Investor and businesswoman Sheryl Marshall started working with women-owned businesses and women venture funding in 1999 after spending years working in financial services where she fielded tons of calls from women looking for capital. She recalls, “Back then, only 2% of venture funding went to women-owned businesses, and most of that 2% went to iVillage.” This lack of … [Read more...]
The Success and Challenges of Women Entrepreneurs – Lara Galloway
This week, I interviewed Lara Galloway who is an author, speaker, business coach, and host of the MomBiz Solutions Show podcast. She is also the author of Moms Mean Business: A Guide to Creating a Successful Company and a Happy Life as a Mom Entrepreneur. Tell us a little about your previous life and how you came to start your first business? I started out in academia, … [Read more...]
The Success and Challenges of Women Entrepreneurs – Susie Garcia
There are more women entrepreneurs than ever before, in a wide variety of industries. Although we often hear about success stories of women entrepreneurs and professionals, rarely do we get an inside look at the personal challenges that came with that success. To change that, I started a series of interviews with women entrepreneurs and professionals who had a life changing … [Read more...]
The Woman-side of Leadership
In business, women often bring a different set of leadership traits to the table than their male counterparts. These are considered more feminine traits such as collaboration, empathy, patience, and humility. Not all women leaders possess these traits and some women actually possess more masculine traits such as aggressiveness and competitiveness. But in a current work … [Read more...]
Are You in Business or Do You Just Own a Job?
Leverage is one massive key to successful business. And leveraging the skills and experiences of people who work with and for you is absolutely essential if you want to reach the dizzying heights of business success. It is also a skill that a lot of business owners lack. You may have started your business as the general dogsbody---learning how to do every little thing in … [Read more...]
The Profile of an Entrepreneur – Do You Match? [Infographic]
Do you match the profile of an entrepreneur? TechnologyAdvice CEO Rob Bellenfant and his research team analyzed the defining personal characteristics and habits of entrepreneurs and compared the results to the general population. As the infographic below shows, the results are very interesting. For example, some highlights include: The average entrepreneur works 66 hours … [Read more...]
Earn Respect and Get Recognition as a Woman Entrepreneur
Men and Women are considered as equals when it comes to recognition in the society. Really, does it really happen? I personally believe it mostly happens in books and newspapers. We, women have to struggle a lot to get our due respect and recognition for our own positions, which we have achieved through our hard work and excellence. When it comes to women entrepreneurs, … [Read more...]
Sponsored Video: Women Find Freedom as Entrepreneurs
Did you know that there are more than 9.1 million women-owned businesses in the United States in 2014? According to the National Association of Women-Owned Businesses (NAWBO), those companies employed nearly 7.9 million people in 2014. In short, the number of women-owned businesses is on the rise and while the reasons why women start their own businesses vary, one underlying … [Read more...]
Empowering and Inspiring Women in the Corporate World
Every time I miss a phone call, it can be stupefying when thoughts of guilt and apprehension hit me. It could be a client call I never knew of, or it could be my key employee planning a vacation that I am going to hate. Ultimately, it could just be an advertorial from the telecom service providers. Who cares? It is the fact that an important something has been missed that … [Read more...]
7 Reasons Female Entrepreneurs Are Happier
In a culture inundated with media hype about the “War on Women,” it might be surprising to learn that in the past year the number of women-owned $10-million+ businesses has grown 57%. Not only is investment by angels and venture capitalists up for female-led entrepreneurial endeavors, it seems we’re on the beginning of an upward curve. A recent worldwide survey showed … [Read more...]