Judy Henry is the founder of Beast Relief and Sacred Body Botanicals. She smoked her first cigarette as a teenager and spent decades caught in the cycle of nicotine addiction, until the consequences caught up with her in the form of lung cancer. After surviving it, she set out to
Michal Cohen-Sagi is a Longevity Architect, co-founder and protocols curator of Vidavii, a London-based brain, body and mind longevity ecosystem. Drawing on her background at Microsoft and nearly two decades in wellbeing, she brings together technology, specialist expertise and personalised guidance to make longevity practical and accessible.
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Anic Grand is the co-founder of House of Moments, a Swiss event and concierge agency based in Sion, in the canton of Valais. She started it together with her business partner Emma Duc, building on years of working side by side in the Swiss tourism and events industry. Anic
A founder can become more visible while her business remains misunderstood. Her name appears in publications and invitations arrive, yet the inquiries still reflect work she did years ago.
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
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Annie Scranton is the Founder and CEO of Pace Public Relations, a New York City media relations and communications agency. Before launching the firm, she spent years booking guests for live TV news programs, a background that still shapes how she works with clients. In this Q&A, Annie
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Anshita Bansal is the Founder and Creative Director of Squared Pegs, a creative agency for challenger brands that builds brands, social content, paid campaigns and websites for underdog founders. She brings about a decade of experience in marketing and branding, having worked in agencies, in-house teams and as a
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Lauren “Lolo” Butts is the founder and CEO of Bound Agency, an eight-person, all-women agency whose clients range from Crocs and Huckleberry Roasters to BC4U, a free reproductive health clinic for young Coloradans. For one retail client, Bound’s email strategy grew newsletter profits by 1,960% in
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Juana Han is a student advocate from Atlanta and a student assemblymember on the Georgia-Carolinas board of the United Nations Association of the United States (UNA-USA). She also serves as Georgia Chair for the American Youth Association, and has represented UNA-USA at the 2026 ECOSOC Youth Forum
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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