CEO & Founder @prowessproject, Bulldog momma, yogi, gender activist
Austin
Joined January 2021
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Ashley Connell retweeted
It’s coming -
The Abbott Absence of Talent
No execs, no young tech workers are going to want to move to Texas anymore.
That will be followed by business HQ packing up and getting out of town.
That will be Greg Abbott’s legacy - making Texas unpalatable for valued employees
Ashley Connell retweeted
Austin-based @bumble is creating a relief fund to support reproductive rights and to help people seeking abortions in Texas atxne.ws/3hjbNbp
Ashley Connell retweeted
Many of you have been asking how you can help women left w/o access to abortion care in TX. Please listen to this and share far and wide. Our frontline abortion care providers need help with legal defense costs - watch and share to help, please. We need you #bansoffourbodies
Ashley Connell retweeted
This is not okay.
And yet it continues.
What will you do to change this reality for women founders?
PS: it starts with investing in us.
Ashley Connell retweeted
Have you heard the phrase #shecession to describe the economic effects of the pandemic on women? Here are three ways I think we can avoid this. @iEnrichHER @NAWBONational @founding @digundiv @SCOREMentors @KKR_Co @FearlessFund @bumble @HelloAlice inc.com/elizabeth-gore/3-way…
Ashley Connell retweeted
In the last year, 8 @January_VC founders became mothers, while simultaneously launching products, landing marquee customers, recruiting top talent and closing funding rounds.
This #MothersDay I celebrate all the amazing mothers in our portfolio. Thank you for leading by example!
Ashley Connell retweeted
She-cession update:
April Civilian labor force change
(NSA/SA) Men, 20 &over: +283k/+355K
(NSA/SA) Women, 20 &over = -440k/-165K
(NSA) Men, 16 &over: +384k
(NSA) Women, 16 &over = -402k
(from the less crazy household report, via @DianaBoe)
Table A-1
bls.gov/news.release/pdf/emp…
Ashley Connell retweeted
I love this story because it reminds me there are no "rules" for the "right" way to build. She was a single founder, female (in the 80s!), an engineer, in the midwest, in healthcare and she outlasted nearly everyone... incredible.
Exactly what we’re doing at @ProwessProject. Matching startups with untapped talent, many the women/moms who were pushed out of the workforce due to COVID.
Ashley Connell retweeted
Just posted a photo instagram.com/p/CMm69LllChr/…
Ashley Connell retweeted
Stop sending me International Women's Day newsletters and just hire more women!!!
Ashley Connell retweeted
Op-ed: Here’s why women’s money decisions will shape the future for the U.S. buff.ly/3uFjJsu
Ashley Connell retweeted
Self-employed and gig workers could get bigger loans under new PPP rules. They may want to wait to apply buff.ly/2MmerRc
Ashley Connell retweeted
Female founders, and especially moms, are a true undervalued asset class. When given capital we are shown to out-deliver on both operating our companies and returns to investors. Those investors wise enough to give us trust and time will be rewarded.
