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Female web entrepreneurs increasingly turn to each other for funding tips and business advice.

"Because women spend 30% more time on social networking sites than men and, in a given month, made 61% of total U.S. online purchases, according to a 2010 study by comScore, female entrepreneurs are in an ideal position to recognize market opportunities and start businesses that meet their needs and the needs of their female friends."

Pamela Ryckman's Fortune article points out that there are many new web companies started by women, among them: Blip.tv, Fashism, Foodspotting, Gilt Group, LearnVest, Mediabistro, ModCloth, and Paperless Post. (You can count PandaWhale among that group too!)

See also Women 2.0's Shaherose Charania interviewed about this subject:

12:02 PM Jul 11 2011

It's the best and most reliable way....plus time saving.

12:32 PM Jun 17 2011

growth.innovation

I take it you're referring to online purchases.

Actually, there are many 106 Miles companies with women founders.

Among them: AdNectar, Apply in the Sky, Atelier Partners, Bard, BizeeBee, Cake Health, Campfire Labs, ChickRx, Citrus Lane, ConsumerBell, Cooked.It, Crave, Dabble, Dish It, Double Impact, Ecobold, EventBrite, Fffabulous, Founder Dating, GetAround, Gobble, Grubly, Hackers & Founders, Lollihop, Minted, Ning, Notori.us, PandaWhale, Piccolo, Pinchd, Project H, Project J, RNDVoo, Secret Society of Women, Skout, Sorced, TaskRabbit, Toothie, Tripping, Wordnik, and Zerply.

See also: list of 106 Miles startups.

9:41 AM Jul 11 2011

3:57 PM Jun 20 2011

In our first Hackers & Founders Co-op session, Tripping has a female CEO/founder, and Zerply has a woman on the founding team. We were really excited that two out of our six companies had female founders. Almost half of our speakers at our weekly dinners were women. That wasn't on purpose, it just turned out that way.

Hackers & Founders itself has a female founder. I think she's fab.

3:46 AM Jun 20 2011

I think she's fab, too, Jonathan. And the overall trend seems to be going in the right direction!

11:30 AM Jun 20 2011

Thanks for mentioning Tripping and I agree that Laura from H&F ROCKS!

2:11 PM Jun 21 2011

Grace Hopper was one of the first computer scientists. She invented the concept of programming languages.

It is not a coincidence that her name is close to grasshopper. As in Kung Fu:

12:36 PM Jun 19 2011

This reminds of a video that Grasshopper (the company) created about entrepreneurs -

1:55 PM Jun 21 2011

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ifindkarma

Jen, that entrepreneurs can change the world video is awesome. Thanks for sharing!!

2:15 PM Jun 21 2011

Thanks for Posting Adam! That's awesome! :)

1:19 PM Jun 17 2011

michelle.geromel

You are very welcome, Michelle. I'm a big fan of Women 2.0, too. You should check them out.

12:37 PM Jun 19 2011

3:23 AM Jun 20 2011

I would not have guessed it was that high. I'm thinking the Wii and Facebook games have made that number higher in recent years.

I did see a survey of women on Facebook that said that 85 percent of women felt that their Facebook "friends" used the site to brag or overshare, and specifically found it irritating when people complained all the time, shared unsolicited political opinions and boasted about "seemingly perfect lives."

It's hard to imagine Facebook without those behaviors, but I concur that that would be a better Facebook. :)

11:57 AM Jun 21 2011

Would it be? Not to be contrarian, but most people share about their seemingly perfect lives only because they want their friends to give them a virtual pat on their back. Who else but your friends can tell you that you looked fabulous at your cousin's wedding, or to congratulate you on a recent promotion etc. I like that about fbook :)

10:22 PM Jun 21 2011

So the f in fbook stands for "flatter me please"? ;)

7:17 AM Jun 22 2011

Totally :)

8:46 AM Jun 22 2011

I read a report that said that women game in huge numbers, but the kinds of games that women play tend to be different. Women are much more likely to be casual gamers than men, and play in shorter bursts rather than extended sessions of World of War Crack

4:07 AM Jun 26 2011

For me, the most interesting part of the Lifetime survey of women gamers is that they don't in general travel in wolfpacks like Warcraft encourages.

83% of women gamers prefer to play on their own.

2:50 PM Jun 26 2011

Great post, Adam. I do count PandaWhale but not Gilt. Gilt was really started by Kevin Ryan (founder of DoubleClick).

11:37 AM Jun 21 2011

Thanks Lara! Interesting, Gilt's team page says Alexis and Alexandra were founders, too.

11:53 AM Jun 21 2011

Of course it does. Marketing works. :)

9:05 PM Jun 21 2011

There's a fine line between Gilt and guilt.

7:18 AM Jun 22 2011

Adam, I'm curious about the title of this convo. Do you think it'd still be a true statement if you removed the first word, or the first two? I do - but am unsure if it's increasingly true - I mean, haven't peers always been the best source of good advice?

6:12 PM Jun 22 2011

John, you're right.

The title specifically comes from the Fortune article that noticed a trend that more women are starting Web companies these days.

2:32 PM Jun 23 2011

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