Lady Business

Now, unlike in generations past, instead of just receiving help, women in their twenties and thirties are extending a hand to their peers. As if taking a cue from executive elders, female entrepreneurs like Shauna Mei, Alexa von Tobel, Alexis Maybank, and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson are also furiously networking with other women. Just like the ladies of The Vault and 4C2B, women founders have a shared set of experiences. They talk nonstop about business. And while their companies span the industries—from finance to real estate to fashion to art—they’re almost all Web-based. As a result, young female CEOs have become each other’s strategic advisers.

But it’s not like they’re all work and no play. These chicks are a bundle of contradictions, ...

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