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An official congratulations to one of HearstLab's newest portfolio companies Tilt on their $15M Series B announcement! Go Jennifer Henderson & team! ✅ 🗓 Tilt is a simple and secure leave-management platform that eliminates administrative burdens and ensures compliance while creating a positive and supportive experience for employees taking a leave of absence. Learn more: https://hellotilt.com/

This week we joined Hearst Tech Academy's “I Didn’t Make This” session featuring Hearst Magazines' Senior Director of Product & Technology & HearstLab Scout Alexandria Redmon. She shared evolving (and mind-blowing!) capabilities of what’s possible today with AI to support rapid product prototyping. We got a behind-the-scenes look at functional MVPs built in minutes using tools like Anthropic's Claude, Arcode, Aider, and OpenHands. A few pieces of advice: 🤓 Your AI counterparts are world-class experts 🌟 Your work is as good as your ability to ask & review (focus your requests!) 💭 Get big things by requesting & expecting big things 📲 Today’s LLMs can write not just code completions but complete code Most importantly… Don’t spend time on things #AI does as well as you. Thank you Alexandria for your continued leadership around AI as well as your support of our startup ecosystem ✨

📣 Don’t miss your chance to see the best high-growth, women-led startups in the UK and Europe pitch in front of a live audience for a chance to win £100k investment from HearstLab.   Pitch HearstLab, the biggest competition for women-led startups in the world, is coming to London this October - giving you the chance to watch up to 6 early-stage startups pitch live for funding.   Esteemed speakers & judges will include Katie Vanneck (CEO, Hearst UK), Eve Burton (EVP & Chairwoman, HearstLab), Debbie Wosskow, OBE (Co-Chair, Invest in Women Taskforce), Lydia Slater (Editor-in-Chief, Harper's Bazaar UK), and 😃 David Fogel (Co-Founder, Alma Angels)    🇬🇧✨ The inaugural UK event will take place on October 16 at the Cine Lumiere, London. Tickets are free, and you can get yours via the link here 👇 https://lnkd.in/eYPSFfKS   More on HearstLab & all upcoming events here: https://lnkd.in/egh52cjZ   #PitchHearstLab #WomenLedStartups #FemaleFounders #HearstUK HearstLab International

Congratulations to Annie Munro Sloan & The Host Co. on this impressive global recognition 🤩 🏠 🛍 The Host Co is a retail solution designed to help hosts sell their products and services in short-term rental spaces. Simply create a store, personalize it, and begin selling instantly. Shout out to co-hosts Phocuswright & Web In Travel, as well as sponsorship from JetBlue Ventures. Watch the live event: https://lnkd.in/ewf_JAVa Read more: https://lnkd.in/gwg8Pgr9

"It's not just Taylor Swift--there's an entire demographic of women who love their cats and dogs and food banks, too." 🐶🐱💰 More analysis from HearstLab's FreeWill led by Jennifer Xia Spradling (she / her) in this article by Beth Pinsker CFP® at MarketWatch👇

Don’t miss this virtual session NEXT WEDNESDAY (8/28) on the “Future of Work, EdTech, & AI” from How Women Invest featuring HearstLab portfolio founder Summer Delaney, MBA of CollabWORK 👀 Investors and founders alike–join for a discussion on startup ecosystem trends and the acceleration of automating how we work, learn, and operate our daily lives. Thank you to Aury Cifuentes for facilitating this discussion! RSVP: https://lnkd.in/etfqVu4u 

We are so proud of our very own Lisa Burton O'Toole, PhD for her recognition on ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers)'s "2024 Watch List" as one of 25 engineers who have “made their marks in industry and society—and are poised to accomplish more.” ⚙✨ Fun fact: Lisa holds a Ph.D. and master's degree (S.M.) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and B.S. from Duke University, all in Mechanical Engineering. ➡ More on her background and journey from #startupfounder to #VCinvestor: https://lnkd.in/eRcBGmtB

↪ NEW Dreamers & Doers® collab just in! There’s a moment that defines every company’s future—whether it’s pivoting a roadmap or making a bold hiring decision. These 3️⃣5️⃣ #femalefounders share the game-changing decisions that altered their trajectory and fueled their companies’ transformations. Don't miss insights from HearstLab's Courtney Jeffries (VRTL), Sharon Bordas (Mindshow) and Sheri Atwood (SupportPay) on pricing model pivots and taking career risks. Bottom line? "If you’re betting on yourself, you bet big."

👋 HearstLab's extended network is hiring! A few new key opportunities of note... ➡ CTO role at Narratize with Katie Trauth Taylor, PhD & Kara Uchtman, P.E.(Remote). More: https://lnkd.in/eHmXebAk ➡ COO role at Mindshow with Sharon Bordas (CA-based). More: https://lnkd.in/ewvFQKAa ➡ Part-time marketing analytics, demand gen, and sales enablement specialist roles at Black Book with Kim Breidenbach (GA-based). More: https://lnkd.in/e35uQbDm ➡ SDR roles at Fitch Solutions with Liza Horowitz (London & NYC-based). More: https://lnkd.in/ethcbxAp See all open portfolio company roles: https://lnkd.in/eYYVVHq5 More on Hearst Careers: https://lnkd.in/erEqqBzn Sound like you or someone you know? Say the word!

HearstLab is heading to SXSW 2025! 🤠 Cast your votes to help shape who will take the conference stage. PanelPicker Community Voting ends THIS Sunday, August 18! 🗳️ https://lnkd.in/dMBBkrWp Please take a minute to VOTE👇 🌎🌱 Redefining Business Sustainability: From Startups to Corps featuring Lizzy Kolar (Scope Zero) & Julia Collins (Planet FWD): https://lnkd.in/dtUQxy2j 📣💰 Pitch to Win: Founders Share How To Secure Funding featuring UNLISTED (Katie Hill), Meili Technologies (Samantha Lee), EZ Newswire (Caitlin Kelly) + HearstLab's Eastin Rossell: https://lnkd.in/dtjaciSx 💥📈 From Disruptor to Market Leader - Scaling AI Startups in the Generative AI Boom featuring Barometer (Tamara (Zubatiy) Nelson, PhD), PairUp (Emily Harburg, Ph.D.), UNLISTED (Katie Hill) + HearstLab's Lisa Burton O'Toole, PhD: https://lnkd.in/dgTSD38M 🕶 🎬 Real-time Tech to Accelerate Demand for Animation featuring Mindshow (Sharon Bordas & Bibhash Biswas): https://lnkd.in/eKh_5BHD