WERE COMMUNITY is excited to announce a resource for women entrepreneurs

Did you know?

According to The State of Women-Owned Business Report, there is an estimated 11.3 million women small business owners. The report goes on to say that they employ over 9 million people and have revenues of an estimated $1.6 trillion.  In 9 years the rate of growth with these firms was 5 times the national average.
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However...

 Despite these amazing gains, women still only receive 2-6% of venture capital funding. Female entrepreneurs need to be scrappier and work harder than our male counterparts to get funded. We create companies with 50% less capital. We want to change that. 
(Source: iFundWomen.com)

iFundWomen was created by Karen Cahn, a Google and YouTube Alum.  She is changing the face of funding for women-led businesses by offering a platform that helps address the funding gap for women-led businesses and startups.
   Her team is genuinely involved with the success of each project on the site. 
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Why iFundWomen?

iFundWomen is different from other crowdfunding sites.  
They offer the following: 
* PAY IT FORWARD MODEL-iFundWomen reinvests 20% of the profits from their standard fees directly into active campaigns on the platform. 

* CROWDFUNDING COACHING-They will coach you, one-on-one, on how to successfully crowdfund, including budgeting, audience development, and email marketing.

 * EXPERT VIDEO PRODUCTION-They make it easy for you to produce a professional video, with the help from their  expert producers. 

* PRIVATE SLACK CHANNEL-Projects on the site will gain exclusive access to iFundWomen's Slack Network of entrepreneurs and coaches so you can ask questions, collaborate, and learn from those who have "been there, done that." 

iFundWomen had it's first hyper-local crowdfunding event in Nashville with 50 entrepreneurs last month. It was a successful event with lots of money raised that night.

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iFundWomen Nashville reaching $100,000 for women-led businesses!


iFundWomen is accepting new projects. 
They raised $500,000 for women-led startups and small businesses in their first 5 months of beta.  No more waiting-go out there and do it.  Use iFundWomen's platform to get funded!

WERE Community is a 501c3 charitable organization providing educational resources for women entrepreneurs. Check out our calendar for a list of upcoming events.