Top 30 Female Internet Entrepreneurs
Hello Everyone,
Women more so than men I find do not measure success by money alone but by a lot of things such as happiness, love, friendships, family and the list goes on. So in recognition of the great numbers of female entrepreneurs out there and in particular those who are active online I have decided not to rank the 30 women listed below by wealth alone but simply as my list of the “30 Top Female Internet Entrepreneurs”.
It is very notable that the majority of these top female entrepreneurs are bloggers and in fact some of the top bloggers in the world. No matter if you are male or female, you should definitely check out my FREE eCourse to creating and making money from blogging. Perhaps you could be added to a list like this one day!
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30 Female Entrepreneurs Making Money Online
| Name | Company | Founded | Why She Matters |
Amanda Marcotte |
Pandagon | 26-Nov-01 | Amanda runs one of the most talked about feminism and politics blogs. Marcotte shot to fame when John Edwards asked her to run the presidential blog. |
Ariana Huffington |
Huffington Post | 09-May-05 |
Is perhaps one of the most successful female Internet entrepreneurs ever and is the founder of the top blog in the world according to Technorati!
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Ashley Qualls |
What Ever Life | 2004 | Attracting millions of monthly visitors earning the 18 year old 7 figures a year. |
Barbara Feldman |
Surfnetkids.com | 29-Jun-05 |
Founder of Surfnetkids, the website attracts more than 600,000 visitors a month, her newsletter lists are over 80,000 strong, and her self-published e-books are sold on dozens of sites.
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Carrie Wilkerson |
The Barefoot Executive | 2007 |
Carried founded The Barefoot Executive on August 27, 2007 and has gone from being in debt to being a 7 figure Internet entrepreneur with over 100,000 followers!
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Caterina Fake |
Flickr | 26-Jun-05 |
Caterina co-founded Flickr with Stewart Butterfield which was later acquired by Yahoo! for a high 8 figure deal.
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Catherine Cook |
MyYearBook.com | 27-Jun-05 |
Start 4 years ago when she was 15, MyYearBook has grown to 3 million members worldwide and rakes in annual sales in the seven figures!
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Cyan Ta’eed |
Eden Creative | 2006 | Ta’eed is the co-founder of Eden Creative Communities which attracts over 10 million visitors to their blog network every month earning her 7 figures a year. |
Eileen Gittins |
Blurb | 26-Jun-05 |
Elieen is the co-founder and CEO of Blurb, a print on demand publishing service. The company’s revenue grew from $1 million to $30 million in two years.
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Elaine Wherry |
Meebo | 01-Sep-05 | Elaine co-founded Meebo, a instant messaging service you use in your browser. Meebo attracts 40,000,000 monthly users. |
Erin Jansen |
NetLingo.com | 21-Jun-05 |
Founder of an Award-Winning Web Site since 1994, Erin is a Internet entrepreneur veteran.
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Gina Bianchini |
Ning | 01-Oct-05 |
Gina is the Co-founder and CEO of Ning. There are 1,000,000 social networks on the Ning Platform, growing at a rate of almost 4,000 new social networks each day.
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Gina Trapani |
Lifehacker | 01-Jan-05 | Gina Trapani is a technology blogger, book author, and programmer. The founding editor of Lifehacker.com, a daily weblog on software and personal productivity, Gina authored a book based on the web site which is in its second edition: Upgrade Your Life: The Lifehacker Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, Better! |
Heather Armstrong |
Dooce | 01-Feb-01 |
One of the biggest mommy blogger’s out there attracting millions of readers to her blog and has recently passed 500,000 Twitter followers.
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Juliette Brindak |
Miss O and Friends | 22-Jun-05 |
Juliette came up with the idea for Miss O and Friends at just 10 years old, now 19 her business is worth over $15 Million and is visited by millions of girls every month.
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Justine Ezarik |
iJustine | 27-Jun-05 |
It all started with a 300 page iPhone bill, now she is a social media rock star with millions of YouTube views and over 500,000 twitter followers!
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Kim Polese |
SpikeSource | 25-Jun-05 | Kim Karin Polese is CEO of SpikeSource, and was one of the most prominent Silicon Valley executives during the dot-com era. In 1997, she made Time Magazine’s list of “The 25 Most Influential Americans”. |
Lisa Stone |
Blog Her | 01-Feb-05 |
Lisa is the founder of BlogHer which reaches more than 14 million women monthly through its conferences, Internet site and publishing networks.
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Lisa Sugar |
Pop Sugar | April 2006 | Lisa’s blog network is funded by Sequoia – the guys who funded Google and Youtube. Now one of the biggest celeb blogs on the net, Lisa sure is a top female blogger! |
Louise Wannier |
MyShape | 26-Jun-05 |
Louise runs an online women’s apparel retailer that finds clothing for women based on their physical measurements and style and fit preferences
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Maria Andros |
Social Media Traffic Blueprint |
Maria helps people create a buzz with social media. Recently she took 100 people into her mentoring program for $2500 each.
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Meg Frost |
Cute Overload | 2005 | Although she hasn’t got a pet herself, attracts 100,000s of visitors daily to her cute animal blog. |
Meg Hourihan |
Blogger.com | 21-Jun-05 |
Meg Hourihan is the cofounder of Pyra Labs, the company that launched the Blogger personal blogging software that was acquired by Google for for a 8 figure deal.
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Mena Trott |
Six Apart | 23-Jun-05 |
Mena is a co-founder of Six Apart, creator of Movable Type and TypePad.
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Michelle Malkin |
Michelle Malkin | June 2004 | Michelle blogs about news and politics which attracts nearly 200,000 visitors a day to her site. |
Penelope Trunk |
Brazen Careerist | March 2006 | With multiple start-ups and over 30,000 RSS readers on her personal blog, Penelope is one female to follow. |
Nancy J Price |
she knows | 1999 |
Nancy co-founded SheKnows which attracts 7.5 Million Monthly Unique Visitors and 76 Million Monthly Page Views!
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Natalie Massenet |
Net-A-Porter | 22-Jun-05 |
Eight years ago she’d never even been on the internet. This year Natalie Massenet turned over £37 million with Net-a-Porter, the fashion website that has become a global phenomenon.
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Rachna Kingston |
Entheos | 30-May-08 |
Is a pregnant work at home mum who runs a web design resource website that attracts over a million visitors a month!
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Xeni Jardin |
Boing Boing | 22-Jun-05 | Xeni is the editor of one of the top 5 blogs in the world, Boing Boing. |
To our success in 2009,
Michael Dunlop
PS. Who is your favourite female entrepreneur and why?
About Michael Dunlop
I'm Michael, I created this site back in 2009 and since then it's received over a million visitors from all around the world. We offer tutorials and inspiration for online entrepreneurs wanting to achieve more.
118 comments so far… Leave a reply
Andy
May 12, 2009 4:20 PM
Wow mike, looks amazing! Great list, very inspirational.
Shane - Inspiring your Success
May 12, 2009 4:20 PM
Good post. I do not have a favourite.
Wayne Liew
May 12, 2009 4:20 PM
Wow, this is another great list. Can't wait to check out their ventures. Can we expect to see some of them being interviewed on Income Diary soon?
Michael Dunlop
May 12, 2009 4:24 PM
Some of them have agreed to do interviews, should be adding one with the founder of blogher.com next week. Look out for them!
James Cunningham
May 12, 2009 4:21 PM
These are very interesting, I only knew about Ashley Qualls. I never really associate big websites with women, probably down to my steriotypical view of a web startup that it is a bunch of sweaty male geeks in a dorm room. Good Post Micheal
Michael Dunlop
May 12, 2009 4:24 PM
Don't worry James, most people have the same thoughts. I did notice that some of the most popular blogs are run by females, perhaps females are better bloggers.
My220x
May 12, 2009 4:24 PM
Nice to see some females making good money online and it's not just us Men doing it! I wonder how many female readers this site gets?
Nikolai
May 12, 2009 4:32 PM
Another great list Mike! Another person who should be on here is Adelle Charles, she founded http://fuelyourcreativity.com and the whole Fuel Brand Network.
Indo Contest
May 12, 2009 4:32 PM
Great list Mike!!.
Coree
May 12, 2009 4:33 PM
What an awesome list of great women!!! I recognize most, but there are a few that even I didn't know about. Way to go ladies! Thank you so much Michael for taking the time to recognize the wonderful female leaders out there in the Internet world. This is an inspiration to me and hopefully many other women out there that are breaking through the glass ceilings to become whatever our hearts desire. C'mon ladies...let's do it! =)
Felicia Chaplin
May 12, 2009 5:29 PM
Very nice. Thank you for this. It's nice to see fellow female entrepreneurs who are sucecssful and great role models. Ashley Qualls...very impressive at 18 yrs old.
Connie Ragen Green
May 12, 2009 5:48 PM
Congratulations to all! Definitely something to aspire to in '09.
Angie G
May 12, 2009 5:58 PM
Great list. Very inspirational. I see many of them have been in the business for several years. These things take time and determination. Thanks for a great list of women who have achieved success via the internet. Give me three years and I hope to be starring on your list.
Greg Ellison
May 12, 2009 6:08 PM
Very nice list of of successful women. I wish I was making some of that kind of money. Thanks Greg Ellison
Alpaca Farmgirl
May 12, 2009 6:26 PM
Very inspirational. Impressive how these women have done all these amazing things. Most of them seem to have way more technological skills than most women. However, it's great to see that many of them are simply great writers and/or had a BIG idea and followed it through. (the follow through is what separates the women from the little girls!)
Michael Dunlop
May 12, 2009 6:50 PM
Ahaha.. very true! The longer your not taking action, the more money you are losing. Michael
Stuart Wooster
May 12, 2009 6:43 PM
A nice thought listing women...I wonder how many are worth millions?
Michael Dunlop
May 12, 2009 6:49 PM
At least 25 of the 30 would be worth millions Stuart.
Mohammad Nawaz
May 12, 2009 7:06 PM
Mike, great input here, and i'm glad to see there are so many women who are adding so much value to our lives and business, online and offline. One such individual you might want to get to know is Jehan Ara, who is one of the most prominent business women, among several others, here in Pakistan, especially in the technology sector. Her blog is jehanara.wordpress.com. Jehan also happens to be the President of the Pakistan Software Houses Association, which works in collaboration with the IT Ministry of Pakistan. I'm sure she can introduce you to the other women who not only run businesses in Pakistan, but very profitably too. Thank you.
jj-momscashblog
May 12, 2009 7:33 PM
Nice list Michael, It is nice to see a list of women/females making it big time in the Internet/blogging world. I think I was always under the impression that it was mostly the men making all the money or making the grade. It could be the factor that I have always felt lacking in the Mathematical/Technical department that I've always felt goes with the male gender. You know how we've been programed to think that being a girl you can't do math like a boy can. Well I'm finally catching on to the technical part of blogging, now all I have to do is get my self going and I'll be on your list next year if not sooner. Thanks for the push or kick, just what I needed. So don't forget the name- JJ was here from MCB.
Michael Dunlop
May 12, 2009 7:41 PM
Great to hear from you JJ and glad the list has inspired you to work harder! Michael
Marie Poulin
May 12, 2009 7:55 PM
A lot of amazing female talent here! A few sites that were PAINFUL to look at, its kind of shocking to know that you can still make 6-7 figures with a terrible website!
Jason Ross
May 12, 2009 11:29 PM
this was an awesome post Michael
Matt | Small Biz Bee
May 13, 2009 12:36 AM
Another awesome list! I'll be checking these very successful women out for sure - thanks! Matt
Jenelle
May 13, 2009 1:15 AM
Wow. I never thought there are a number of women who took the online world like this. They're all amazing
Marie-Dominique
May 13, 2009 1:44 AM
Hi Michael...I, too, want to thank you for the inspiration and the confidence you have created in me by reading about these wonderful and intelligent women (and girls) who have persevered with their ideas. I have not long started my blog and am thinking of doing another one once I have mastered this one from my little corner of the world in Queensland, Australia. I hope Marie Poulin won't be too harsh on my little blog as well ;) ...I am still learning the ways of blogging and internet.
Michael Dunlop
May 13, 2009 7:15 AM
No problem Marie, glad you enjoyed the top list, let us know how you get on with blogger. Michael
Pyrmontvillage
May 13, 2009 2:07 AM
It Trully is great to see so many Strong Successful women building large and amazing communities. Awesome !
Renelda
May 13, 2009 2:27 AM
I am a huge fan of Rachna Kingston. Maybe once a month you should have a women top list once a month. It is motivating for me as a woman, to see that on your blog.
Michael Dunlop
May 13, 2009 7:16 AM
Hey Renelda, Rachna is great, I love what she is doing online. Would love to do more women related articles on the site, will brainstorm today. Glad you enjoyed it, Michael
KushMoney
May 13, 2009 3:38 AM
I must say this is an awesome list of entrepreneurs. We need more women entrepreneurs in this world. Total guy statement: Some of them are really beautiful. Got to love a woman that's beautiful and makes her own money.
Jackie
May 13, 2009 4:11 AM
Wow Michael a truly amazing list. Its very inspiring for me to see that these women made it in the internet industry and made a name for themselves. Hope to be able to follow their footsteps someday. thanks again Jackie http://www.creditrepairproject.com-seemore.info/
Kurt Avish
May 13, 2009 7:02 AM
Great list. I would really like the interview of Ariana Huffington and Ashley Qualls who are really inspirational.
paula gould
May 13, 2009 7:04 AM
Awesome. Hope to see you all (on the list and off) at WITI's 20th Anniversary Summit June 14-16 in Santa Clara, CA http://www.witi.com/center/conferences/2009/summit/
Farrhad A
May 13, 2009 7:24 AM
You really come up with awesome stuff, Michael! Even in this male dominated place, gals are way ahead of most of us.
Tariq Rishi
May 13, 2009 8:10 AM
Hi Michael, You did it again. Your posts are great and today I found out so many new names which I never heard before. Thanks for the great post and havd a good trip to New York.
Daniel Matthews
May 13, 2009 8:15 AM
I too have not heard of many of these female entrepreneurs, do you think that its because woman simply get there heads down and get on with it, working hard? Rather then shouting from the hill tops along the way... Like a lot of typical male entrepreneurs! Interesting. Great post Micheal.
Thiru
May 13, 2009 8:42 AM
Nice one...But whenever there is a news about women why should that start with comparing men, if that is really special? Telling positive things about anything need not include comparison of opinions. Please do not mix facts with opinions.
Scott :: IrnMedia.net
May 13, 2009 9:07 AM
Fantastic!
Mercy Livi
May 13, 2009 11:43 AM
Great List and inspirational for women like me!
Steve - Make Money Online
May 13, 2009 11:59 AM
I believe the temperament of women makes them better than men at blogging. Women have a natural instinct to communicate and therefore blogging could be the ideal medium.
Segebee
May 13, 2009 2:00 PM
Wow...This is quite cool. Keep up the good work, mike.
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Christine Seib
May 14, 2009 12:08 AM
It's now my goal to make this list in the next 2 years!
Shreejana Hickman
May 14, 2009 12:26 AM
I will definitely be on that list in 2 to 4 years with one of my sites:)
Anne Holland
May 14, 2009 12:34 AM
I know several of these women very well and can say you've got a typo on your Date Founded column. June 2005 was not a freakishly popular month to found companies. 1999 was, early 2000 was .. a few in 2003.... The only reason these are mainly bloggers is due to the researcher. There are plenty more women who have made millions online as executives at dot-coms or in services companies selling mainly online. But, you can't always check our Alexa rankings easily so we're under your radar.
Anne Holland
May 14, 2009 12:35 AM
ooh, not to mention affiliates. Missy Ward alone kicks most of this lists' butt.....
Michelle Chance
May 14, 2009 1:18 AM
Thanks for the list ... wasn't sure if this was publishers only. I was surprised not to see Julie Swatek - ScrapYourTrip.com - in your list. Amazing Year over Year growth - woman owned company.
Khalid
May 14, 2009 1:53 AM
Great your effort for making this list is appreciable. You can make another list for top 30 kids in blogging. regards khalid
Eve @arewethere
May 14, 2009 3:30 AM
Wow-great list. I have followed some of these ladies, and have learned so much. Very inspiring!
Puja Madan
May 14, 2009 5:07 AM
Great list, I'd suggest an addition: Rashmi from SlideShare
Barbara Swafford
May 14, 2009 6:08 AM
It's great to see women showcased for their hard work and smarts. This is a great list of blogs/websites to check out. I'm guessing they will give me tons of inspiration. Thank you for putting this together.
Rena
May 14, 2009 6:30 AM
This is a great list and is very inspirational. What really surprises me is that the list dates back less than 10 years. Although they are internet years, that says to me that there are still lots opportunities out there for new-bes, like myself.
Michael Dunlop
May 14, 2009 10:45 AM
Exactly Rena! In fact some are only 2 years old, take a look at Carrie Wilkerson, she has gone from broke to 7 figures in 2 years. Michael
Servane Mouazan
May 14, 2009 8:32 AM
Would it be a challenge to put in the wider community to match the achievements of these women and to do this with a positive social impac for all customers? What i see here is a list if achievers in terms of finance. Success is not only to be measured by a cheque. but also by the impact a venture has on the planet, is it socially responsible, ecologically viable, etc? Let's see what kind of list would emerge then! Just a thought... Servane www.ogunte.com Connecting and Equipping Female Social Innovators
Michael Dunlop
May 14, 2009 10:45 AM
Hello Servane, The list wasn't necessarily done by wealth but by the success of the website. There would be no point including people in the list with a good idea but didn't execute it properly because that is not what success is. Glad you enjoy the list, Michael
markdomingo
May 14, 2009 10:23 AM
what a woman power. I may say they are great. they beat the top. congrats woman! thank michael for this wonderful post!
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