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Family Firms Can Optimize Women's Strengths

Family businesses are far ahead of non-family businesses in letting women help shape important decisions, but both the family firms and the women themselves must make some changes in order to Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Startup Helps Military Spouses be Successful Entrepreneurs

  Military families often must move every three years, making it nearly impossible for spouses to sustain a career that requires working for someone else. Many smart and talented spouses are Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Daughters prepare to lead family firms

Daughters are increasingly assuming leadership roles at family firms. In this video, familybusiness.org Editor Kimberly Eddleston talks with two Northeastern University students who will join their Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Breaking the Glass Ceiling in a Family Business

Despite decades of striving and some progress, women still face a glass ceiling in many tradition-bound family businesses.  In this interview with familybusiness.org Editor Kimberly Eddleston, Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Family Members Can be Valuable Mentors

Entrepreneur, philanthropist and author Simran Mohinani has great role models among her family members, who run Platinum Estates, a thriving enterprise in Europe. Mohinani has three of her own Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Women Can Cultivate a Leadership Presence

Women are honing their business and technical skills in preparation for leadership, but many of them still struggle with how they communicate and present themselves. Despite their know-how they still Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Food for Thought: Starting a Side Hustle While Working Full-time

About 44 million Americans, including many women, are exploring "sidepreneurship," or starting their own businesses while working full time somewhere else.  Done right, it can bring the Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Becoming the Boss: Advice for Women in Family Businesses

  Every family business founded or led by a man eventually must go through a changing of the guard -- and today more women relatives are taking over the helm from a patriarch. Despite this Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Vegan Venture: Mission Drives Success for Restaurant Chain

Nicole Marquis, founder of Philadelphia's HipCityVeg vegan restaurant chain, strongly believes in a holistic approach to living and managing a venture.  In this interview with EIX Editor Donna Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Donna De Carolis

Changing the Face of the Construction Industry

The construction industry remains stubbornly a male-dominated field, but Emily Bittenbender of Bittenbender Construction is giving it a new face and a new approach to managing.  At age 29 she Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Donna De Carolis