siddhi Mittal | Heinin Zhang | Annie Bartley | Catherine Ann Reid | Sascha Evans | Ren Yi Hooi | Rebekah Clark FRSA | Victoria Peppiatt | Eva Thorne | Jas Schembri-Stothart | glooh. | JCDecaux | Kindred London

Catherine Ann Reid: “I Always Knew the Nine to Five Was Never Going to Suit Me. I’m too Maverick.” Find out more about Catherine Ann Reid's journey as a founder and her business doqit in this blog post for our You've Got What It Takes Campaign! 💜 Read in full here 👉 https://lnkd.in/g2RnqHJN YeahNice. | Emmie Faust

What made you want to be a female founder? 🤔 We asked this to Anshika Arora the founder of eternity, Dr. Dupe Burgess the founder of Bloomful, Pamela Aculey the founder of Just Like Me & MIXD Reality and Siddhi Mittal the co-founder of yhangry who feature in our 'You've Got What It Takes' campaign. 💜 Watch the video below 👇 YeahNice. | Emmie Faust

Emmie Faust was interviewed on London Live yesterday! To speak about our You've Got What It Takes' Campaign. 💜 Watch back to hear about the drive behind the big project: https://lnkd.in/e_aqHJya

Jas Schembri-Stothart and Annie Bartley took to the streets of London yesterday to check out their billboards from our massive You've Got What It Takes campaign with YeahNice. and Emmie Faust! 💜 Have you seen them yet? Keep an eye out for the bright purple and make sure to tag us in any you see! 📲

Why Hearing the words ‘That’s My Mummy’💜 Coupled with the unified cheers, whoops, and joy of our gathering at a bus stop in Shoreditch will stay with me forever. Today the #YouveGotWhatItTakes outdoor campaign went live. You can’t be what you can’t see. And this campaign is tackling this challenge head on. By showcasing female founders of all ages, stages, and backgrounds, it’s designed to inspire and give confidence to those considering the entrepreneurial journey. I hope people look at my image and say to themself if she can, I can. Smiling for a photo was easy. Pulling together a campaign of this magnitude, at the speed it happened was no mean feat. The army of people Emmie Faust pulled together including Clare Benson-Geddes & the YeahNice. team, Belinda Walshe, Stella Sorrentino & JCDecaux UK, and more demonstrates the support across the board for female founders. And importantly the want for change. To be the change. I’m incredibly grateful to be part of this vital campaign, and to be surrounded by such inspirational, mighty leaders. And the best part - having my precious Chloe with me. Showing her the possibilities when good people come together 💜 A perfect day. How can you help with the campaign, and extend it to your network? Love to hear your thoughts….

𝐖𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐲, 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐲, 𝐔𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧)!✨☀️ 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝: Our Female Founders Rise Campaign turning heads all over the city. 🚇👀 Catch them on your commute and celebrate the women who are shaking things up. 💼💥 XOXO,  Gossip Girl Get involved and find out more about everyone behind the campaign here > https://lnkd.in/eaFhRks6 #EmpowerYourWealth #FemaleFoundersRise #YouHaveWhatItTakes #XOXOGossipGirl