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Designing Women

Jeanne Gang, architect and founding principal of Studio Gang, wins Innovation by Design Awards attention this year for facilitating richer community engagement.

Could 2018 be a watershed for women entrepreneurs? In July, Tina Sharkey, co-founder and CEO of direct-to-consumer company Brandless, announced a $240 million Series C funding round—an apparently unprecedented sum for a woman-led private company. A few days later, Aileen Lee’s Cowboy Ventures said it raised $95 million to

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