Women Making History
If the most exciting chapters of women’s history are still ahead, it’s because women are building them right now.
Last week we wrote about women working to close the funding gap for founders. Today we’re thinking about what happens when women with decades of experience see solutions the rest of the market has missed... and finally get the chance to build.
Leaders like Joanna Strober, founder of Midi Health, and Anne Fulenwider and Monica Molenaar, co-founders of Alloy, are rethinking care for women in midlife, especially menopause, an area of healthcare that historically received very little attention despite affecting half the world’s population. Their fast-growing platforms are helping bring modern, accessible care and conversation to a core women's health issue that has been overlooked for far too long.
Suma Krishnan, biotech entrepreneur and scientist, spent decades working for others before building a $4 billion biotech company based on her own inventions. One of her FDA-approved drugs now holds potential solutions for rare genetic diseases.
Noosheen Hashemi, founder and CEO of January AI, co-founded a technology platform using generative AI to predict a person’s glucose response to food without invasive sensors — opening new possibilities for metabolic health.
Myechia Minter-Jordan, MD, MBA, CEO of AARP, is tackling massive societal shifts as she works to improve quality of life for the 100+ million Americans over 50, a demographic shaping the future of healthcare, work, and the economy.
Stephanie Bohn, founder of Truly.care, is an early-stage founder building solutions for caregiving, a challenge affecting more than 50 million Americans, with women providing most of that care. Get caregiving right, and you change the trajectory for women, families, and the workforce.
Happy Women’s History Month! These women continue to prove that what's good for women is good for everyone.
Who are other women doing incredible things that we should all know about?
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