Women's Business
Women at Work: The Passion of Female Entrepreneurs
New York-based Xie and four other dynamic entrepreneurs shared their insights and adventures in business at the “Women in Entrepreneurship: Starting, Leading and Growing New Ventures” panel, part of the 12th annual Wharton Women in Business Conference in Philadelphia.
White House Women Employees: Discrimination or Sensationlism
“There were some issues early on with women feeling as though they hadn’t figured out what their role was going to be on the senior team at the White House,” Jarrett said in an interview Monday. “Most of the women hadn’t worked on the campaign, and so they didn’t have a personal relationship with the president.”
Women Journalists: Different Than Men?
According to Jill Abramson, the new executive editor of the New York Times, women journalists are the same as male journalists. “The idea that women journalists bring a different taste in stories or sensibility isn’t true,” Abramson told Times‘ public editor Arthur S. Brisbane. But, of course, she’s wrong.
Women’s Businesses Criticized: By Another Women
I took to the virtual streets to ask a cross-section of female entrepreneurs and business founders* to share their thoughts on the gendered nature of start-ups and whether women should focus more heavily on less traditionally feminine product and services offerings as a way to increase their credibility and competitiveness.
Rough Day for Women at the Top
In a management shake-up at Bank of America Corp., wealth-management head Sallie Krawcheck, one of the highest-profile women on Wall Street, was ousted. Meanwhile, Yahoo’s board fired CEO Carol Bartz over the phone.
Women’s 360 Entrepreneurship Summit (Video)
What will I learn? Entrepreneurial marketing – marketing and social media experts will give you the latest update and advice. Partnership and joint ventures – advantages and disadvantages. Intellectual property – how to protect yourself, your ideas and products. Balance – health strategies and techniques for being on fire without burning out.
For Slim Women: Big Benefits
I wasn’t surprised to learn that slimmer, more svelte women receive more pay than heavier women: I think it’s just a snapshot of how society too often perceives subjective aesthetics over value.
Young Women Entrepreneurs: Unique Challenges (Video)
More and more, I hear women Upstart: Business and Management for 20-40 Year Old Professionals members, who speak of the unique and seemingly unfair challenges of not only being dissuaded from leadership positions within corporate America, but of their seemingly distinct hardships with becoming entrepreneurs as well. It’s unfortunate and wrong that we still have models based upon discriminatory tradition, as opposed to value and results.
Why Are India’s Women So Stressed Out?
Ambitious women often feel they have to overcompensate at work, too, to counter ingrained preconceptions about their commitment or competence. “There’s a sense that a woman is just working until she gets married, [that] she is not a long-term resource,” said one senior finance professional. But proving their worth by putting in longer hours or volunteering for business trips — the conventional methods to further one’s career — isn’t always possible.
Glass-Ceiling Be Damned: Women CEO’s in the Pipeline
Women finally are experiencing some consistency with their appointments to CEO positions. No, it’s not perfect, but there is progress being made, and anytime there is seismic change of this kind, it’s imperfect, it takes time — and those pushing beyond the glass ceiling will face reservations, many times, by those, who should supporting them most: other women.
Become an Independently Wealthy Woman
Are you ready to become an independently wealthy woman? If so, check out the six-week teleclass series for women entrepreneurs and business owners.
Power and Beauty: You Can Have It All (Video)
“Pretty Powerful symbolizes my belief that all women possess natural beauty, and with the right tools, are empowered to a higher level of pretty… Pretty Powerful, Pretty Amazing, Pretty Gorgeous, etc. But, between long hours at the office, family responsibilities, and endless to-do lists, it’s not feasible for women to spend hours in front of the mirror trying to look perfect. But it’s very real to want to look and feel pretty despite the daily pressures of life.”
Tech’s “Digital Women”
It’s an important story, because the dearth of women, not only in Silicon Valley, or on tech company boards, so this is a big deal – finally a big deal in a good way. Let’s hope this is the start of something impressive and ongoing.
Market Like “Lady Gaga:” (Slideshow)
You have to give her credit: Lady Gaga knows how to captivate our attention, and more importantly, she knows how to hold our attention in anticipation, until she’s ready to present a new offering. That’s best-case-scenario marketing.
Leader by Default
Sometimes weird things happen, so good things can happen. This is the case of Sally Smith, who became CEO of Buffalo Wild Wings after the guy hired to run the company, never showed up — to run the company. I guess as they say, never waste a crisis and Mrs. Smith did exactly that.
The Shadow Was Big: Now No More
It must be hard to find your own light and appreciation in a company started by your ubiquitous brother, and sometimes the way up – is out.
Oprah: Out of Sight, Out of Mind?
Ms. Winfrey’s mistake: not finding a few standout new stars, which she would have cultivated the last two years of the show, and have them transition to the new network with a fan base already. It’s really hard to start from scratch, but if anyone can pull this out, and we at Upstart: Business and Management for 20-40 Year Old Professionals are hoping she does: it’s Oprah Winfrey.
The Three Waves of Women’s Enterprise (Slideshow)
Julie R. Weeks complies an abridged version of observations and lesson learned from her professional experience, and she has created a template on women might position themselves in the future.
CEO Women’s Club: Best Advice Ever (Video)
The CEO Women’s Club (www.ceowomensclub.com), during one its panel discussions, asked and answered these very questions. It might not seem like much, but often it is the difference between the inspiration, as well as the correct measures to get through a rough spot, and helping someone rise to superstar status.
Alexa Von Tobel: What Holds Women Back (Video)
The LearnVest CEO describes the hurdles she’s encountered and overcome to launch and grow her business, where she gives financial advice specifically to women. Von Tobel speaks of fear, and the need to stare it down and move beyond it, which she feels is the number one impediment to not only women becoming entrepreneurs, but men as well.
