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Heather Wentler, Co-Founder of The Doyenne Group, joins The Savvy Entrepreneur to talk about how the group was founded to help women entrepreneurs.
Based in Madison, Wisconsin, Heather and co-founder Amy Gannon, Doyenne was born when Amy and Heather’s husband organized a Startup Weekend. And they notice that of the 130 attendees, only 10 were women.
Amy and Heather started on a quest to find a way to change that. They organized a women’s business breakfast during Madison’s Annual Forward Fest, a 5-day event for entrepreneurs. The breakfast sold out rapidly. At the breakfast, they polled the attendees about what they were looking for and needed help with.
From there, Doyenne took off. Today, it consists of workshops, online courses, mentoring, and connecting women entrepreneurs with all of the many groups and resources that already exist. Plus, their signature Triple Threat Venture training, which is similar to an accelerator program.
Heather candidly shares how Doyenne has morphed over it’s 10+ year history, from changing its funding model to moving to online offerings. Its members are enthusiastic champions (see my interviews, for example, with Richelle Martin and Karen Renee), and it boasts numerous success stories. And it’s creating a cadre of self-described “badass women entrepreneurs” who clearly love helping each other.
Click on the arrow to listen to this inspiring interview! It’s a testament to what two women can do who are on a mission to create change.
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