Monthly Archives: October 2009

In part 2 of the Women in Business and Entrepreneurship Series, I looked at facts and trends on the growing number of women starting businesses. Regardless of whether a woman wants to start a small business or a large company, she is likely to face unique challenges and that’s what I’m exploring in this last [...]

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Successful companies have leaders and managers at every level of the organization to monitor employee behavior, watch the bottom line, and oversee different aspects of the company. Some people are good leaders, while others are not. Some leaders are underaggressive while others are overaggressive. Recently, I was thinking about what makes some businesses and its [...]

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Joining me today is Elisa Balabram. She is an entrepreneur, founder of WomenandBiz.com, and the author of a new book, Ask Others, Trust Yourself: The Entrepreneurial Woman’s Key to Success. Natalie: Give us a quick overview of Ask Others, Trust Yourself. Elisa: Ask Others, Trust Yourself encourages women business owners to ask for business advice [...]

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Welcome to the 9th edition of the blog carnival for women entrepreneurs, a collection of posts and articles to help you as an entrepreneur. If you have a blog post or article that you would like to share in an upcoming edition, please use the submission form. Angela DeFinis presents Success With Slides: A Guide [...]

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In part 1 of the Women in Business and Entrepreneurship Series, I discussed my personal experience as a woman entrepreneur. There are many misconceptions about women entrepreneurs so in part 2 I’m sorting through the facts. More and more women are embracing entrepreneurship and succeeding. A study by the Center for Women’s Business Research shows [...]

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The subject of women’s happiness has been thrust into the spotlight recently, following the publication of The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness, a study that shows women are less happy than 40 years ago despite having far more opportunities. A subsequent article by Marcus Buckingham on The Huffington Post sparked debate about the declining happiness [...]

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More women own businesses than ever before but there are still challenges we face and myths surrounding women entrepreneurs. In this three-part series on women in business and entrepreneurship I will discuss my own experiences, facts and statistics about women and entrepreneurship, and challenges we need to overcome as we move forward. My parents raised [...]

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Grasshopper, a virtual phone service for entrepreneurs, ran a brilliant viral marketing campaign to re-brand its service. The campaign had media and the blogosphere abuzz. The main part of the campaign involved sending chocolate covered grasshoppers to 5000 of the most influential people and media outlets in America. You have probably heard of the campaign [...]

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