Taryn Andersen answers the phone from Paris, she has just arrived at a meeting of investors in technology companies; a few days ago he was in Salamanca and a few weeks ago in Berlin, all for “business” reasons. His rhythm of life does not stop. In 2017, Andersen, along with other investors, decided to found Impulse4women, a platform that connects women-owned companies with potential investors from around the world. “We’re like a business tinder. The company uploads its profile on our platform and if its project matches the interests of the investors, we have a match,” he describes. Now this network aims to reach 1,500 investors with those of 11,000 companies specializing in innovation and technology from Africa, Europe, the United States and Latin America.

The Barcelona native, with 13 years of private banking experience, knows the difficulties that women entrepreneurs face when it comes to obtaining financing to boost their ventures. “This is still a masculinized sector and we have to learn to move within this dynamic to position ourselves,” she says. According to the United Nations for Education, 33% of researchers worldwide are women. In addition, if they decide to start their own business, only 2% get access to investment capital.

“And the gap gets bigger when we have great scientists and researchers who have no idea who to turn to or how to get funding.” For Andersen, a great scientific discovery has no impact on society without a good commercial , which positions them in the market. For this reason, his working model is to teach entrepreneurs what the investor needs, that is, to develop a sales strategy. “Women tend to be very cautious, feeling they need to have everything under control before they launch, even preferring to charge less than what they need to ensure they get funding. The investor and entrepreneur compares the different ways of doing business by gender because of the influence of culture. “Society teaches men to take risks, now we want to teach them that they can take risks, too,” he says.

For Andersen, investing with a gender lens allows one to see the limitations of the system. Despite the fact that investment figures show investors’ preference for working with male-led companies, research from Harvard Business Review magazine shows that companies led by women or with equal management teams have increased their profits from five to 20 percent increase %. According to the document, they accept change better and face fewer risks. “It has to do with networking and venture capital. Investors are choosing to work with well-established companies, many of which are male-led.” Knowing that the capitalized money is going back into the hands of investors is essential when choosing one company or another. “We want to get our money back in three or five years and we need all the commitment from the team we put our trust in.”

a toast to the sun

Although the leading indicators related to the empowerment of women entrepreneurs and workers show a progress of 4% compared to the previous year, the truth is that the United Nations (UN) announced in early September that women will achieve 140 years of real empowerment positions of power and decision-making. For market research professor Ruth Mateos de Cabo, the main problem for her in moving from holding positions of power to exercising them lies on corporate boards. “We believe it’s fair to have a woman in a position of power, but if she’s not listened to and her decisions aren’t taken into account, nothing changes.” Mateos calls this “the token,” meaning the female presence as a mere symbol of the Completion of the parity quota.

Although corporate engagement with issues related to gender equality is increasing each year, only 33% of the 2,682 companies in 117 countries analyzed have publicly reported the results of their actions, the report The Empowerment of Women and Business highlights. Trends and Opportunities 2022, prepared by the UN Global Compact and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Multilateral Investment Fund. “We need to move from saying to doing. This shouldn’t remain a toast to the sun,” demands Mateos, who at the same time states that the greater the presence of women in positions of power, the greater the opportunities to influence business policy with a focus on justice, parity and sustainability. “When there are more than two on a board, a miracle happens because the decisions are balanced. Parity is good business too.”

From the glass ceiling to the sticky floor

When companies practice an inclusive business culture, they are 63% likely to achieve higher profitability and productivity, in addition to a better business ability to gauge consumer interest and demand, according to the International’s Beyond the glass ceiling report Labor Organization. For Nerea Bilbao, who is responsible for working with the private sector at Oxfam, it is important to look at company hierarchies, but also at middle management. “It seems it is necessary to put aside personal life in order to fill a managerial position. That wouldn’t be a problem if they weren’t solely responsible for home care.”

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed this reality. In 2020 alone, almost half of the companies that went bankrupt were led by women. Of these, North America leads the highest rate with 14 points, followed by Latin America with 11 points and sub-Saharan Africa with seven points, according to the State of Small Businesses in the World Report by the World Bank, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Facebook.

During her coordination work with funding projects for female-owned companies in countries like Burkina Faso, Senegal and Bolivia, Nerea Bilbao has identified the impact that both the glass ceiling and the sticky floor are having on her professional life.

Bilbao stresses that the glass ceiling is the unwritten rules that prevent women from making full use of their decision-making abilities; while the sticky ground, the coordinator defines, is the difficulty of moving from one step to the next. “If you leave work early because your children need you, that will be seen as a lack of commitment. Men are fathers too, they are children, they are brothers and they are also part of a home.

The problem is that they don’t have that responsibility,” claims Bilbao. She also insists that demanding parity from business hierarchies is a step forward, but it doesn’t always improve the situation for the rest of the women. “We can be part of the union and still enforce a macho business dynamic or replicate male behavior to be respected. The changes must also be felt in the bases, which make up the vast majority,” he concludes.

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A painting by Dutch artist Piet Mondrian, which is being sold by a private seller, is expected to fetch over $50 million when it is auctioned at Sotheby’s in November as art prices soar amid a post-pandemic industry boom.

Mondrian’s painting “Composition No. II” from 1930 would sell for more than twenty times its last sale in 1983 to a private Japanese collector for $2.1 million, which would translate to about $6.4 million in 2022.

The sale comes as the art collecting industry is experiencing a post-pandemic resurgence, with art sales up 29% from 2020-2021 to gross $65.1 billion, helped by increases in online sales and traditional public auctions.

One of his best works from his most famous era, the Mondrian piece shows his penchant for abstract art combined with characteristic heavy black lines and primary colors.

Piet Mondrian’s painting “Composition No. II” from 1930 will sell for over $50 million when it is auctioned at Sotheby’s in November

Shot Sage Blue Marilyn by famed American artist Andy Warhol fetched $195 million when it sold at Christie’s in New York City earlier this year

Pablo Picasso’s Femme assise pres d’une fenetre (Marie-Therese) is the most expensive painting sold so far in 2022, grossing $103 million

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s “In This Case” sold at Christie’s in 2021 for $93.1 million, the highest price ever paid for a Basquiat work

Mondrian’s art has experienced tremendous growth in value since he was universally recognized as an artist “who fundamentally changed and forever expanded our perception of art,” according to Julian Dawes, Head of Impressionist & Modern Art at Sotheby’s in New York.

The artwork has a chance to become the artist’s most expensive work as his most expensive artwork to date, Composition No III, with Red, Blue, Yellow and Black, sold for $50.6 million in 2015.

Dawes says that “Composition No. II” will be sold in a hectic art market little like the last one the piece was sold in, in 1983, which was “quite different and far less global and competitive”.

Many investors consider artworks a safer investment vehicle than traditional stocks or real estate as these markets become increasingly uncertain, and DollarSprout reports that investments in artworks have averaged a 7.6% return.

The market is further encouraged by the recent sale of works and collections for a staggering amount, including real estate magnate Harry Macklowe and his ex-wife Linda’s collection which totaled $922.2 million.

The couple’s collection, which included works by Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol and Gerhard Richter, was sold in two separate auctions at Sotheby’s in New York City. The previous record was held by banker David Rockefeller and his wife Peggy, who sold their $835 million collection in 2018.

That same month, Andy Warhol’s Shot Sage Blue Marilyn became the most expensive single work of art of all time when it sold for over $195 million to an unknown buyer at Christie’s.

Rembrandt’s The Standard Bearer was sold to the Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands as the government helped with around $140 million of the total cost of $170 million

Artists whose work features in the collection of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen include Paul Cezanne, Jasper Johns, David Hockney and Edward Hopper

Jasper Johns’ 1959 collage work False Start is expected to fetch over $50 million at the Paul Allen Collection’s November auction

Artists whose work features in Allen’s collection include Paul Cezanne, Jasper Johns, David Hockney, Edward Hopper, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Georgia O’Keefe, Paul Gauguin, Roy Lichtenstein, and Claude Monet

Harry and Linda Macklowe, now separated, sold their art collection for a staggering $922.2 million

In 2017, Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvador Mundi” sold for a whopping $450 million after the sale was estimated to fetch $100 million, further encouraging dealers to shop in and reap the rewards.

The late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen also owns one of the most valuable collections ever assembled, including works by Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keefe and Claude Monet.

Allen’s collection is expected to exceed $1 billion in sales and will be featured in an auction at Christie’s this November entitled Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection.

In 2015 he told Bloomberg: “To live with these works of art is truly amazing. I think you should share some of the works to give the public a chance to see them.’ Allen said in the same interview that his art collection is a “very, very good investment for me”.

After Allen’s death, it was revealed that he was the anonymous 2016 buyer of Monet’s haystack painting entitled Meule. The painting sold for $81.4 million.

2022 also brought a surge in digital art sales as NFTs experienced a boom in popularity. Sotheby’s NFT sales brought in $80 million, while Christie’s brought in $150 million from NFTs.

But external sales of NFTs eclipsed both auction houses as NFT owners selling their works via blockchains brought in a staggering $11.1 billion in revenue, a massive increase from just $4.6 million in the past year 2019

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on NATO “to rule out the possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons”.

Moscow on Thursday castigated statements by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy who spoke of NATO’s “pre-emptive strikes” against Russia, and then clarified that Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke of pre-emptive sanctions and not of nuclear strikes. Volodymyr Zelensky spoke Thursday during a video conference with Australian think tank Lowy Institute. “What should NATO do? Eliminate the possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons. But above all, I appeal once again to the international community, as before February 24: pre-emptive strikes, so that they know what will happen to them if they use them,” the Ukrainian leader stated.

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“Monstrous and Unpredictable Consequences”

“Not the other way around, waiting for nuclear attacks from Russia so you can say, ‘Oh good, you’re doing that, so take that from us now!’ Check your way of applying pressure, that’s what NATO has to do, check your way of using it,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy continued. Following these statements, Volodymyr Zelensky’s spokesman Serguiï Nykyforov stated that these statements referred to pre-emptive sanctions that could be imposed before the February 24 offensive against Moscow, and not pre-emptive military strikes.

“The President spoke about the period before February 24th. Then it would have been necessary to take preventive measures not to allow Russia to start the war. I remind you that the only questionable measures at the time were sanctions,” he posted on Facebook, saying that Kyiv would “never” call for the use of nuclear weapons. Several senior Russian officials sharply criticized Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s statements on Thursday evening. “Such statements are nothing but a call to start a new world war with monstrous and unpredictable consequences,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by the Ria Novosti news agency.

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He called on the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union to respond to these statements, judging that these countries “de facto” led Kiev’s actions. Russian diplomatic spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, for her part, accused the West of “starting a nuclear war.” “Everyone on Earth needs to realize that this insane, weapon-packed character, Zelensky, this puppet, has turned into a monster capable of destroying the planet,” she wrote on Telegram.

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Two shipwrecks have affected the coasts of Greece last night. A boat sank off the island Lesvosin the northeast Aegean, with about 40 people on board, and another boat, a sailing ship with about 95 people on board, however, has left near the island Kythirasouth of the Peloponnese.

For now, the Coast Guard has recovered 17 corpses: The bodies belong to 16 women of North African descent and a boy who were sunk on board the boat, believed to be a rubber dinghy, before Lesvos. Coastguard spokesman Nikos Kokkalas told Greek TV ERT that ten more women have been rescued, while a dozen missing people are being sought.

However, of the 95 migrants on board the ship, 80 people from Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan were rescued by Greek authorities, including seven women and 18 children. Many are saved by swimming to the cliffs and were then rescued with a winch, as can be seen in the coast guard pictures. Authorities are continuing the salvage and search for the other missing persons.

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