MEDIA & PRESS
Flossie Hall Selected For 2025 Impact and Inclusion Award
News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (February 4, 2025) Rochester Business Journal has selected Flossie Hall, Stella Foundation, as a recipient of a 2025 Impact and Inclusion Award. The Impact and Inclusion Awards highlight the outstanding achievements of those who champion workplace cultures where everyone thrives. The honorees were selected by the editorial staff of Rochester Business Journal. A listing of [...]
Fearless Fund And Hello Alice Fight For Inclusive Funding
WVS Fireside Chat Featured in Forbes, read the full article here. Two organizations dedicated to empowering marginalized entrepreneurs, Fearless Fund and Hello Alice, were sued by activists over their grant programs. Fearless Fund invests in under-resourced entrepreneurs, including businesses led by women of color seeking early-stage venture capital. Hello Alice provides equitable access to capital, offering grants, loans, and credit [...]
Women’s Venture Summit Fast Pitch
Stella Founder, Silvia Mah and Women's Fast Pitch finalists Janice Williams Oliver and Hailey Marie Keith are featured on Fox 5 San Diego morning show with Shally Zomorodi.
Pitching with Purpose: How to Craft a Winning Pitch Deck Story for Investors with Heather Lawver
Heather Lawver was featured as a guest on The She Leads Podcast with Adrienne Garland. Listen to the podcast here. As your company's founder, you are Beyoncé, and your slides in the pitch deck are your backup singers. Heather Lawver, the founder and CEO of Ceemo.ai, has helped underrepresented founders raise over $172 million in venture capital. Heather shares her [...]
Flossie Hall of Stella Foundation On How We Should Increase Female Representation in Investment Decision-Making
An interview with Vanessa Ogle of Medium. Read the full article here. Despite progress in many industries, women remain significantly underrepresented in investment decision making roles. This lack of diversity can lead to missed opportunities and less inclusive financial strategies. How can we increase female representation in these critical positions? What impact would this have on the investment landscape? I [...]
Women of Impact: Flossie Hall is on a mission to help women raise and deploy capital
By Paula DeLaurentis of Equities.com. Read the full article here. Flossie Hall is on a mission to help women founders raise capital and women investors deploy it with impact. As an active-duty military spouse, Flossie’s advocacy for military spouse entrepreneurs landed her not one, but two invitations to the White House and partnerships with companies like Amazon. Last year, Flossie [...]
Helping Entrepreneurs Build With Flossie Hall
CEO Flossie Hall featured on Venture:F podcast. Listen to the episode here. Flossie Hall, is the CEO of the Stella Foundation, serving 10K women founders and investors globally and managing a portfolio of companies and teams across CPG, Marketing, and EdTech. A Veteran Navy spouse and accomplished serial entrepreneur Flossie has generated and exited 7-figure businesses across e-commerce, ed-tech, CPG, [...]
Stella Foundation and Women In Cloud Partner to Accelerate GTM Success in the Enterprise Customer Ecosystem
SEATTLE, WA, UNITED STATES, September 10, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Stella Foundation and Women In Cloud (WIC) announced a strategic partnership focused on accelerating Go-To-Market (GTM) success within the enterprise customer ecosystem. This collaboration unites innovative strategies and resources to empower companies through Cloud and AI certifications, enterprise B2B GTM coaching, and leadership development. The partnership was created to ensure enterprise [...]
Stella Foundation Announces 11th Annual Women’s Venture Summit: A Pivotal Gathering for Female Founders and Investors
Read full article featured on PR Newswire. Arian Simone and Elizabeth Gore to Headline SAN DIEGO, Sept. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Stella Foundation proudly announces the 11th Annual Women's Venture Summit (WVS), set to take place in San Diego from September 25–27, 2024. This year's summit, a cornerstone event in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, will spotlight two trailblazing leaders, Arian Simone [...]
Meet Janice Williams Oliver – Founder of MisTeePRO
By Melissa Stewart, read full article on She Owns It Meet Janice Williams Oliver, Founder of MisTeePRO – a game-changer for curly and coily hair, designed to meet the needs of 65% of the world’s population. Janice Williams Oliver has been passionate about her hair since she was seven years old when she asked her Mom to use mayonnaise as [...]