If 30 is the new 20, then these fascinating women entrepreneurs are way ahead of the game.  Still in their 20's, the young women entrepreneurs we have profiled below have achieved business and leadership success that outshines their male counter parts in the same age range, and older.  

 Audacious, hard-working and innovative, these below-30 female entrepreneurs are turning heads in a shark-filled startup world, and penetrating the male-dominated c-suites.

 Glass ceiling, watch out.  A newer generation of female entrepreneur leaders are rising at lightening speed.  And we love that!
Erika Jensen, The Flex Company, 29 

Erika Jensen is a cofounder of The Flex Company, a startup which was backed with more than $4.2 million in venture capital funds. The Flex Company owes its creation to two female entrepreneurs, namely Jensen and Lauren Schulte. Flex manufactures menstrual discs, which reduce pain due to menstrual cramps - in other words, a product which would definitely appeal to a lot of women. Aside from her current venture, Jense is an advocate for body positivity and previously ran an e-commerce site for a high-end sex toy brand. 


Suhani Parekh, Misho, 27 

Suhani Parekh launched Misho as a fashion label in 2016, which has gotten her accolades for being an Indian designer with a global outlook. Parekh was the recipient of the Grazia Young Fashion Award the same year, followed by Elle Graduates and the Elle Style Awards in 2017. Her brand has been featured twice in Vogue Paris and her jewellery found its way onto the cover of Vogue Arabia and onto Rihanna. 

Parekh didn’t actually start out as a fashion designer, but studied sculpture at Goldsmith’s in London. Fascinated by metals and how they could “activate the space of the body,” she continued making jewellery during her stint as part of architect and interior designer Ashish Shah’s team. Parekh’s jewellery combines traditional silversmithing techniques with modern inspiration from architecture and sculpture. 


Talia Goldberg, Bessemer Venture Partners, 27 

Talia Goldberg stands out as the youngest vice president in the 106-year history of Bessemer Venture Partners. Her accomplishments with Bessemer include co-leading their investments in shipping startup Shippo as well as payments startup Toss, though she actually started there back in 2012. Aside from this, she also tries to spot other startups for Pinterest to partner with or acquire, with its $12.3 billion in wealth. 


Deepanjali Dalmia, Heyday Care, 27 

Deepanjali Dalmia left her job as a financial consultant at Ernst & Young in New York, becoming another amongst female entrepreneurs who left a promising career to stake it out. Dalmia returned to her native India in 2015 and spent several months doing research, before deciding to go into personal hygiene. ,This happened when she learned that nearly 87% of Indian women use disposable sanitary napkins, while being unaware that plastic and other synthetic materials can cause cervical cancer.

Dalmia developed a sanitary napkin using bamboo fiber and corn, using her own funds to develop a product which doesn’t cause any irritation. Heyday care was launched in Delhi and Mumbai in September 2017, and their products are also available online as well. 


Iyore Olaye, Walker & Company, 24 

Walker and Company creates beauty products for people of colour, including Bevel (a men’s grooming line) and FORM (their haircare line). Walker and Company is backed by $33.3 million in funding, including from notable investors such as Magic Johnson and Google Investors among others.

24-year-old Iyore Olaye is their lead product engineer, and is known for her strong marketing and technical skills. Her accomplishments with Walker and Company include creating an 11-product hair care line in just 12 months, making her one of the inspirational female entrepreneurs whom you can look up to. Olaye has been an advocate for women and other underrepresented minorities in STEM fields, with her experience as the only African American woman in Cornell’s 2016 chemical engineering class making this a very personal thing. Olaye has conducted interviews and tours around the US to share her story with others, and she also founded the Iyore Noelle Olaye Scholarship Award to help minority STEM students through their challenging first year. 


Seema Bansal, Venus ET Fleur 

Seema Bansal is the cofounder of the New York-based rose atelier Venus ET Fleur, an internationally recognised brand which has revolutionised the experience of buying flowers online. Her story might not be the most inspirational amongst female entrepreneurs, but it’s definitely an interesting twist: Bansal co-founded her company with her partner, after the latter sent her flowers for Valentine’s Day back in 2015 which frankly weren’t up to the mark. Since then, the duo has taken to changing the way flowers are delivered. 

Qin Yunquan, Kapap Academy, 29 

Women around the world often worry about their safety, and this is what places Qin Yunquan amongst the top female entrepreneurs - she’s one of the cofounders of Singapore’s Kapap Academy. As an instructor and the CEO of Kapap, Qin has trained thousands of underprivileged women and children in the art of self defence - and she’s the only self-defence instructor to have ever received the Queen’s Young Leaders Award. Qin’s inspiration came from the death of her brother in a street fight, making her initiative a very personal venture. 


Kanchan Amatya, Sustainable Fish Farming Initiative, 23 

Kanchan Amatya might not be among the top female entrepreneurs in terms of sheer monetary success, but she’s definitely seeking to make a difference in the world. Amatya is the founder and executive director of the Sustainable Fish Farming Initiative, which is a women-led social enterprise whose purpose is to fight hunger and poverty in Nepal. The SFFI empowers women farmers in rural Nepal to use sustainable fish farming practises, and Amatya has rightly received a lot of recognition for her commendable effort. 


Gigi Gorgeous, YouTube star, 25 

With over 2.7 million YouTube subscribers and nearly as many followers on Instagram, Gigi Gorgeous’s story as a transgender model places her amongst other inspirational female entrepreneurs. Gigi started with YouTube a few years before her transition, but decided to start posting more personal content after loosing her mother to cancer in December 2013. 
Gigi originally found YouTube as a way to connect with other people like her, and has always been honest and forthcoming even if she hasn’t always shown her emotional side. These days, she has a lot of fun online and also has a documentary in the works. 


Lauren Cason, Ustwo Games, 29 

Lauren Cason was one of the senior artists on the award winning Monument Valley 2, which drew inspiration from the work of MC Escher. Prior to this, Cason worked with Funomena, Dim Bulb Games, and Harmonix as an artist. She’s been active inspiring others, having worked on making games with incarcerated youth and speaking at Girls Make Games in order to inspire more young women to join her field.

Once upon a time, girls who wanted to learn coding had to join the Girl Scouts! Fast forward to 2018 as more young girls become enamored of coding—-so much so, women in IT are beginning to make their voices heard. According to the founder of Girls Who Code, this explosion of interest has caused 90,000 young women to proclaim themselves techies-in-progress by joining this group. By 2027, says CEO Reshma Saujani, “We are on track to achieve gender parity in computer science.” 

When these girls finish their educations, companies will want the best and the brightest to retain reputations for being top tech companies to work for. Whether you’re just entering this field—-or you're seeking new opportunities--this list of top tech companies to work for can help you target and find employment with companies that know the value of women in technology and intend to promote, advance and pay them accordingly. 

 1. Company name: Accenture 
Location: Dublin, Ireland 
Industry: Global management consulting and strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations services. 
Culture: To date, more than 1,800 women have participated in Accenture’s “Developing High Performing Women” course to help build confidence and “provide roadmaps for successful careers and position women in the right roles” The corporation assesses what female employees want annually and deliver programs and initiatives geared toward helping them succeed. In fact, Accenture has “identified 40 workplace factors that create a culture of equality.” This research is published to promote Accenture’s desire to help women advance as they close the gender pay gap. Accenture's generous benefits package reflect this commitment to women, as well. 
Website: https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/jobsearch 

2. Company name: Apple 
Location: Cupertino, California 
Industry: Designs, develops and sells consumer electronics, computer software and online services. 
Culture: Women hired by Apple for their IT expertise are surrounded by artists and engineers, thinkers and doers, so for those who are both right- and left-brained, Apple is Nirvana. Affiliated with a long list of female-focused organizations, Apple is proud to partner with Women Who Code, Black Girls Code and the National Center for Women and Information Technology. Women@Apple DNA is a popular in-house initiative offering a wide range of empowerment, mentoring and networking opportunities. Additionally, employees benefit from lactation stations, maternity leave coaching, backup child care and eldercare benefits for staffers caring for aging relatives. 
Website: http://www.apple.com/jobs/us/index.html 


3. Company name: AppNexus 
Location: New York, New York 
Industry: Enables and optimizes real-time sale and purchase of digital advertising. 
Culture: Small but mighty, AppNexus makes many of the best tech places to work for women lists because diversity and empowerment are prioritized by giving staff members ownership of interesting, complex projects. Flexible work schedules allow parents to adjust work hours to coincide with family life and perks like gym discounts, recognition programs and on-site educational opportunities give staffers plenty of reason to celebrate being part of this family. Eager to support every staff member’s passions, volunteerism is encouraged, but moms are especially fond of the fully stocked kitchens and family lunch Friday. AppNexus is an active supporter of Girls Who Code and HR is constantly seeking to fill job slots with talented IT women. 
Website: https://www.appnexus.com/careers. 

4. Company name: CDW 
Location: Lincolnshire, Illinois 
Industry: Multi-brand technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare organizations. 
Culture: For women who want to grow professionally while juggling family obligations, this northwest Chicago suburban company makes the job manageable. Women in IT enjoy CDW-subsidized temporary child care benefits, financial help with fertility treatments and flexible maternity and leave benefits. At the corporate headquarters, on-site lactation stations for nursing moms and training and advancement opportunities showcase CDW’s corporate culture and eagerness to retain the best and brightest IT stars. Employees are also eligible to take advantage of the Bright Horizon Years Ahead program for staffers who are looking after aging parents. 
Website: www.cdwjobs.com 

5. Company name: Cisco Systems 
Location: San Jose, California 
Industry: Develops, manufactures and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment and more. 
Culture: Visit the Cisco website and you'll discover this statement: “Colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink." If that’s not an invitation to fly your freak flag by showing off your impressive IT background and skills, you may want to take a pass on applying here. For women who land a job at Cisco, it’s a rarified environment. About half of all leadership teams are women in technology. Cisco was represented at the White House when the Equal Pay Pledge was signed, work flexibility is prioritized, and staffers enjoy parental leave time. After returning to work, the company reimburses nursing moms for costs incurred when shipping breast milk home to baby while traveling on Cisco business. 
Website: www.cisco.com/careers. 

6. Company name: Ericsson 
Location: Stockholm, Sweden 
Industry: Networking and telecommunications. 
Culture: You don’t have to move to Scandinavia for a job with this cutting edge company; the company's U.S. presence has seriously enhanced this nation’s tech business scene. Ericsson’s pioneering programs for females include sponsorship of the Lesbians Who Tech Summit in San Francisco and UPWARDS, a support initiative targeting senior-level women leaders. Ericsson is a worldwide employer of women and the company's international aim—-by 2020—-is to make sure the company sustains a gender diversity profile that keeps the ratio of female employees to at least 30-percent of its workforce. That goal has already been surpassed on the administrative level: currently, 31-percent of the corporation’s executive staff is comprised of women. 
Website: https://jobs.ericsson.com/ 

7. Company name: IBM 
Location: Armonk, New York 
Industry: Cloud platform and cognitive solutions company. 
Culture: The brand name may be iconic but at IBM, women have been “creating meaningful roles for female employees since the 1930s.” This company has an equal opportunity policy written in 1935 that remains in effect to this day: “Men and women will do the same kind of work for equal pay. They will have the same treatment, the same responsibilities and the same opportunity for advancement." In 1943, Ruth Leach was named the first female vice president and Virginia Rometty became IBM’s first CEO in 2012. Between on-site lactation stations to emergency, onsite child care, perks are numerous, which is why IBM remains a favored employer for women in IT. 
Website: https://ibm.com/careers 

8. Company name: Microsoft 
Location: Redmond, Washington 
Industry: Develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers and related services. 
Culture: GLEAM, Microsoft’s global Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender (LBTTQ) resource group, is but one of the ways employees from all walks of life feel valued and accepted at this corporation. Women working for Microsoft enjoy one of the closest salary spreads in the industry; “for every dollar earned by men, female employees in the U.S. earn $1.00 dollars in the same job title and level.” A typical benefits package includes wellness programs. Eager to build a reputation for being family friendly, Microsoft announced that it intends to stop doing business with companies unwilling to offer their employees paid family leave. 
Website: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/ 


9. Company name: Salesforce 
Location: San Francisco, California 
Industry: Produces cloud-based, CRM applications. 
Culture: President and Chief People Officer Cindy Robbins is proud of the fact that Forbes has named Salesforce one of The World’s Most Innovative Companies and the company has earned placement on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work nine times in a row. Making the inclusion of women a priority, Salesforce is “committed to women having the same executive roles…and given the same career opportunities as men.” It’s Salesforce policy to interview “one or more female candidates for every executive position.” In addition to generous benefits, bias training, mentoring, remote work opportunities and sabbaticals, employees are invited to join these unique Salesforce’s groups: Lean In circles and an internal parenting network. 
Website: https://www.salesforce.com/company/careers/ 

10. Company name: Ultimate Software 
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 
Industry: Develops and delivers cloud-based human capital management solutions. 
Culture: Thirteen powerful core beliefs give this company an edge that belies a software enterprise that’s only been around since 1990. Ultimate has been recognized by Fortune magazine (Best Workplaces for Women) and it’s easy to see why: among the perks exempt employees receive include expenses associated with in-vitro fertilization treatment, same-sex legal spouse health coverage, unlimited personal time off, paid maternity and adoption leave, child sponsorship for extracurricular activities and the usual complement of perks that are offered only by companies highly-focused on the personal needs of employees. Living and working in Florida can’t hurt either. 
Website: https://www.ultimatesoftware.com/careers/. 

Resources 
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/295224 
https://anitab.org/accountability/top-companies/2018-results/ 
https://fairygodboss.com/best-companies-for-women-technology 
https://www.chipchick.com/2018/06/top-tech-companies-women-work-according-women-actually-work.html 
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-top-8-companies-for-women-in-tech-as-ranked-by-female-employees/ 
https://mashable.com/2015/04/09/women-in-tech-top-companies/#T3K5HDWjhaqf 
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Technology in the 21st century is no longer a male-oriented career, but a place for women to take the lead at. Women in technology grow in numbers; and conferences that help these women take on leadership positions are springing up all over the world.
If you are looking for Women in Technology Conferences during 2019, here are 10 of the best Women in Tech Conferences worth looking into.

1 BlogHer

Place: Los Angeles, CA | When: Jan 24, 2019.
Ticket Price: $125 - $175
The BlogHer tech conference is one for women thriving in the blogging niche. However, it is not limited to bloggers only. The conference is also open to content creators, strategists, SEO practitioners and anyone who wants to learn more and network inside Digital Marketing.

2 Women in Cloud Annual Summit

Place: Redmond, WA| When: Jan 26, 2019
Ticket Price: $99 - $200
This headline event has a reputation for not only bringing women in the cloud technology niche together, but helping them make quality connections too. From starters to the top executives of the cloud industry, every woman in this field is welcome.

3 MAKERS Conference

Place: Rancho Palos Verdes, CA| When: Feb 6, 2019
Ticket Price: 
MAKERS conference provides a place for women of different backgrounds but the same interest to come together, debate on important issues in the tech fields, and work towards a viable solution. It allows MARKERS from diverse paths an opportunity to come together and make a difference.

4 NEXT

Place: Dallas, TX | When:  Feb 7, 2019
NEXT is a conference streamlined for executives in the mortgage industry to come together and look for ways to drive better business outcomes that involve technology.

5 WE-Code

Place: Cambridge, MA | When: Feb 22, 2019
Ticket Price: $40 - $200
If you are a student and love to code, mark this on your calendar. This will be the largest student-run conference for women in computer science across the country.
During the conference, you will pick up new skills, broaden your ideas, and network with like-minded peers.
More information at WE-Code Harvard University

6 Lesbians who Tech

Place: San Francisco | When: Feb 28, 2019
During this conference, some of the biggest discussions will be held, on subjects such as health data, cyber security, big data and much more.
Register at Lesbians Who Tech.

7 Johnson Women in Technology

Place: New York, NY| When: Mar 1, 2019
Like WE-Code, this is another student-run conference.  Graduates come together to discuss current problems in technology and present possible solutions.  Attendees also get a sneak peek into the industrial life that they will be entering after school.  It is a great insight for budding technologists.

8 Women in the World

Place: New York, NY| When: Apr 10, 2019
Ticket Price: $900
The Women in the World conference gathers women leaders in technology from all around the world to tell their stories of achieving success. The stories consist of challenges that help to strengthen these women’s motivation and drive, leading to the fact that gender is, truly, never a factor in one’s road to success.

9 Diversity in Technology

Place: London, UK| When: TBD
This sold-out event last year focuses on embracing the diverse backgrounds of women who are making a foray into tech, proving that promoting more women to leadership positions in the technology sector really is not as far-fetched as it seems.
This conference also provides participants with groundbreaking technologies, empowerment for minority groups, and encouragement for organizations to embrace a diverse culture in their recruitment strategies.

10 We RISE Tech Conference

Place: Atlanta, GA | When: TBD
What better way to show that women are truly breaking new grounds in tech than to put them front and center? At We RISE, the focus is on the extraordinary women leaders in technology, curated from the strongest women in the industry from all over the world.  The result?  Massive motivation for the audience and future leaders in technology.

As promised, we delivered a fantastic list of Women in Tech Conferences.  Which one of these conferences will you be attending in 2019?  Let us know in the comments below.


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