A brief overview of the growing field of feminist entrepreneurship.

1. When everything seems to be
going against you, remember
that the airplane takes off
against the wind, not with it.
W H A T I S A F E M I N I S T E N T R E P R E N E U R ?
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2. Feminism is a long-running,
diverse but worldwide
movement which advocates
for social, political, and
economic gender justice,
equity and equality.
First, What is Feminism?

3. Entrepreneurship is leveraging the
power of business and enterprise to
pursue an opportunity or goal
beyond resources controlled.
Entrepreneurs take personal risk
(financial, reputational) and typically
create an organization, product,
service or all three to pursue this
opportunity or achieve the impact
desired.
Second, What is Entrepreneurship?

4. Entrepreneurial feminism, developed from social
feminism, is a theory that explains how feminist
values are enacted through the venture creation
process to improve the position of women in
society.
Coined by Barbara Orser and Catherine Elliott,
entrepreneurial feminists enter commercial
markets to create wealth and social change, based
on feminist values and principles such as gender
equity, social justice, interdependence, generativity,
social inclusion, responsible finance, financial
sustainability, governance transparency, and care
for people and planet.
What is Entrepreneurial
Feminism?

5. A person who takes personal
financial and career risk to found
a new venture or initiative whose
products and/or services are
designed to advance gender
equality i.e.: better the lives of
girls, women, and other gender-
oppressed peoples.
What is a Feminist
Entrepreneur?

6. Intentionally works to run their
enterprise or initiative according to
feminist values and principles such as
gender equity, equality, inclusivity,
transparency, generativity, whole
human + intersectionally aware
operating policies, gender aware
procurement, economic fairness,
environmental sustainability and
finally, leads advancements in gender
equality and equity in broader social,
political and economic systems.
Or a person who....

7. Why Do We Need It?

8. Where Does Feminist
Entrepreneurship Fit?

9. Yes. Duh.
Anyone taking action, building
ventures that advance gender
equality, equity, and justice and
operate their enterprises via
feminist principles and values?
Bring 'it!
Can Men Be Feminist
Entrepreneurs?

10. If your definition of social
entrepreneurship includes all
legal forms, including for profit,
(social purpose) enterprises,
then yes.
Isn't This a Specialized
Segment of Social
Entrepreneurship?

11. Yes. Several. And Growing in
Number.
Are There Feminist Business
Schools?

12. Yes. For Example, The Feminist
Business Model Canvas created
by CV Harquail and Lex
Schroder
Are Their Feminist Business
Design Tools?
http://www.feministsatwork.com/

13. Yes. Dr. Barb Orser, Catherine
Elliot, CV Harquail, Dr. Candida
Brush, Dr. Patricia Green, Dr.
Sara Kaplan, and many more!
Are There Feminist
Entrepreneur Thought Leaders
and Researchers?

14. Are There Feminist
Entrepreneur Workshops?
YES!

15. Yes. Thousands. We Could be Here for Weeks to
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Are There Any Example
Feminst Enterprises?
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16. Example: LunaPads
https://lunapads.com/
Lunapads International is a women-owned social mission driven
business based in Vancouver, Canada. Our goal is to help people
have more positive and informed experiences of their menstrual
cycles, and by extension, their bodies overall.t
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17. Example: SheEO
https://www.sheeo.world
Founded by former Silicon Valley tech education entrepreneur, Vicki
Saunders, to address the access to capital issue for women
entrepreneurs, her enterprise SheEO aims to sign up 1M Activators,
10,000 women-led Ventures and a create a $1B perpetual patient
capital/venture fund to support women for generations to come.

18. Example: AllJackedUp
https://www. alljackedup.ca
Jack Jackson, founder of AllJackedUp, is a queer fashion designer whose
company makes sells amazing bowties. He is also the founder of The Ties
to Love™ Campaign (formally Bowtie Fridays), an international movement of
solidarity, love and support for the gender non-conforming and trans
community.

19. Example: LiisBeth Media
https://www. liisbeth.com
Petra Kassun-Mutch is the founder of LiisBeth Media. LiisBeth Magazine is a
smart, intersectional feminist business online magazine and community for
those obsessed with creating transformative ventures and innovations which
advance gender equality globally. LiisBeth helps feminist entrepreneurs gain
recognition and succeed.

20. How Can I Stay On
Top of
Developments In of
the Feminist
Entrepreneurship
Space?
WWW.LIISBETH.COM

21. #thefutureisfeminist

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