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The Cru Wants Companies To Tackle Loneliness And Boost Your Career

September 25, 2022

In a 2018 McKinsey/LeanIn.org study of 64,000 employees at 279 companies in North America, 45% of women of color said they were often the only one in the room at work. Such isolation was proving to be costly to their careers and the companies that employed them. Those findings were hardly a surprise to Tiffany Dufu. In 2018, the leadership advocate and consultant launched The Cru to give women the support they often lack at work — especially Black women like herself. Forbes

Exhausted and overwhelmed? CEO Tiffany Dufu says setting clear boundaries (at work and at home) is the key to reducing stress

July 12, 2022

Tiffany Dufu is founder and CEO of The Cru. Its algorithm matches circles of women who collaborate to meet their personal and professional goals. She’s also the author of the bestselling book Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less. Named to Entrepreneur’s 100 Powerful Women and Fast Company’s League of Extraordinary Women, Dufu has raised nearly $20 million toward the cause of women and girls. Fortune

Fearless Fund Teams Up With Tory Burch Foundation and The Cru

January 19, 2022

They will provide 150 women of color-led small businesses grants between $10,000 and $20,000 for a multimillion-dollar total investment. WWD

11 Black female founders who’ve raised more than $25 million in funding share the books that helped them navigate the VC landscape

November 14, 2021

Books are valuable resources for entrepreneurs as they provide worthwhile lessons on topics such as building a business, managing employees, and even fundraising. Shanea Leven, co-founder of CodeSee, Tiffany Dufu, founder of The Cru, Courtney Caldwell, co-founder of ShearShare, and Jasmine Crowe, founder of Goodr, shared the books that helped them navigate the VC landscape and raise over $25M in funding. Business Insider