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‘She Thinks Big’: 7 Assumptions about the Future that Create ‘Stuck Stress’

This is an excerpt from "She Thinks Big: The Entrepreneurial Woman’s Guide to Moving Past the Messy Middle and into the Extraordinary," by Andrea Liebross. Liebross is a certified business and life coach who encourages...

byAndrea Liebross

February 22, 2024

Black and Asian woman talking about work in a downtown office.

What Do Women in the Workforce Really Want?

Of the 800 women executives surveyed by Chief as reported on CNBC, it comes down to two things: pay and promotion. "It’s only when we make workplaces work for women leaders that we will see...

byJeff Sloan

April 11, 2023

WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: New Wave of Women-Led Businesses are Dominating the Startup Space (Episode 263)

On today's Business Beat, Jeff discusses the boom in businesses being started by women, with nearly 12.5 million women-led businesses in the U.S. today, according to Fundera. Tune in to the Business Beat, below, to...

byStartupNation

July 23, 2021

4 Funding Resources for Women Entrepreneurs

March is Women’s History Month, and last year, I shared an article about small business grants available for women entrepreneurs running niche startups. Grants are a fantastic resource for any entrepreneur starting or growing a...

byDeborah Sweeney

March 8, 2020

When You Invest in Women Entrepreneurs, the Impact is Priceless

Women entrepreneurs are an unstoppable force within small business. They’re disrupting, innovating and succeeding in every industry they touch, and they’re growing at a rapid pace. It can be seen in the 58 percent increase...

byCheryl Guerin

May 14, 2019

The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneurs: Crowdfunding Hacks

The following is excerpted from "Leapfrog: The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneurs" by Nathalie Molina Niño with Sara Grace, published by TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC....

byNathalie Molina Niño

August 28, 2018

3 Venture Capital Firms Women Business Owners Need to Know About

There are plenty of incredible venture capital firms throughout the country dedicated to helping female entrepreneurs get the leg up they deserve when it comes to funding their business. I might be a little impartial...

byDeborah Sweeney

August 16, 2018

Veteran Entrepreneur Stephanie Breedlove Shares Essential Business Advice

Veteran entrepreneur and angel investor Stephanie Breedlove founded Breedlove & Associates (a household payroll and tax firm) and sold it to Care.com in 2012 for more than $50 million. She’s now active as a mentor...

bySusan Johnston Taylor

July 19, 2017

StartupNation Celebrates Mompreneurs: Today is Your Day!

While we honor moms at StartupNation every day, today's episode of StartupNation Radio pays tribute to mompreneurs (those are moms who are also entrepreneurs). Join Jeff Sloan and his three guests to learn how you...

byStartupNation

May 14, 2017

5 Reasons Why Women-Owned Businesses are Thriving

Since the end of the Great Recession in 2010, minority- and women-owned businesses have been steadily increasing. Although average earnings for businesses owned by women still tend to lag behind that of men, they are...

byMargarita Hakobyan

March 8, 2017

6 Best Books for Female Entrepreneurs

The rewards of being in control of your destiny are great, but being a female entrepreneur is far from simple. Let’s be honest, being a woman in the workforce can be difficult. On average, a...

bySara Sugar

February 6, 2017

9 Tips for Women Who Want to Start a Business

Women entrepreneurs have become a strong force in today’s business world. Across the globe, many leading companies are now led by female entrepreneurs, many of whom already paved the way for aspiring women business owners. Before...

byEthan Benjamin

September 10, 2016

Women Entrepreneurs Stay Focused

5 Simple Tactics that Encourage Women Entrepreneurs to Succeed Women are starting many more companies than ever before, but some still stay behind the scenes, afraid to break the mold. Now is the time for...

bySheza Gary

July 14, 2015

New Law Opens More Doors for Women Entrepreneurs

President Obama Signs Into Law New Authority To Help Women Gain Equal Access To Federal Contracting Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, Maria Contreras-Sweet, applauded the signing into law of the National Defense Authorization Act...

byLioness Magazine

April 13, 2015

NAWBO: Championing Women Since 1975

How the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) has inspired women Not that we didn’t already know, but Beyoncé did tell us who runs the world: girls. All around us we see and feel...

byTara McCollum

January 22, 2015

Zenovia Andrews Helps You ‘MaxOut’ Your Business

Let Zenovia Andrews help you 'maxout' your business potential! Zenovia Andrews knows the business strategies needed to increase income, maximize productivity, and overcome workplace hardships, and she wants to share her methods with other entrepreneurs...

byChristina Raus

January 22, 2015

Just the Facts: Female Entrepreneurship

In honor of the upcoming National Women’s History Month, we are celebrating women-owned businesses in the U.S. – all 8.6 million of them! Get ready to be inspired and impressed! (Tweet this!) Women-owned businesses are...

byMelissa Fisher

March 1, 2014

Women Entrepreneurship Growing Worldwide

There are more than 126 million active women entrepreneurs in 67 national economies worldwide, according to the recently released Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Women's Report. That’s just slightly less than the population of Japan. In addition,...

byMelissa Fisher

August 15, 2013

And you thought marketing to women was simple…

Yesterday I was invited to attend a speaker series at the Center for Women's Entrepreneurship featuring Mary Lou Quinlan on the topic of Marketing to Women. At first, I thought, well, I know everything on...

byRachel Blaufeld

April 19, 2012

Be Loyal – Personally & Professionally

I say “Bless You” to my dogs when they sneeze, Do You? Where am I going with this? I say “Bless You” to the dogs because they are loyal to me and I am loyal...

byRachel Blaufeld

May 25, 2011