“Women make up 70 percent of the entrepreneurs we work with year-round, so it was not surprising that this year all ten of the finalists in the Start Something Challenge were women,” said Alfa Demmellash. “It was such a privilege to see these women seize the opportunity to pitch their businesses in front of a packed audience, and demonstrate why their work is adding so much value to our communities. Even more, thanks to visionary funders like the Blackstone Charitable Foundation and JPMorgan Chase, we are able to make an investment into three of their businesses, providing much needed capital to help them achieve their business goals.”
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