Welcome!
We are W CreateCo. – a free group for women and women-identifying founders and business owners. This group is a place to take off the armor, find authentic and genuine connection with others, ask for and give support, and drop pretenses. Read on to see if we’re a good fit!
Purpose
To unite women founders/business owners to form community, act as resources for each other, have a place to be themselves, and build authentic relationships and support with others.
Why We're here
In a group discussion at Boulder Startup Week 2023, some women started voicing a desire – a need – for a supportive group for women entrepreneurs. I committed to making a free one happen. An incredibly busy year later – we’re finally ready to launch!
This group is for:
- Woman-centered experiences
- Business owners/founders – you must have (co)started your own business from scratch or be in the process, produce some kind of original product/service, oversee most aspects of your business (e.g., ethos, offerings, pricing, production, location, structure, design, etc.)
- Those who are eager to contribute to community creation and genuine support
- Women who approach differences with curiousity, don’t have one version of success, and will meet people where they are.
This group is not for:
- Non-founders/owners
- Lead generation
- MLMs/similarly structured businesses
- Those looking to benefit from a network/community without contributing
- Judging others/situations
- Pretense
Inclusiveness
Our group is offered to women – including cis and trans women – who are comfortable in a space that centers the experiences of women as business owners/founders. Always striving toward creating a place to belong, it is our hope that we can provide programming that is inclusive and accessible. We do not discriminate on the basis of identity & expression within that spectrum, nor do we discriminate based on race, ethnicity, religion, sexual identity and orientation, neuro-diversity, age, body size, visible or invisible disability, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, or personal appearance. (Adopted from https://webelongoutside.com/)
Furtherance
Leaving the community in a better state than we found it, supporting each others’ goals, proactively finding ways to contribute to each other and the group, doing good out in the world, coming from love rather than fear, creating an environment for authentic connection/relationship-building/vulnerability, creating an environment for understanding & perspective-seeking.
Strengthening
Ourselves, each other, relationships, community. Creating a better community by creating: better relationships, mentorship, friendship, founder support, collaboration, team, understanding, a second “home,” cohorts, allies, advocates, unofficial partners, supporters, sounding boards, a community to back you up, cooperation, commitment, person to person committed to supporting each other.
Integrity
Using common-sense/discretion/privacy/confidentiality of when to share and not to share, keeping our commitments (or communicating about them when we can’t), treating each other with respect & acceptance, ensuring impact lines up with intent, collaboration & mutual support whether a day one or day 1,000 founder/owner, and knowing we can all learn from each other whatever level/place on the journey we are.