Female Founders Get Shortchanged
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Female Founders Get Shortchanged
Female Founders Deliver the Goods
• Women-founded businesses deliver higher revenue—
more than twice as much per dollar invested
• Women-led tech startups achieve a 35%
higher ROI and generate 12% higher revenue
• The fastest-growing companies, with 200%+
growth, are 75% more likely to have a female founder
Women-Led Startups Receive a
Thin Slice of the Investment Pie
$16.9 Billion Agri-Food Tech Funding in 2018
Food Technology Articles
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At IFT FIRST, food system leaders shared strategies for coping with market volatility, science denial, changeable consumers, and unremitting product development pressures.
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Michiel Bakker on Designing Food for Impact
Michiel Bakker shares his vision for intentional food system leadership at IFT FIRST.
Highlights From IFT FIRST
Images and video highlights from IFT FIRST
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EP 3: The Fuzzy Front End of Product Development
How human connection drives trends. Where do businesses start when they want to develop a new product and how do you know this product will be a hit with consumers?
Episode 29: All About Food Safety Culture
In this podcast, we discuss food safety culture, including how food safety culture is established, measured, and how they are expected to change in light of ongoing advancements in food science and policy. Our guests include Hugo Gutierrez, Global Food Safety and Quality Officer for Kerry, and Bob Gravani, Professor Emeritus of Food Science and Director Emeritus of the National Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) Program at Cornell University.