Extra-ordinary times ask for leadership on your part. Whether you are in a formal leadership role, or working as a professional in remote modus. Leadership however is not that evident for us women. A lot of us take care of others before we take care of ourselves....
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Diversity and Innovation in Westland
Talking to Colinda de Beer; Colinda, can you tell us a bit more about your activities ? ‘I am a business developer for InnovationQuarter, the regional development agency for the South Holland province in the Netherlands. My focus is facilitate innovation by bringing...
Building a Relationship With Your Mentor
Written for the Female Ventures Blog by Anne Pleun van EijsdenIn this third part of the series about mentors in your business and career, I would like to dive into the topic of how to work with a mentor. Now that the real difficult part of finding a mentor is over,...
You Need Help! or, How to Find a Mentor
Written for the Female Ventures Blog by Anne Pleun van Eijsden There’s no questioning that as a starting entrepreneur or business woman, you need help. However, sometimes it can be really difficult to know where to start when looking for a mentor. When I started my...
Feeling comfortable and safe ?
This is the question I asked myself when entering our event location in Amsterdam. And yes it was a hot summer evening and yes high heels may be tiresome… But noticing these pumps on the event floor I realized that we should take this as a compliment. Many women have...
Creating Impact
There are only 10,7 % females in the Dutch boardrooms* and 15% in Supervisory Boards*. So there is much work to be done to help increase these numbers. At Female Ventures we strive to inspire women to make an impact which we believe will help increase the current...
Interview City Coordinator Utrecht Jana Rautenberg
“I became a part of the team to get closer to inspiring stories.” Female Ventures is growing and changing fast. In the past year, we have welcomed new team members in our four different cities. A short interview with Jana Rautenberg, medtech entrepreneur and...
Female Ventures in Amsterdam: Building a network of female professionals
By Mina Nacheva – Freelance Journalist & Content Marketeer | Connecting female professionals and fostering meaningful relationships among them is at the heart of Female Ventures’ mission. On November 21, the organization hosted its kick-off event in...