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Founders & Entrepreneurship

The women starting companies, shipping products, and building businesses from the first customer to the next round.

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"They Said Motherhood Would End My Career. Few Years Later, I'm a Founder."

A colleague told me my career was over when I announced my pregnancy. Fewyears later I am the founder of InterviewAlpha.ai. This is the story of the promise I made to myself on a drive home in August 2017, and everything I built to keep it.

By Shraddha Dudhgaoli·July 27, 2026

"They Said Motherhood Would End My Career. Few Years Later, I'm a Founder."

Photograph for Build With Her Magazine

What Nobody Tells You About Being a Female Founder

What does it really take to become a female founder in industries where most decision-makers are men? This story reflects on the pressure to earn credibility, the sacrifices behind ambition, and the journey from believing success required becoming emotionally invulnerable to discovering that authentic leadership comes from strength, resilience, and staying true to yourself.

Helen Gomon

Founders & Entrepreneurship

Building Through War, Rejection, and Uncertainty: Why I Never Gave Up on My Vision

Building a business is rarely a straight path. This story shares how war, relocation, rejection, and uncertainty shaped my journey as a founder—and why resilience, adaptability, and staying committed to a vision matter more than having the perfect plan.

Helen Gomon

Founders & Entrepreneurship

SheCan AI: Making Pakistan's Invisible Women Workers Visible

final-year engineering student built SheCan AI, an AI-powered marketplace helping skilled women in Pakistan find safe, direct, fairly paid work — without middlemen erasing their names from their own labor.

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