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Future women leaders can build confidence and credibility through education, outside work experience and early encouragement to pursue leadership opportunities. Every family business founded or led Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Interviewee: Susan Laverick
More women are launching part-time businesses while keeping other jobs. Experts explain what is driving the trend and why it can be a smart, low-risk strategy. (This article is part of America’s Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Kerry Hannon
Ambition, strong networks and an awareness of bias can help women build credibility and take greater control of their path to family business leadership. If you're reading this article, you may want Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Dr. Susan Laverick and Elizabeth Bagnall
Bernette Dawson explains how outside advice helped Made Organics grow while showing why founders still need confidence in their own judgment. Bernette Dawson named her line of skin care products Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Interviewee: Bernette Dawson
Founder Angie Sanchez explains how mentors and accelerators helped Artyfactos expand its mission and reach new markets. Vulnerable women living in Colombia are earning money and improving their lives Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Research links women in leadership with stronger financial performance, more innovation, smarter risk-taking and better long-term business outcomes. Despite accounting for more than half of the US Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Karen Brown
eFest 2018 winner Meghan Sharkus created ExpressionMed to make insulin devices more comfortable and stylish for people with diabetes. Meghan Sharkus of ExpressionMed, the eFest2018 grand prize Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: James Beal
Entrepreneurial skills can benefit women whether or not they start companies. Two leading scholars explain why colleges must make programs more inclusive. Women have become a powerful part of the Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Abuse survivor Joy McBrien founded Fair Anita to help other women rebuild their lives—and created a profitable social enterprise in the process. Since its incorporation in 2015, the social venture Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: James Beal
The #MeToo era has created new challenges for entrepreneurs and startups. Cautionary tales abound of startups whose hard-partying culture resulted in sexual harassment, hostile work environments and Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston