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Kristen Weatherby
Nov 203 min read
The "why" behind gender diversity
Last week I spoke on a panel on gender diversity and high flying teams for the Gallos community of security and risk professionals . It...
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Kristen Weatherby
Oct 22 min read
How to create a winning company culture: HR strategies that work
Guest blogger Emma Wynne of Gateway HR and Training , one of Breakthrough Labs' Trusted Suppliers, has worked in HR and training for her...
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Kristen Weatherby
Sep 242 min read
Britain's best-kept secret for start-ups
I have 1:1 meetings with female founders all the time, whether it's getting to know members of our community , reviewing and discussing...
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Kristen Weatherby
Sep 52 min read
Join us! We're here just for you.
This week, we re-opened membership to our Breakthrough Labs online community for female founders, which you can access from the Community...
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Kristen Weatherby
Aug 195 min read
What's your story - and why is it worth telling?
Humans are programmed for story. That's one of the many things I've learned over the years from Jane Nash and Dan Milne , the directors...
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Kristen Weatherby
Aug 122 min read
Navigating the investment landscape: a guide for first-time founders
As a female founder in the tech start-up world, you're learning a million new skills at once. This includes navigating the murky waters...
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Lilian Santini
Jul 242 min read
Navigating Branding Challenges in the Tech Industry
This post is guest-authored by Lilian Santini, branding expert from The Copper Portico. Starting a tech startup immerses you in a vibrant...
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Kristen Weatherby
Jul 53 min read
Is crowdfunding the way to go for female founders?
We talk a lot about how difficult it is for female founders to secure funding for their start-ups, and the academic research explaining...
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Kristen Weatherby
Jun 192 min read
Celebrating a Major Milestone
June 1st marked a significant milestone for us at Breakthrough Labs as we closed our waitlist, welcoming 88 remarkable female founders...
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Kristen Weatherby
May 273 min read
Welcome to your new home: the Breakthrough Labs community for female founders
You know how passionate we are at Breakthrough Labs about transforming the start-up world for women. That's why we are beyond excited to...
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Kristen Weatherby
Jan 103 min read
Investment: the third pillar of Breakthrough Labs
In the past year, I have met scores of new people and have shared my vision for Breakthrough Labs. Many of you may be familiar with this...
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Kristen Weatherby
Oct 3, 20232 min read
What we have learned
Breakthrough Labs is all about using evidence, as we have discussed in this blog before. And as an organisation, we practice what we...
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Kristen Weatherby
Jul 13, 20232 min read
With every end, a new beginning
This week we marked the end of the first cohort of the Breakthrough Labs accelerator with our first investor pitch day. This event was...
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Kristen Weatherby
Jun 13, 20232 min read
Pitching for investment: giving up a piece of yourself
The objective of the Breakthrough Labs accelerator is to help more female founders get funding. It is at the heart of everything we do in...
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Kristen Weatherby
May 18, 20232 min read
Without data, you're just another person with an opinion
This is how I started my recent Breakthrough Labs workshop on the importance of research evidence to start-up founders. It's how my...
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Kristen Weatherby
Apr 9, 20232 min read
Together we can do so much
One of the key findings in the academic research around why female founders aren't getting funded is that women do not have access to the...
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Kristen Weatherby
Mar 14, 20232 min read
The first cohort: finding our story
Almost exactly a year after I first verbalised the ideas that would soon form themselves into Breakthrough Labs, our first group of...
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Kristen Weatherby
Feb 14, 20232 min read
Resilience: Every start-up founder's friend
What is one piece of advice you'd offer to other female founders based on what you have learned? This is one of the questions I asked the...
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Kristen Weatherby
Jan 19, 20233 min read
Gender homophily: Yet another strike against female founders
Do you remember that old saying, "birds of a feather flock together"? As it turns out, this saying is all about the social theory of...
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Kristen Weatherby
Dec 19, 20222 min read
Why aren't female founders getting funded? Sometimes it's a lack of fit.
Before founding Breakthrough Labs, I worked at three accelerators for edtech start-ups, in the United Kingdom, Spain, and the Americas....
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