Primary school. High school. College. University. Job. The commonly accepted ‘normal’ route into the world of... well, almost anything. Whether your passion is academia or advertising, philosophy or physics, the job you’ll spend much of your life toiling over awaits you at the end of university. This is the advice I may have been giving next weekend, if Cambridge Science Week … [Read more...]
Success is a Choice
We can achieve what we can conceive and believe. ~ Mark Twain One thing that all successful people have in common no matter what their career or talent is that they see themselves as successful and they have an abundance of positive energy toward their goals. Anyone can choose to be successful. Success begins with a positive attitude and the belief that you can do what you … [Read more...]
Women’s Words Weekly – December 14-21, 2008
Time for another round of Women's Words Weekly where I take a look at what businesswomen bloggers were talking about during the previous week. Toby Bloomberg of Diva Marketing Blog shares 13 Best Practices for Client Presentations adapted from the teachings of Dr. Skip Gunther, former parter at Booz Allen Hamilton. Miranda Marquit of Yeilding Wealth brings us up to date … [Read more...]
Adela Cepeda Talks About Women in Business Today
Adela Cepeda has spent 27 years working in the field of finance. Today, she is the majority owner, a founding partner and chair of Alta Capital Group, LLC, as well as owner and president of A.C. Advisory, a municipal finance advisory firm. Adela Cepeda will be the keynote speaker at Entrepreneur.com's Women in Charge: Winning Strategies for Women-Business Owners … [Read more...]
Suzy Welch Discusses Gender-Neutral Success Skills
Suzy Welch had a successful career before she married former General Electric (NYSE: GE) CEO Jack Welch in 2004. She graduated from Harvard, worked as a reporter for the Associated Press and as an editor for the Harvard Business Review. She even published a fiction novel, but she reached a whole new level of success when she married Jack Welch, which opened additional doors … [Read more...]
Advice for Setting Prices
Laura Spencer from Work From Home Momma published an educational post called "Should You Set Your Initial Price Low to Get Clients?" yesterday. While the post is targeted to work-at-homers and freelancers, I think the points Laura makes can apply to any business that struggles with the balance between setting prices that will generate an income and setting prices that attract … [Read more...]
7 Biggest Mistakes Businesswomen Make
I read a great post by Linda Hollander, The Wealthy Bag Lady, on the WomenCorp blog today called "7 Biggest Business Blunders Women Make (And How to Avoid Them)."Â In her post, Linda describes the top seven mistakes women in business make from small business entrepreneurs to corporate executives. … [Read more...]
Susan Gunelius of Women On Business Guest Blogs at Drew’s Marketing Minute
I had the opportunity to write a guest blog for one of my favorite marketing bloggers, Drew McLellan at Drew's Marketing Minute today. My post is called Is Demographic Segmentation Dead?, and it discusses the shift in marketing strategy from demographic segmentation and targeting to behavioral segmentation and targeting in the world of Web 2.0. Please take a look at … [Read more...]
50 Women to Watch 2007
Wall Street Journal released its 2007 list of 50 women in business to watch. The list includes women from a variety of industries, which is great to see, but what I also found interesting was an article on the Wall Street Journal Online that provides an excerpt of an interview moderated by Wall Street Journal's senior editor, Carol Hymowitz, and six women executives … [Read more...]
Female Executives Weigh In On Hillary Clinton
A recent Wall Street Journal and NBC News poll shows that female executives earning $75,000 per year or more have less favorable feelings toward Hillary Clinton and her presidential run than women earning lower salaries. In an article published on The Wall Street Journal Online today, Carol Hymowitz notes that while women are getting their fair share of middle-management … [Read more...]