Women's Entrepreneurship Day
Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Organization (WEDO) is a non-governmental grassroots organization that empowers, celebrates, and supports women in business worldwide. Launched in New York at the United Nations, the organization works globally to empower women and girls to become active participants in the economy by igniting a network of women leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs to initiate startups, drive economic expansion, and advance communities around the world. In 2018, Women's Entrepreneurship Day will be celebrated at the United Nations on November 16th and in Oregon, we will mark the occasion on Saturday November 17th with a one-day conference and event held at Valiant Labs.
WEDO convenes business leaders, change makers, government and allies to collaborate and find solutions in critical areas of entrepreneurship ecosystems, education and policy creation to empower women in business. WEDO is celebrated at the United Nations and in 144 countries and 65 universities/colleges internationally. In 2018, Women’s Entrepreneurship Day will host a one-day conference in Portland (Or) to bring together entrepreneurs, would-be entrepreneurs and female founders in the Pacific Northwest. In partnership with Mercy Corps NW, Built Oregon, the OEN, EO, Women Led and more, we will host a resource fair and participants will have access to a Capital Masterclass taught by funding expert Sara Batterby and other panels. This workshop will demystify the early stages of raising funds for nascent businesses and will give female founders a fundamental knowledge of angel and seed stage capital. In addition, we will have other panels on impact driven businesses, creative and content strategies and marketing.
WEDO convenes business leaders, change makers, government and allies to collaborate and find solutions in critical areas of entrepreneurship ecosystems, education and policy creation to empower women in business. WEDO is celebrated at the United Nations and in 144 countries and 65 universities/colleges internationally. In 2018, Women’s Entrepreneurship Day will host a one-day conference in Portland (Or) to bring together entrepreneurs, would-be entrepreneurs and female founders in the Pacific Northwest. In partnership with Mercy Corps NW, Built Oregon, the OEN, EO, Women Led and more, we will host a resource fair and participants will have access to a Capital Masterclass taught by funding expert Sara Batterby and other panels. This workshop will demystify the early stages of raising funds for nascent businesses and will give female founders a fundamental knowledge of angel and seed stage capital. In addition, we will have other panels on impact driven businesses, creative and content strategies and marketing.
“Oregon cannot achieve its fullest potential to increase high-skill, high-wage jobs without extending equal opportunities to capital for women entrepreneurs. Tapping Oregonians’ creativity and grit to come together and find solutions is exactly the type of thinking we need today and every day.” - Senator Ron Wyden
Since the first WEDO in 2013, the organization has grown to become a powerful network for women in business, and have reached over 5 billion people. WED has been extensively covered by global media outlets, including, MERCEDES: The Power of Female Entrepreneurship, FORBES: Best Way to Save the World: Put Women In Charge, FOX NEWS: Beyond the Dream: Women Helping Women.
In the past year WEDO has provided funding for 500 Syrian refugee girls to attend high school in Jordan. In New York at the United Nations, the WED Summit sponsored 75 students from Black Girls Code, Girls Who Code, Lalela, Rethink Academy, The Young Women’s Leadership School in Astoria, Yale, George Washington University, and Northeastern University. The WED Summit granted 500 microloans to impoverished women to start their own business. In Oman, the WED ambassador announced an initiative to empower women and girls to use their vote against arranged marriage. In Uruguay, a partnership with a local university offered 20 scholarships to the girls present at the WED summit. The Philippines team educated 1000 rural women with financial literacy.
In the past year WEDO has provided funding for 500 Syrian refugee girls to attend high school in Jordan. In New York at the United Nations, the WED Summit sponsored 75 students from Black Girls Code, Girls Who Code, Lalela, Rethink Academy, The Young Women’s Leadership School in Astoria, Yale, George Washington University, and Northeastern University. The WED Summit granted 500 microloans to impoverished women to start their own business. In Oman, the WED ambassador announced an initiative to empower women and girls to use their vote against arranged marriage. In Uruguay, a partnership with a local university offered 20 scholarships to the girls present at the WED summit. The Philippines team educated 1000 rural women with financial literacy.
Confirmed Speakers
Sara BatterbyWith extensive experience in tech, food and beverage, biotech as well as the fast-growing cannabis market, Sara Batterby is a startup veteran with 20 years of experience founding and funding companies in high growth environments. Passionate about supporting other female entrepreneurs in raising money for their own ventures, Sara founded the Batterby Group, which provides women and non-traditional founders with the tools, education, and support they need to raise early stage capital. She founded the Portland Chapter of Woman Grow to support diversity in cannabis. She is a board chair of the sustainable-focused Resource Innovation Institute and also serves on the board of Women Led. Recognized as an "Executive to Watch" in 2017 by the Portland Business Journal, Sara is a respected speaker and mentor who lectures extensively on raising capital and risk. For more information visit https://www.batterbygroup.com/
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Sara MoorthySara is Chief Strategy Officer of Leavened, a Portland-based marketing analytics company, and has more than 20 years of experience in performance marketing and data analytics. Prior to Leavened, Sara worked as a strategic planning and analytics lead at DraftWorldwide (Now FCB), Y&R/Wunderman, McCann Relationship Marketing, and Publicis. In 2006, she co-founded a digital and CRM agency in San Francisco, which was later acquired. Her clients have included Peloton, Chewy.com, SimpliSafe, Google, GoPro, Sprint, Microsoft, Intuit, Hewlett Packard, Adobe, Electronic Arts, and Toyota among others. Sara has won many awards for her past work, including an Addy from the American Advertising Federation, a “ONE Show” Interactive Award from the ONE Club which champions excellence in advertising and design, an NCDM Database Excellence Award, and several ECHO awards from the International Direct Marketing Association.
She has served on boards of USTA Northern California and What Smart Girls Do. Sara graduated from Indiana University and earned a MBA and a Masters in International Business from Pepperdine University. |
Amanda WilsonAmanda Wilson is the CEO and founder of VOXAPOD, a company that is setting the standard in period care. More than 1.8 billion women are menstruating globally, most of them using pads and tampons. The impact on the environment is unsustainable. Many women and girls also don't have access to supplies, further impacting their education, their daily lives and their self esteem. Voxapod is resetting the standard in period care with a better-designed menstrual cup, and a mission to give back to girls in need. Amanda is a humanitarian, self-proclaimed anthropologist, and mediocre (at best) ukulele player. When she is not adventuring outdoors or satiating her epicurean food addiction, her passion is in creating sustainable products that help us re-think the way we do life. She is the President and founding board member of non-profit, Woman Led, helping ensure the success of woman led companies. Being a woman and raising daughters innately drives her desire to address the gender gap that holds girls and women back from the life they deserve and communities from the development they long for.
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Learn From the Best
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Access to Capital
Public Relations & Brand Reputation
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Content Strategies
Angel / Seed Stage Funding
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Mission Driven Businesses
Direct to Consumer Marketing Strategies
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How to Find a Mentor
Peer Led Groups
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Join other women entrepreneurs, founders and would-be entrepreneurs as well as partners, allies, support networks and forward-thinking funders on Saturday November 17th as we celebrate Women's Entrepreneurship Day.