LedBetter

26/04/2018

Thanks to Refinery29 for featuring us on the homepage for 50/50 Day!

https://www.refinery29.com/2018/04/196991/ledbetter-gender-equality-for-shoppers

Iris Kuo, cofounder of LedBetter, talks to Refinery29 about why consumers should consider the gender breakdown of a company before they shop.

22/02/2018

https://medium.com/matter-driven-narrative/ledbetter-joins-matter-eight-6df6cccf207d

In the fall of 2005, a wise, kind editor introduced me to my now dear friend Camille Ricketts. At the time, he simply thought two young…

10/10/2017

Thanks to 24/7 Wall St. for this great piece last week on companies with the most and least female leadership, which used data from LedBetter to report out the story. http://247wallst.com/special-report/2017/10/02/companies-with-the-most-and-least-female-leadership-2/

Source: Sergey Nivens / Shutterstock.comDespite the strides women have made, stereotypes persist and gender equality is slow coming. As of 2016, a woman earns just above 80 cents for every dollar a man receives — about 20 cents more on the dollar than when the Equal Pay Act passed in the 1960s, yet…

04/08/2017

Thanks to FiveThirtyEight for this excellent piece featuring LedBetter on male-led beauty companies and the female-founded startups disrupting the gender imbalance. It raises awareness about what LedBetter has been talking about for some time: companies run by men that sell to women. Great read!
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/women-are-making-over-the-beauty-industrys-boys-club/

The technology sector has been in the hot seat recently over its lack of gender balance, but it’s not the only industry whose upper echelons remain male-dominat…

05/04/2017

We've been tracking the biggest news stories shaping the national conversation about women in business leadership. Here's what we found and why it's important: https://medium.com//ledbetter-names-top-gender-in-business-news-stories-to-watch-in-2017-9386fe9530cd

Tracking the Top Stories Shaping Gender Diversity Conversations in Q1

17/06/2016

Awesome to see LedBetter getting picked up by industry publications. Here we are on CarConnection! 🚗

In late 2013, General Motors announced that it was giving its top job to Mary Barra. It was very, very big news. Barra had plenty of fans, plenty of credentials, and as if that weren't enough to make her appointment noteworthy, Barra was the first woman to take the reins of a major automaker. At...

16/06/2016

We're in Fortune Magazine this morning! And so honored to be featured in Kristen Bellstrom's awesome Broadsheet newsletter! http://fortune.com/2016/06/15/ledbetter-women-leadership/

According to a new online gender equality index.

16/06/2016

That feeling when John Maeda tweets about your project after you've been spreadsheeting for 2 years and it's suddenly worth every single minute:

15/06/2016

A Reason To Shop At H&M That Has Nothing To Do With Fashion (cool to see LedBetter on The Huffington Post complete with super cool chart of companies!)

15/06/2016

LedBetter on CBS MoneyWatch!

A site called Ledbetter has data about gender representation -- and rankings -- for 230 companies and 2,000 brands

15/06/2016

Spectacular launch day, team! And we owe so much of it to you! Here's a quick rundown of the best press coverage from today (see links in other entries below):

🔥 Inc. Magazine:
🔥 Forbes
🔥 Marketplace Business News
🔥 CNNMoney
🔥 Mashable
🔥 New York Magazine
🔥 TechCo
🔥 Bitch Media
🔥 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Plus we got a tweet from our hero, the original Wall Street lady boss Sallie Krawcheck, who inspired us to start LedBetter all those many moons ago. So... that happened. But enough fangirling — we can't stop won't stop now that we're on a roll! And we're so exited you're along for the ride. Stay tuned for more info on our next phase, and always always (please please) send us ideas you think we should pursue, feedback to make us better, data we should hunt down, and happy thoughts just because.

15/06/2016

It's a day of dreams coming true. Thanks so much for the support Sallie Krawcheck — you inspired us to work hard!

“Go . Go . Love this idea https://t.co/59Z8QaAqdr”

15/06/2016

LedBetter makes it all the way to Georgia & The Atlanta Journal Constitution :)

Georgia may be the best place for women to stick their heads through the glass ceiling.

14/06/2016

Awesome to see CNNMoney's take on LedBetter!

Startup LedBetter is tracking gender equality on boards and the executive ranks of 2,000 big consumer brands.

14/06/2016

So appreciative of Bitchmedia for the write up, highlighting our founder's development process. https://bitchmedia.org/article/new-website-ledbetter-maps-glass-ceiling-over-2000-major-consumer-brands

Many companies claim gender parity in leadership is a priority but which ones are actually following through?

14/06/2016

Thanks, Inc. Magazine! http://www.inc.com/salvador-rodriguez/ledbetter-gender-ratio-index.html

LedBetter thinks shoppers will support companies that promote women--as long as they can find that information.

14/06/2016

Thanks, Marketplace Business News!

A new research group launches a database to help consumers learn about who they are buying from.

14/06/2016

Great coverage in Mashable!

Who does run the world?

14/06/2016

Read the full story of how LedBetter got started and see a rundown of our most interesting findings in this blog post: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ledbetter-launches-today-spotlight-gender-leadership-worlds-ricketts?trk=prof-post

In November 2013, journalist Iris Kuo sent her friend Camille Ricketts an email about an article she saw in The Washington Post. In it, Wall Street maven Sallie Krawcheck proclaimed, “I’ve had

14/06/2016

We're beyond excited to be launching LedBetter today! Here's to supporting companies that prioritize gender equality in leadership! Check out the site and please help us spread the word! www.getledbetter.com

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13/06/2016

Why don't we talk more about the women funding the venture capital industry? An interesting and underexposed question.

Women invented windshield wipers, the first computer program, life rafts, wireless transmissions technology, the paper bag, Kevlar, fire…

13/06/2016

Geena Davis to produce documentary about Hollywood gender inequality via The Guardian.

Actor and campaigner says feature-length film will highlight data collected by her gender and media institute, along with testimonials from women in the industry

13/06/2016

On Tuesday, The White House is hosting the first ever United State of Women Summit. We're so excited to see what discussions and actions come out of it! https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/06/06/together-we-are-stronger

The White House launches a video message in the lead-up to the first United State of Women Summit on June 14th, 2016.

09/06/2016

Really incredible twist at the end of this lovely Radio Diaries story: Two Years in the Life of a Saudi Girl. We want to hear more of these voices.

For two years, Majd Abdulghani recorded an audio diary of her life in Saudi Arabia. The Radio Diaries project presents her story, told in her voice.

09/06/2016

"The brash bro culture of Burger King that plays to young male consumers craving fiery chicken fries isn’t so welcome in the boardroom."

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