| On the Go Inspo "When there is true inclusion, we don't need armor." That was Plum Perfect founder Asmau Ahmed responding to the idea that often women and people of color need to act like someone else to be seated at the table. She challenged the people in the room at a panel last week to rethink the table. Her set up:
We've decided there is a table. And power equals the table. And that you have to play by table rules. And that few can be at the table.
Then she asked, "How can we change that? How can we make the people at the table expect other people at the table?"
It's a powerful question. How can you expand your idea of the table today? Who can you invite, include and more importantly, who can they invite?
Christina Vuleta, VP, Forbes Women's Digital Network | | ICYMI: Last Week On Forbes | | | Women walk out. Up to 1,000 Google employees are planning to walk out of work tomorrow to protest the company's handling of sexual harassment charges of three top executives, including a $90 million exit package for one. The structure of sexism. One founder stopped dead in her tracks upon receiving the advice to pitch to VCs who are dealing with sexual harassment complaints. This advice is another example of the widespread structural sexism like we see at Google. 'Don't agonize, organize.' Nancy Pelosi broke the "marble ceiling" when she became Speaker of the House. Now she has a message for future leaders: We need more women. And she has a plan for how it can be done. Politics of pumping. Women who breastfeed for at least six months experience a significant decrease in earnings over time. They get passed up for promotions, denied opportunities to travel for work, and suffer from stigmas, but there are steps businesses can take to remedy that. Power money. As women gain more access to significant amounts of capital, they are proving they want to invest in financial opportunities that align with their values. Keepin' it PC. In the #MeToo era, directors seem to buy into the business case to add more women to boards because it matters to shareholders. How can we use this push for visible change? | | How theSkimm Is Working to Get 100K People To Commit To Vote In The Midterm Elections | |  | | Photo credit: Courtesy of theSkimm | | | It's time to Skimm the vote. Danielle Weisberg and Carly Zakin have the attention of approximately 7 million subscribers, about half of whom are female millennials, through their daily email newsletter, theSkimm. They want to push them to help shape the news by getting out the vote with their second nonpartisan "No Excuses" campaign. The goal is to get at least 100,000 people to vote next week (in 2016, they got 110,000 people to register to vote). So far, more than 40,000 people joined "theSkimm squad" by pledging to vote and spread the word. This is thanks in large part to "Skimm'bassadors" across both sides of the aisle who activate their communities through meetups, calls and canvassing. "We want to eliminate all of the excuses that our generation uses to not vote by providing them the information and resources to get informed and go to the polls on Election Day," Weisberg and Zakin said. And their investors are onboard, to date they've raised nearly $30 million and recently closed a $12 million Series C funding round led by GV along with a group of mostly female investors including Shonda Rhimes, Tyra Banks, Willow Bay, Jesse Draper, Linnea Roberts, Hope Taitz and Spanx founder Sara Blakely, according to the team. Read more here on their mission and how they plan to get people to show up to vote. | | | #1: Get over your money anxieties. The author behind Refinery29's Money Diaries says to start by negotiating your first salary. When you negotiate early you have the potential to earn over $500k more than a colleague who waits. That's just one of many money management habits you can learn no matter your age. #2: Repeat to yourself: I am not lost. You are just finding your way. There are five ways getting lost is almost a requirement for finding your purpose. To figure out what you really want to do, start by avoiding the comparison game. #3: Start a new job off right. A few simple tasks can set the right foundation at a new job to prepare you for your new role and make positive first impressions. | | | How NYC's Deputy Mayor Is Empowering Women To Take The Lead | |  | | Photo Credit: Forbes Media | | | Using her power to advocate for women
Alicia Glen is "throwing out a pile of resumes if there are only men in it."
As New York City's deputy mayor of housing and economic development, Glen is determined to help women gain equal access to opportunity. And she's in a powerful position to do so. She is tasked with overseeing more than 20 agencies, diversifying the city's economy, leading investment in emerging industries, and increasing the availability of affordable housing. Glen also launched the citywide initiative Women.NYC to arm women with the tools to achieve success personally and professionally.
Glen shares her advice on how she stays true to herself, the politics of being the only woman in the room, and her secrets to surviving and thriving in New York City.
On her definition of success. I define success as being able to point to a track record of things that you have done that have actually made a difference in people's lives.
On building a network. Never ever, ever assume that the person you're meeting with is not worth spending time with, because it's amazing how people can wind up being incredibly useful to you.
Advice she wishes she'd had. Life is longer than you think it is. Take a breath. You don't have to work every single minute of every single day, because you might get a little bit exhausted. Take the time to figure out what you want to do.
Read more from her interview with Moira Forbes. | | | Backed By Arielle Zuckerberg, Juni Learning's 20-Something Female Founders Are Teaching Kids To Code | |  | | Photo Credit: Courtesy Juni Learning | | | A rising star in code overload
Ruby Lee and Vivian Shen believe that their one-year-old startup, Juni Learning, can succeed in the crowded field of online coding instruction for kids, but competing with established live-instruction coding schools like CodeWizardsHQ and Tekkie Uni won't be easy.
A few recent wins are setting Juni on the right path: Last week Juni announced a roster of angel investors who contributed to a $790,000 funding round. They include Mark Zuckerberg's youngest sister, Arielle, a partner at venture firm Kleiner Perkins, where Lee used to work. The company was also accepted at Y Combinator, the prestigious Silicon Valley incubator that invested $130,000 in the business, graduating in March of this year.
The team is especially proud that more than half of Juni's instructors are female. "We want our instructors to serve as both teachers and role models," she said. "Girls who take courses with us get to meet and form a relationship with someone who is a female in a technical field." Juni's student base is 40% female. When those girls look at who is running Juni, they may see a reflection of themselves.
Read more about how Ruby and Vivian grew their company and got funding. | | | "When you are trying to get big things done and trying to push the envelope, you really want to push your people, but you also never want to lose your basic humanity." Alicia Glen, NYC deputy mayor of housing and economic development | |  | | Photo credit: Courtesy Quirktastic Media | | | Founder Of The Week: Bryanda Law, Quirktastic Media | | | As a Black, female cytogenetic technologist who enjoyed anime, cosplay and alternative rock, Bryanda Law felt like an outsider, and that wasn't a bad thing. Deciding not to shrink into isolation, she started a blog, Quirky Brown Love, for people of color considered to be alternative. It quickly amassed more than ten-thousand followers, and is now a full-fledged media tech company, Quirktastic Media, filling a gap in the $27 billion fandom industry by engaging with people of color. Read more to learn how Law expanded to e-commerce and events, how she turned a community into customers, and how she finds teammates with shared values. | | | Video: A Discussion With Bumble's Whitney Wolfe Herd | | | Watch Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd's discussion with Christina Vuleta at the Under 30 Summit on how she's using profits to support women's multi-faceted lives, having the courage to ask for what you want, and how she thinks about the long game. | | | Did a friend send you this newsletter? Subscribe here to get #NextStep in your inbox every Wednesday! | |  | | Photo credit: Alamy Stock Photo | | | List Of The Week: The Highest-Paid Dead Celebrities Of 2018 | | | Death can't stop some people from making money. This year's list includes top earner Michael Jackson with earnings of $400 million over the past year, mostly from the sale of his EMI Music Publishing stake. The top woman on the list? Marilyn Monroe at No. 8 with $14 million, thanks to new licensing deals, including Montblanc pens. See the full list. | | | Boss Moves We Love This Week | | -
Ethiopia's first woman president. Sahle-Work Zewde was recently sworn in after the unexpected resignation of Mulatu Teshome Wirtu. Zewde previously served as U.N. under-secretary general and special representative of the secretary general to the African Union. -
No thanks, Saudi Arabia. Scarlett Johansson reportedly rejected funding from Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman for her upcoming role playing Pulitzer prize-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario. According to Addario, Johansson said "This guy is perpetuating the war in Yemen. He has women in prison." -
Breaking the box office. The latest 'Halloween' sequel starring Jamie Lee Curtis debuted as the highest grossing box office open with a leading lady over the age of 55, raking in $77.5 million. - Comedy royalty. Julia Louis-Dreyfus is only the sixth woman to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor presented by the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. For her latest big role in Veep, Louis-Dreyfus has won six consecutive Grammys.
See a #BossMove that moves you? Send it to us at Women@Forbes.com. | | | Boss Moves Book Club (November 27): Join Rebecca Traister, ForbesWomen and Moët Hennessy USA to discuss Rebecca's new book Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger starting at 6:30pm on Tuesday, November 27th. (Moët Hennessy, New York City) | | | | |
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