Construction has long been one of the most male-dominated industries. Yet women are increasingly founding and leading businesses across the sector: materials testing labs, equipment rental companies, supply firms, safety consultancies and specialist contractors. Their stories show that expertise, attention to detail and strong relationships matter more than old
Everyone talks about burnout. Very few people talk about what to build instead. In an always-on workplace, recovery alone is not enough. In this workshop, we will explore a framework for moving from survival to recovery, resilience, and thriving. Along the way, we will practice four skills that support
Bhavna Batra is an entrepreneur, publisher and celebrity writer, and the Founder and Publisher of Formidable Woman US Magazine, a platform that shares the stories of women across industries. With nearly three decades of experience in human resources, management consulting, events, public relations, media and publishing, she is also building
Secret Media Co. is a Toronto-based strategy, communications, and creative agency founded by Liraz Jacoby. The agency helps brands, founders, executives, and organizations earn attention, shape perception, and build lasting relevance. Its work brings together strategy, influence, creativity, and intelligence, connecting how a business is positioned with how it
Ariel Hyatt is the founder of Cyber PR, a music marketing and PR company she started in 1996 that helps independent artists reach their audience. She is also the author of several books on music marketing and a frequent speaker, and she was named a Q3 2026 FBW Awards Honoree
Anita Miklovicova is the Founder and CEO of AIM ATTITUDE, a Los Angeles-based Human Experience Brand that brings identity and emotional intelligence into storytelling, educational content and purposeful lifestyle products. Before building her own brand, she spent years in leadership in luxury hospitality. In this Q&A, Anita
Talking 12 brings together expertise in HR, healthcare, nutrition, coaching and comedy to deliver a unique, holistic approach to workplace health and wellbeing. Through expert-led panel sessions, employee workshops and manager training, we help UK employers create supportive, legally compliant workplaces that improve employee wellbeing, reduce absence, retain talent
Ahyssa is a Freedom + Impact Mentor at Out the Matrix. She has been corporate-job-free since 2021, has traveled to 21+ countries with her husband, and helped him retire from his 28-year career. Before building her own business, she spent years in a corporate marketing department. In this
GDPR Gard helps small businesses and solo founders make their websites GDPR-compliant without legal jargon. Our free 30-second AI audit checks a site against 10 key GDPR requirements, and our membership and done-for-you services help fix what it finds. Contact email: hello@gdprgard.eu X: https:
M&H, LLP is a premier Silicon Valley law firm located in Menlo Park, California. The firm focuses on corporate law, financings, mergers & acquisitions, technology transactions, fund governance, and employment law. M&H partners have decades of experience and provide sophisticated and efficient counsel to companies, entrepreneurs,
Gemma Barrett is the Founder and Director of Rapporting, a client listening business for PR agencies. Rapporting spends 30 minutes with each of an agency's clients on a video call and writes up a full report of the conversation. Before starting it, Gemma spent years in corporate customer
Shannon Blake is the Founder of The Tired Nurse, a family-owned novelty gift business in Iowa that she started in 2018 and runs with her daughter, Olivia. With a nursing degree and a master's in public health, she spent 15 years in healthcare before letting her RN
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Seema Naz is the founder of Better You Within, a site where she writes about habits, self-awareness and everyday behaviour. She studied psychology and English literature, and later ran an Amazon business before returning to the interests that had always been there. Alongside publishing articles, Seema learned to build
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Ava Monroe is the founder of The Ava Edit, an ecommerce brand building practical tools for independent Etsy and Shopify sellers. She is developing Smart Store, an Etsy-first audit app that helps sellers see what needs fixing in their shop before they spend more on traffic, apps or outside
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Noemi Alvarez is a Zurich-based entrepreneur and commercial growth leader, and the Founder and CEO of InsightSphere. Its conversational AI expert helps companies engage with website visitors, uncovering their needs and buying intent so sales teams can focus on the right opportunities, and marketing can capture a new layer
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Zirlandia Milkovic is a developer and GDPR consultant based in Rijeka, Croatia. She is the founder of GDPR Gard and the author of "GDPR Made Simple for Women Founders". In this Q&A, Zirlandia shares where small teams most often slip up when they build GDPR into
Alana Cummings is the founder and executive coach behind Superbloom Coaching, a certified woman-owned coaching practice. After 13 years in corporate America, she left a career that looked successful on paper but left her feeling burnt out and misaligned, and built a coaching practice around helping others reconnect with
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Eleanor Hecks is a women’s leadership writer and the Editor-in-Chief of Designerly Magazine, where she leads a creative team. She has spent close to a decade writing about business and leadership, with contributions to publications including Fast Company, eLearning Industry and Due. In this Q&A,
Grants
Open and closed grants, prizes, loans and equity funds for women founders in Canada, with amounts, deadlines and eligibility. Last checked 28 October 2026.
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Nathaly Vinueza is the founder and CEO of Warmi, a femtech and insurtech company that grew out of her work as a lawyer on gender-based violence. She came to see that legal intervention alone was not enough, and that lasting change also needed prevention, financial inclusion, education and access
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Emily Lyman is the CEO and founder of Branch & Bramble, a women-owned digital marketing agency that uses behavioral psychology to uncover the emotions behind why someone chooses a brand, and was named a Q3 2026 FBW Awards Winner in the Marketing & Communications Impact category. Emily returns to
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Allison Isett is the COO of Sponge, a certified woman-owned marketing and sales operations agency that helps B2B companies build the marketing and revenue systems behind their growth. With more than 20 years in marketing operations, she is also speaking on AI for revenue teams at MarketingProfs B2B Forum
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LuCiana VeLiciana-Sanford is the founder of Human B4 Resources, a human-first HR business built on more than 15 years of HR leadership, and was named a Q3 2026 FBW Awards Honoree in the Rising Star category. In this Q&A, LuCiana shares the conviction behind Human B4
Grants
Open and closed grants, prizes and fellowships for women founders in the US, with amounts, deadlines and eligibility. Last checked 27 October 2026.