By Lindsey Carnett, CEO and President of Marketing Maven & WPO Member Your online personal brand is as important as the first impression at a meeting. We all Google a new contact, relying on their digital footprint to form what we think of them as a potential client, employee or connection. Creating a personal brand … Continue reading How to Shape Your Online Personal Brand
By Karen Zimmerman, Managing Director at Golden Seeds and Lead Investor in DEVCON How catching an ad fraud thief who stole $1 million inspired one founder to create an anti-fraud software company for publishers: After working with law enforcement to facilitate the first-ever conviction for online ad theft and money laundering, Maggie Louie knew she could … Continue reading How did she do it? A Q&A with Maggie Louie, CEO and co-founder of DEVCON
By Sue Hawkes, CEO of YESS! and WPO Chapter Chair Female business leaders are seen as tough, confident women who can handle anything. This is true, but what happens when a true catastrophe happens in your life? I had this experience in 2008. The economy had crashed so my two businesses were failing, my house … Continue reading How to Handle a Personal Crisis as a Female CEO
By: Geri Stengel, Forbes Contributor If you think tech founders are motivated to start their companies by money, you are wrong. Only a small percent of male founders (15%) and a tiny percentage of female founders (2%) are motivated by money, according to Gender Differences in Entrepreneurship: Voices of Founders and Funders conducted by Illuminate Venture, a … Continue reading Style Over Substance: How VCs’ Perceptions Of Female Founders Is Slowing The Economy
By Eric Nadler, Managing Director of Golden Seeds and Co-Leader of Sector Group for Consumer Products and Applications During Golden Seeds September 2018 Forum, our featured speaker, Carlos Gutierrez, Sr., shared his views on innovation and business with our investors. He was introduced and interviewed by his son Carlos Gutierrez, Jr., a fellow Golden Seeds investor. … Continue reading Cereal Success: Former CEO of Kellogg, U.S. Secretary of Commerce shares with Golden Seeds
With the increased dialogue of income disparity, it is no surprise (but unfortunate) that in even in the freelance businesses women make less than men. The question becomes are people less willing
By Advantage ForbesBooks In the crucible of leadership, nothing squeezes a leader more than uncertainty. – Henry Maudslay As of late, there has been much discussion about a business’ ability to adapt to a changing environment. Although adaptability is critical to success in the digital age, we have yet to discuss the more human side … Continue reading HOW BUSINESS LEADERS CAN COMBAT UNCERTAINTY, STRESS AND FEAR
By Nicolene Schoeman-Louw We have all heard that horror story of being “duped” by a scamster. Often when we read about these incidents, let’s be honest, many of us think “it will never happen to me.” As an attorney, our clients are often confronted by the reality that, in the age of the internet and all … Continue reading Beware of the everyday fraud!
By: Key4Women We all have unconscious biases that are often invisible to us, but they influence our actions, decisions and behaviors which impact our perceptions and interactions with others. But there’s good news, as Kim Manigault and Suzette Silk explain: Business leaders have the unique power to drive societal change by acknowledging unconscious bias in … Continue reading Create Real Change by Confronting Unconscious Bias
By Deborah Doyle, Managing Director of Golden Seeds and member of the board of directors at hOM How one CEO’s mission-driven meditation business is leveraging underutilized real estate and connecting neighbors: The spark that ignited Francesca Loftus and her co-founders’ mission to create hOM began when two of their mothers were diagnosed with cancer. Both successful executives, the … Continue reading How did she do it? A Q&A with Francesca Loftus, CEO of hOM
By Dr. Terry Neese, Former NWBC Council Member The National Women’s Business Council (NWBC) celebrated the anniversary of the passage of H.R. 5050, the Women’s Business Ownership Act on October 25, 2018. The passage of this legislation, and its resulting impact on women business owners, would not have been possible without some incredible, tenacious women … Continue reading NWBC Celebrates the 30th Anniversary of H.R. 5050 during National Women’s Small Business Month
By: Wharton @ Work – Executive Education Marketing used to be simpler. You could reach your target audience with television or radio, magazines or newspapers, direct mail or telemarketing. Today, the number of channels has exploded — and what was “in” last week or last month may now be “out.” Keeping up with the options, … Continue reading Getting Social Media Advertising Right
By: Jane Edison Stevenson and Evelyn Orr Only 6.4% of Fortune 500 companies are run by female CEOs, and while there is incremental progress — there are 32 female CEOs this year, the highest percentage ever, compared with only 21 last year — the rate of change can feel excruciatingly slow. But what if there were … Continue reading We Interviewed 57 Female CEOs to Find Out How More Women Can Get to the Top
By: Kara Goldin As an outsider in the beverage industry trying to find a way to reach more consumers, landing my product in Starbucks stores was a huge win. It also seemed like a natural fit, as Starbucks at the time was looking for healthier bottled drink options. The partnership was initially planned to start with … Continue reading How I Overcame Losing One of My Biggest Customers
By the National Women’s Business Council In celebration of National Women in Small Business Month, the NWBC recognizes their partner, the U.S. Census Bureau, in advocating for women-owned businesses. In 2012, the Survey of Business Owners (SBO) found that there were nearly 10 million women-owned business in the United States, that generated over $1.4 trillion in … Continue reading NWBC Celebrates National Women in Small Business Month