WE Hatch
Unleash potential
There is a massive amount of data and surveys, including our own research, that indicates there is a huge pent up demand and opportunity for tremendous impact by empowering women students and women in the community to achieve greater success in entrepreneurial activities. Women are disadvantaged in entrepreneurship enrollment, networking, venture capital raises and access to resources, yet they desire to make societal impact and achieve financial success and control of their lives. It is estimated that several trillions of global economic impact is left on table by leaving women behind in the entrepreneurial equation.
WE Hatch seeks to unleash the potential of creative, innovative and entrepreneurial women through curriculum, programming, mentorship, and venture funding support.
Our Commitment
WE Hatch seeks to advance creative, innovative and entrepreneurial women within UD and the broader community.
Our goals include:
- Attract and grow student, faculty and community engagement
- Optimize opportunity for women to realize their full potential as innovators and value creators
- Deliver economic and societal benefits for women and those they impact
- Broaden career choices through entrepreneurial skills and mindset
- Succeeding in male dominated industries, such as STEM/Business
- Successful value proposition and business model design
- Networking support
- Apprenticeship and mentorship
- New venture creation support
- Career change or re-start
- Intra-preneurship
- New venture launch
- Scaling ventures
- STEM innovation
- Upward networking
- Access to resources, including capital
WE Hatch Honor Circle
The Honor Circle recognizes women – our mothers, sisters, daughters, friends, colleagues and co-workers - who have inspired and continue to inspire us and those closest to them with their creativity, ingenuity, innovative spirit and entrepreneurial aptitude. Nominations for 2024 are being accepted until February 10, 2024.
Thank you to our sponsors
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The Fight for Better Women's Fightwear
April 04, 2024 | Written by Andrew SharpHer company headquarters was her student apartment, and her mobile sales office was her car. Four years later, Maya Nazareth has built her passion into a growing enterprise called Alchemize Fightwear. -
2024 WE Hatch Breakfast Insights
March 20, 2024 | Written by Yashlee FrancoisChrissi Rawak., University of Delaware’s Director of Athletics & Recreation Services, was the featured speaker at the 2024 WE Hatch Breakfast. WE Hatch is an initiative to support and advance creative, innovative and entrepreneurial women within UD and the broader community. -
Get To Know Horn: Megan Pillsbury
March 19, 2024 | Written by Yashlee FrancoisUniversity of Delaware has welcomed a few new faculty members over the past couple years from a wide range of departments and fields. Gladly UD’s Ratcliffe Eco Entrepreneurship Fellows Program (REEF) has added Megan Pillsbury as their director in 2022. A talented individual like Megan Pillsbury has a lot to share and a lot for us to learn about. She was able to speak with Horn Entrepreneurship and share some more about herself, her role, and experiences.