
Stephanie Breedlove
11 posts
Stephanie Breedlove has been walking the walk of a successful entrepreneur for more than 20 years. After launching a career in corporate America with Accenture, she found her true calling as co-founder of Care.com HomePay, the nation’s largest household payroll and tax firm. Her startup grew to national leadership, was later acquired for $55 million, and plays a vital role in shaping the quality of the in-home care industry.
Stephanie’s ability to combine scale, quality and profitability has made her a sought-after thought leader and speaker. She offers a lifetime of example for entrepreneurs striving to answer the calling and build growth businesses that are successfully integrated into a fulfilling life.
Stephanie’s expertise has been showcased in Forbes, Working Mother, The New York Times and more. She is author of "All In: How Women Entrepreneurs Can Think Bigger, Build Sustainable Businesses, and Change the World," and is engaged with organizations that share her passion for strengthening entrepreneurship.
The Power of Being an Entrepreneur Without a Paycheck
If you have small or nonexistent income, you are probably a new entrepreneur still in shock over the loss of your paycheck, or your business has launched but is in lean times. Or, perhaps you’ve established...
June 5, 2019
Creating a Generation of Female Role Models in Entrepreneurship
Do you often feel that there aren’t enough role models to help you see what you can be? If you answered yes to this question, I’m guessing you may be an entrepreneur, and most likely,...
March 19, 2018
Financial Skills: Actually, There is Accounting for Success
Money is at the top of the list of tough stuff for most entrepreneurs. When a business issue (versus a personal issue) is the core reason for failure, 65 percent of the time it is...
December 28, 2017
Successful Hiring Must Prioritize Traits That Can’t Be Taught
How many times have you hired someone who checked all the boxes, interviewed well, seemed to have potential for a bright career, but turned out to be an unsuccessful hire? We all have, even with...
December 15, 2017
Tackling What’s Next: Are You Ready to Exit Your Business?
Exit strategy. A noun that could become a verb and conjures up both excitement and paralysis for entrepreneurs. Developing potential exit strategies can generate swells of pride if your business has achievements that allow you to craft a desirable...
November 30, 2017
Why Creating a Company of Owners is Smart Business
A company of owners is a company of engaged individuals. Company culture has been an increasingly important focus of startup businesses over the last decade. In fact, a study led by Columbia Business School showed...
November 14, 2017
Taking Small Steps is the Key to Success in Entrepreneurship
“One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” When Neil Armstrong walked on the moon and spoke these words, it was transformative. It was anything but “one” or “small.” Executing that first...
August 14, 2017
Learn to Seize Opportunity in Entrepreneurship Today
What do you see in the status of entrepreneurship today? Most people do not know that entrepreneurship has been declining for nearly three decades, meaning that the percent of adults in the U.S. that start...
July 27, 2017
How to Grow Financial Skill to Grow Financial Capital
No sugar coating, let’s start with tough talk A study of 2,500 entrepreneurial companies, conducted by Xero, found that 65 percent of business failures are due to financial mismanagement. Financial knowledge and accountability is a...
July 13, 2017
Why Confidence is Crucial to Your Success
Successful entrepreneurs all have something big in common: courage! According to the Hiscox American Courage Index, business owners show a higher level of courage than the general population, and for good reason. It takes confidence to...
June 27, 2017
All In: If You’re Not Thinking Big, You’re Thinking Small
"All In" is a valuable tool for crafting your professional and personal roadmap to entrepreneurial success. It offers research-based information, case studies and transparent insights from my 20-year journey, from startup to scale to a...
March 28, 2017