- UBS' Lori Feinsilver co-created Project Entrepreneur to help women start high-growth, high-impact companies.
- She told Business Insider women need to have more confidence in the companies they start and stand for something meaningful.
The program culminates with its annual Project Entrepreneur Intensive in New York City. The venture competition draws interest from thousands of hopeful female entrepreneurs from over a hundred cities. 200 of those entrepreneurs take part in a pitch competition in April.
Business Insider met up with Feinsilver during a Project Entrepreneur event at the New York Stock Exchange to talk about women entrepreneurship. She told us the women who stand out the most from the program have an unbridled confidence in themselves and what they are doing. Female entrepreneurs, she says, need to have that level of confidence to succeed.
Winners of Project Entrepreneur's pitch competition receive a $10,000 grant and take part in a five-week program based in Rent the Runway's offices with access to mentors, including executives from UBS.
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Finalists from the 2016 program have raised $9 million in seed and pre-seed funding.