By Chubb.com If you’d like to keep your important papers and small valuables away from burglars, fire or natural disaster, here are four questions you can ask yourself to determine whether you should store them in a bank safety deposit box, an in-home safe, or both. How valuable are your items?If items are not replaceable … Continue reading 4 Questions To Determine Where To Keep Your Valuables
Reveals rankings and provides recommended blueprint action plans for Austin, Boston, Mexico City, Toronto, London, Amsterdam, Sydney, Tokyo, Sao Paulo and Singapore TORONTO – July 16, 2018 News summary Dell advises city leaders, entrepreneurs and policy-makers on how to improve conditions that enable women-owned firms to thrive Developed a deep dive analysis on the barriers … Continue reading New Dell Research Ranks 10 Cities Globally On Ability To Foster Women Entrepreneurship
By Scott M. Stringer Dear Friend — The lack of diversity in the corporate world, especially at the top, is no secret. Just two years ago, only 21% of boardroom members at S&P 500 companies were women, 7% were African American, and Hispanic or Asian American board members each only accounted for 3% of board … Continue reading New York City Comptroller: Lack Of Diversity, Bad For Business
By Peter J. Strauss As a business owner, you know that your time is your most valuable resource. As a result, you make every effort to control it. You say no to meetings and cut extraneous obligations. You have strategies to help you stay focused, avoiding all distraction and interruption. You have systems in place … Continue reading Take The Meeting: A Fresh Approach To Time Management
Digital transformation is affecting businesses. But it’s not a heart-stopping shakeup. It’s an eye-open- ing opportunity. Find new paths to Digital Reinvention(TM) in the 19th edition of the IBM Global C-suite Study. Based on conversations with 12,854 CxOs worldwide, it’s the largest and most comprehensive study of its kind ever done. Explore the study to understand … Continue reading 19th Edition IBM Global C-Suite Study Results Released
By Marsha Firestone and Lisa Schiffman Nashville-based entrepreneur Sherry Deutschmann built her company, LetterLogic, into an enterprise with $40 million in revenue before selling it to a private equity firm in 2016. As the firm’s founder, Deutschmann went seven years without giving herself a raise, and paid herself the relatively low amount of $225,000, even … Continue reading Survey: Female Founders Are (Finally) Paying Themselves More
by Sarah LaFleur, Guest Writer, Entrepreneur.com In 2011, I left my private equity job to start my own company, with the goal of making it easier for professional women to shop and dress for work. I knew that getting the business off the ground would require hard work, but I (naively) assumed it would be … Continue reading How I Turned a Crisis Into a Brand-Defining Moment
by Kara Goldin, Guest Writer, Entrepreneur.com When Starbucks pulled my product, I had to scramble to find a replacement. 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 … Continue reading How I Overcame Losing One of My Biggest Customers
By April Ulrich, Key4Women Chair, KeyBank #AprilUlrich #Key4Women #KeyBank #SpotlightOnFinance #SpotlightNews In recognition of Small Business Month and in celebration of the 17th Annual Key4Women Forum, I wanted to share some eye-opening statistics about women in business. Today, 56 percent of the workforce is comprised of women—who hold 50 percent of management roles. Women … Continue reading Spotlight on Finance: Start a successful woman-owned business
By: Jeremy Harris Lipschultz The social media space is perfect for female entrepreneurs to use innovation in marketplace change. Amra and Elma Beganovich and their a & e digital marketing agency in New York, for example, have leveraged millions of followers in the beauty and travel social media area. Founder Elma Beganovich and her sister mastered … Continue reading Huffpost: Women Entrepreneurs Shape A Social Media Path
By: Darrah Brustein To your left, there’s a group of people talking in a tightly closed circle. Directly ahead of you, you see a smattering of people glued to their phones. To your right, there’s a line waiting to talk to the previous speaker. And there’s you: standing alone at a conference, feeling anxious because this … Continue reading Forbes: 15 Ways To Start A Conversation At A Conference (Without Feeling Weird)
By JENNIFER CALFAS The last year has proven to be a transformational one for women in the workplace. Starting last October, women (and men) in industries around the country began coming forward with stories of sexual harassment and and assault in the workplace following a slew of allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein — driving greater … Continue reading TIME: 10 Powerful Women on How #MeToo Has Changed the Fight for Equal Pay
Walmart launches its “Fight Hunger. Spark Change.” campaign, a nationwide initiative that encourages the public to join the fight against hunger. Working with Discover card and five suppliers, which represent some of the nation’s leading food companies – Campbell Soup Company, General Mills, Kellogg Company, The Kraft Heinz Company and PepsiCo – Walmart is offering three easy ways to take action against hunger and help … Continue reading Walmart Launches Fight Hunger, Spark Change Campaign.
By: Moira Vetter Many talk about the old boy’s network (here in the South it’s the good ole’ boy’s network) that helps develop, elevate and advance their peers. In the #MeToo environment, many think this network needs to be burned to the ground. I personally think any network that develops and advances … Continue reading Forbes: The Infrastructure That Makes Women Entrepreneurs Unstoppable
By Lindsay Tigar From little-known finds to best sellers, women across industries explain how their favorite book shaped their lives both personally and professionally. Career advice is easy to find. Good career advice, less so. But the most impactful takeaways might come from successful professionals who have waded through the trenches. We’ve asked eight women executive … Continue reading Fast Company: 8 Women Executives Share The Book That Changed Their Lives