DevelopHer - Female Entrepreneur of the Year
Company: DevelopHer, Dallas, TX
Company Description: DevelopHer is a career development platform founded by Lauren Hasson, whose mission is to offer women a repeatable, scalable framework to build their value, increase their earnings, and move the needle further by impacting other women in their network. The platform currently includes affordable online courses, community memberships, blog articles, a podcast, and motivational speaking engagements.
Nomination Category: Individual Awards Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Female Entrepreneur of the Year – Consumer Services –10 or Less Employees
Nomination Title: Lauren Hasson
Lauren Hasson is the Founder of DevelopHer, a national, award-winning technology platform that inspires women to enter careers in tech, and empowers women with established careers in technology to advocate for themselves, to break glass ceilings, and bridge the gender wage and position gap. Lauren launched DevelopHer in late 2017 and created the platform from the ground up with no outside investments and all the while working full time and in her own successful tech career.
Through DevelopHer, Lauren has helped thousands of women negotiate higher salaries and build the confidence to secure better jobs. Lauren’s innovative and large scale approach meets women where they’re at personally, financially, and career wise with her one-of-a-kind technology platform. Lauren also partners with universities and large tech companies, making the program affordable for lower income students and employees who can benefit from DevelopHer’s approach.
Lauren inspires women to seek a deeper understanding of their true merit and encourages major growth in their lives, finances, and job titles. Lauren’s key belief is that women who know their value and know their relative value in the marketplace will be better equipped to self-advocate and command higher positions and salaries.
Since the beginning of 2019, Lauren has successfully launched five innovative initiatives that are disrupting the field to help women at scale, the DevelopHerNational University Initiative, the DevelopHer “Salary Pay Back” Program, the Zero to Hero Program,the At-A-Girl Journal, and TheDevelopHer Playbook. All initiatives are designed to support women in tech bridge the gender wage and opportunity gap, and ultimately elevate their careers.
The DevelopHer University Initiative aims to defeat pay inequity before it starts. By partnering with top tier universities, the DevelopHer program is offered as an included benefit of the student’s tuition.
The DevelopHer “Salary Pay Back” Program is a compelling program that gives women who have been unable to invest in themselves due to financial burdens access to the award-winning DevelopHer program. This comes at no upfront cost with a results-driven payment plan.
The Zero to Hero Program is the curriculum that helps women break into the tech industry and compete for higher salaries. The program includes a keynote kick off session, The DevelopHer Playbook, and extensive online training through modules.
Finally,The DevelopHer Playbook aims to provide an in-depth account of tangible next steps and words of affirmation for women in the program. Accompanying the book is the free At-A-Girl Journal, an interactive digital tool that enables women to quickly and easily capture accomplishments and track results. The DevelopHer Playbook reached Best Selling status on Amazon its first week available.
Lauren is disrupting the technology field by providing the transformative program at a uniquely large scale. Lauren not only eclipses efforts by pay equity competitors, but also creates affordable options for the women using it. Users are earning $30,000 to $80,000 in a single negotiation and reaching positions previously thought unattainable.
The DevelopHer University Initiative is a rare gem in the higher education market. DevelopHer is one of the only companies partnering at a university level, affordably benefitting women including minority groups, international students, and first-gen college students. It has seen early success partnering with Chapman University, Indiana University, and Tufts University.
The DevelopHer “Salary Pay Back” Program is an innovative way to make these life-changing resources accessible for those who are struggling financially with no upfront cost. Once a woman secures her new job or salary raise, the DevelopHer program is paid for through a limited time percentage of her negotiated salary. A win-win for both consumer and company, and a testament to results.
The Zero to Hero Programis game-changing in the way it blends metrics of success and the human psyche in it’s modular curriculum. The results are attracting top tech companies like Google, Dell, Armor, and more.
Finally, The DevelopHer Playbook and At-A-Girl Journal quickly and digitally tracks wins by providing quarterly and annual reflections for the modern woman. Lauren has booked sessions with Google, Twitter, Chapman University and others resulting in over 10,000 people scheduled to learn about the book’s inventive approach.
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Lauren’s thought leadership are regularly featured by top media outlets, including IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine, Indeed, Duke Magazine, CBS, NBC, Thrive Global, and Authority Magazine. DevelopHer also attracted international recognition when Founder, Lauren Hasson was invited to the United Nations to collaborate with the global EQUALS initiative, which further confirmed the reputable DevelopHer track to workplace equality.
DevelopHer has impacted thousands of lives and received numerous awards and international recognition including:
Winner of Women in IT Awards Silicon Valley Diversity Initiative of the Year Award 2018
Winner of Gold Stevie Award for Startup Entrepreneur of the Year, 2020
Winner of Gold Stevie Women in Business Award for Women Helping Women, Business, 2020
Winner of Gold Stevie Award for Achievement in Product Innovation, 2020
Winner of Gold Stevie Women in Business Award for Startup of the Year, Consumer Services 2019
Winner of Gold Female Executive of the Year 2020 by DataBird Business Journal
Winner of Silver Stevie Women in Business Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year, Business Products 2020
Winner of Silver Stevie Women in Business Award for Female Solo Entrepreneur of the Year 2019
Winner of Silver Rising Star (Female Executive Under 40) Award by DataBird Business Journal
Finalist for United Nations EQUALS Leadership in Tech Award 2020
Finalist for United Nations WSIS Stakeholder Platform Prize 2019
Links:
DevelopHer Press: https://www.developher.com/news/
Speaking to Google Women Summit: https://vimeo.com/386309667
DevelopHer Website: https://www.developher.com/