{"id":4710,"date":"2014-02-14T14:38:36","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T20:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/?p=4710"},"modified":"2014-02-14T14:47:13","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T20:47:13","slug":"wp-engine-supports-launch-womenaustin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-engine-supports-launch-womenaustin\/","title":{"rendered":"WP Engine Supports the Launch of Women@Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Women@Austin-flat.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4718 alignright\" alt=\"Women@Austin logo\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Women@Austin-flat-300x103.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Women@Austin-flat-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Women@Austin-flat-768x264.png 768w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Women@Austin-flat-303x104.png 303w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Women@Austin-flat.png 970w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Last night, our team was in full force supporting the launch of an exciting new entrepreneurial forum called Women@Austin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I felt honored to be a panelist at the sold out launch event\u2014\u201c2014: Be Bold\u201d, which was held at the Capital Factory.<\/p>\n<p>Women@Austin was conceived by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/janryan\" target=\"_blank\">Jan Ryan<\/a>, a successful entrepreneur many times over (Lithium acquired Jan\u2019s company Social Dynamx in 2012), who was inspired to bolster women\u2019s entrepreneurial success in Austin.<\/p>\n<p>Women@Austin aims to increase women\u2019s success in the startup ecosystem by enabling:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a forum for building and strengthening relationships<\/li>\n<li>the early vetting of ideas<\/li>\n<li>access to capital to improve success rates<\/li>\n<li>the development of financial and leadership skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4714\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4714\" style=\"width: 599px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClaireEngland\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4714   \" title=\"2014: Be Bold Women@Austin Event \" alt=\"2014: Be Bold Women@Austin Event \" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Be-Bold-Event.jpg\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Be-Bold-Event.jpg 599w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Be-Bold-Event-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Be-Bold-Event-256x144.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;2014: Be Bold&#8221; Women@Austin event (image courtesy of Claire England)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you missed out this time, make sure you like our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/womenataustin\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a> so you can get in early for next quarter\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here at WP Engine we are committed to supporting diversity and entrepreneurship in our local startup community. We congratulate Jan\u2019s vision and looking forward to fully supporting Women@Austin\u2019s mission, including through my role as a Steering Committee member.<\/p>\n<p>More entrepreneurial success for women means more jobs and opportunities to positively impact Austin! Carpe diem!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4712\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Heather-at-Women@Austin-meeting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4712  \" alt=\"One of our Women@Austin Steering Committee Planning Sessions\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Heather-at-Women@Austin-meeting-1024x577.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of our Women@Austin Steering Committee planning sessions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, our team was in full force supporting the launch of an exciting new entrepreneurial forum called Women@Austin. I felt honored to be a panelist at the sold out launch event\u2014\u201c2014: Be Bold\u201d, which was held at the Capital Factory. 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