Successful delegation is critical to growing your business. Whether you’re onboarding new team members or handing off part of your role. If you treat delegation as a briefing task you’ll only end up digging yourself deeper into the “I can do this better/faster myself” hole. So how do you do it effectively?

Despite the recent groundswell of new programmes and initiatives to get more funding to female-founded businesses, what will it take to increase the numbers of female founders leading businesses of scale?

Navigating investment bias is no easy task as a female founder CEO. It’s money not mentoring that women need to scale their companies. A recent report from Astia VC provides insights on navigating bias and securing investment as a female founder.

Choosing your investment partner will be one of the most crucial decisions you will make as a founder CEO. Choosing wisely can mean having the backing of a powerful and incredibly useful partner. This choice is especially important for female founders who are often interested in impact as well as scale.

People make a business successful. This is one thing experienced founders and investors agree on. Female founders are particularly good at people-related issues, yet 65% of high-potential startups fail due to people-related issues, specifically the founding team .