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Happy Women’s Day Ladiessssss! ??

How does it feel to be the community that creates an impact with everything they do and leaves their mark everywhere they go?

(No, I don’t mean your hair.

Listen to your mother and ??EAT??THOSE??ALMONDS??)

Entrepreneurship has been on the rise and women are truly killing it in every field starting from the farm, in to your tea cup to even the waste that comes of it.

Crazy, no? ??

Come, look at all the special things happening this week below ??

Look What's Trending ??

??The Women of Shark Tank ??

??Meet Drishti the Dreamer! ??

??An AI for Collaborations? ??

The Women of Shark Tank ??

Among the large score of pitches witnessed on season 2 of shark tank, women-led start-ups shone bright with their impressive business ideas! This Women’s day, we would like to throw light on some that we found most interesting! ??

1. TeaFit ?

This is a start-up run by a mompreneur which took the judges by surprise with its heavily detailed pitch which was delivered brilliantly! TeaFit produces zero-calorie health beverages that consist of natural herbs and absolutely no sweetener whatsoever. ??

She was awarded an investment of ?50 lakh, for an 8 percent stake in the company from judges - Vineeta Singh (co-founder, SUGAR Cosmetics ), Anupam Mittal (founder, Shaadi.com), Peyush Bansal (co-founder, Lenskart.com ) and Aman Gupta (co-founder, boAt Lifestyle ). ??

2. Daily Dump ??

Founded by Poonam Bir Kasturi , Daily Dump is a Bengaluru-based start up that brings about compost production by the efficient conversion of kitchen waste! This award winning entrepreneur broke the myths that exist around waste management with a pitch that educated the judges. ??

She was handed an investment of ?30 lakh for 4 percent equity from Namita Thapar (executive director, Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited Pharmaceuticals), with ?50 lakh in debt at an interest rate of 10 percent. ??

3. House of Chikankari ??

Raking in sales of ?3.3 crore in FY22, the House of Chikankari offers beautiful clothing that features the traditional embroidery of Lucknow. ??

Founded by mother-daughter duo Poonam and Aakriti Rawal , This startup received ?75 lakh, for 3.75 percent equity, from Peyush Bansal (co-founder, Lenskart) and Aman Gupta (co-founder, boAt)! ??

Our View:

The United Nations has announced this year’s theme for International Women’s day as being “DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality”. ?

This stands at being perfectly accurate considering Women are rising not just in technology but also in all spheres of the economy.

However, according to the International Telecommunication Union, only 63 per cent of women are using the Internet in 2022, as compared to 69 per cent of men. ??

This is why, women from all spheres, women of all kinds- innovators, tech experts, entrepreneurs and activists have come together to create more opportunities and enable access to digitization for all women. ??♀?

Women entrepreneurs on Shark Tank, with every pitch they make, are furthering this idea in their own ways, for themselves first and then for their kind!

Meet Drishti the Dreamer! ??

A creator who off as being a SAP FI consultant, today, is a blogger and YouTuber with over 262,000 subscribers! ??

Her bubbly personality, welcoming smile and infectious energy draws one into every conversation with her- Meet Drishti Sharma ! ??

She started creating creating content in October 2019 as her passion by blogging and slowly transitioned into creating videos. Her blogs centered self-improvement and mindset development and she wrote from her own personal experience and books she drew inspiration from. ??

It has been quite a journey since then! ??

Drishti enjoys travelling and even has a podcast! When she’s not hard at work, she enjoys reading and exploring delicious food! ??

She began creating short-form video content that worked really well and her audience on Instagram ( Drishti Sharma ) loved her! She gravitated towards YouTube where she made detailed videos on Mindset and Personality Development and worked from project-to-project basis like the 50 days, 50 stories and Glamup Project! ?

She hosted her close-knit community gathering right here at The Hub Bengaluru .

This cute, intimate meet-up featured her candid-self where she engaged her audience by answering their questions and made them fall on the floor with laughter which is so funny because they were all comfortably seated on the floor already????? ??

We also did a fun, WILD (and maybe spicy) shoot with Drishti that you will see on both our Instagram pages soon!

Stay tuned! ??

An AI for Collaborations? ??

With Microsoft’s recent acquisition of Chat GPT, LinkedIn- A Microsoft owned company has launched ‘Collaborative Articles’ that is powered by this very AI. ??

The program is set to provide AI-generated prompts based on which specific users will be called in on for their expertise and input. ??

In this feature, users will be able to look at how many people have contributed to the article and their contributions will be highlighted within it. These articles will also be featured on the LinkedIn feed. ??

If it wasn’t that cool already, an additional component includes a ‘Community Top Voice Badge’ in key skill areas which acts as an extra incentive for professionals to provide their invaluable advice and experience!

This recognition holds validity only for 60 days on Collaborative articles following which members have to keep writing on these articles to continue to hold the badge. ??

Our View:

While this seems like a rather small integration, it is a good move to use AI to help boost member engagement on the platform. ??

LinkedIn summed it up quite well by saying-

“Because?starting?a conversation is harder than joining one, these collaborative articles make it easier for professionals to come together and add and improve ideas - which is how shared knowledge is created.”

Not just that, with the ‘Community Top Voice Badge’, it allows LinkedIn to showcase user expertise while also proving to be a great incentive for users who would like to give the audience their opinions. ??

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