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Meet the jet-setting fashion editor who turned a New York manicure at 23 into Nails.Inc—Despite selling for $40 million, she still wakes at 5:45 a.m.
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Meet the jet-setting fashion editor who turned a New York manicure at 23 into Nails.Inc—Despite selling for $40 million, she still wakes at 5:45 a.m.
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJuly 31, 2026
Two female founders want to prove the best successor is another founder
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Two female founders want to prove the best successor is another founder
By Emma HinchliffeJuly 29, 2026
Exclusive: Rent the Runway cofounder Jenn Hyman is taking over IPO-bound Babylist as it nears $1 billion in revenue
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Exclusive: Rent the Runway cofounder Jenn Hyman is taking over IPO-bound Babylist as it nears $1 billion in revenue
By Emma HinchliffeJuly 29, 2026
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This CEO was bedridden 16 hours a day. She turned her own misdiagnosis into a self-funded, multimillion-dollar thyroid clinic
By Sydney LakeJuly 28, 2026
Inside Martha Stewart’s latest startup—and the idea she’s been waiting decades to build
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Inside Martha Stewart’s latest startup—and the idea she’s been waiting decades to build
By Emma HinchliffeJuly 23, 2026
Exclusive: Twin sisters built GlossGenius into the latest female-founded unicorn. Now they’re debuting AI for small businesses far beyond beauty
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Exclusive: Twin sisters built GlossGenius into the latest female-founded unicorn. Now they’re debuting AI for small businesses far beyond beauty
By Emma HinchliffeJuly 21, 2026
Backed by Daymond John and Post Malone, this Afghan-born founder built a $150M brand. Her real mission: the women back home
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Backed by Daymond John and Post Malone, this Afghan-born founder built a $150M brand. Her real mission: the women back home
By Sydney LakeJuly 20, 2026
Exclusive: Corner Health raises $25 million to turn nurse practitioners into entrepreneurs
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Exclusive: Corner Health raises $25 million to turn nurse practitioners into entrepreneurs
By Emma HinchliffeJuly 13, 2026
Exclusive: A VC firm backed by Melinda French Gates just closed a $46 million fund to invest in caregiving
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Exclusive: A VC firm backed by Melinda French Gates just closed a $46 million fund to invest in caregiving
By Emma HinchliffeJuly 1, 2026
Exclusive: Hera raises $27 million to tackle the unpaid caregiving that falls on daughters of the sandwich generation
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Exclusive: Hera raises $27 million to tackle the unpaid caregiving that falls on daughters of the sandwich generation
By Emma HinchliffeJune 25, 2026
From Audrey Gelman to Bobbi Brown, second-time female founders are on the rise
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From Audrey Gelman to Bobbi Brown, second-time female founders are on the rise
By Emma HinchliffeJune 23, 2026
How Bobbi Brown reinvented herself—and outperformed the brand that bears her name
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How Bobbi Brown reinvented herself—and outperformed the brand that bears her name
By Emma HinchliffeJune 15, 2026
Bridgit Mendler, co-founder and CEO of Northwood, at Fortune Brainstorm Tech 2026 in Aspen, Colorado. (Photo: Stuart Isett/Fortune)
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How Hollywood trained Bridgit Mendler for life as a space founder
By Emma HinchliffeJune 11, 2026
New York is going crazy for the Knicks in the NBA finals. Only one brand is advertising to women inside Madison Square Garden
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New York is going crazy for the Knicks in the NBA finals. Only one brand is advertising to women inside Madison Square Garden
By Emma HinchliffeJune 10, 2026
Can AI level the playing field for early-stage female founders? Their optimism about fundraising is increasing
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Can AI level the playing field for early-stage female founders? Their optimism about fundraising is increasing
By Emma HinchliffeJune 8, 2026
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