Tag Archives: women business owners

By Karen Axelton Will women’s entrepreneurship get an injection of energy from the Millennial generation? This article by Lindsey Pollak made me think so. Pollak studied millennial attitudes and conducted a survey of 1,000 Millennial women ages 21 to 29 … Read More

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By Maria Valdez Haubrich Ernst & Young LLP has announced the 11 winners of the 2010 Entrepreneurial Winning Women contest, a national leadership program designed to promote growth of women-owned businesses. The contest is a group effort between several women … Read More

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By Maria Valdez Haubrich All business owners would love their piece of the $500 billion procurement pie, but not many know how to go about getting it. And for small business owners the carrot dangling is even more enticing since … Read More

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By Rieva Lesonsky I recently blogged on Anita Campbell’s Small Business Trends site about the recent finalization of the Women-Owned Small Business contracting rule. Now, the Small Business Administration has published a compliance guide that explains “in plain English” the … Read More

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By Rieva Lesonsky Have you missed any of my recent blog posts from elsewhere on the Web? Check out what I’m talking about. The big news for this week? I’m now editor of Network Solutions’ Grow Smart Business blog. Head … Read More

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By Karen Axelton Rieva Lesonsky recently blogged on SmallBizDaily about whether more women are becoming serial entrepreneurs. Now the Kauffman Foundation is stepping up to help more women do just that. The foundation recently announced it’s making a $500,000 grant to … Read More

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By Karen Axelton We blogged recently about Daily Candy’s Start Small, Dream Big contest (and I hope some of you entered)! The winners have been chosen, and the three companies sound great: Nella Pasta: When the founders of this startup … Read More

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By Rieva Lesonsky Have you caught up with my posts from around the Web this week? If not, here’s a roundup: Find out why keeping your employees happy matters in my “Survey Says” post on AOL Small Business. Speaking of … Read More

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By Karen Axelton Inc. has recently released its list of the top 10 women entrepreneurs. The women profiled own a range of businesses, from Amy Nalewaik, whose Blackbook2 offers free online services for small businesses, to Eileen Gittins, whose Blurb … Read More

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By Rieva Lesonsky The lack of women in technology has been discussed and debated for years. Now three prominent women are doing something about it. Blogger Arianna Huffington, designer Donna Karan and Sarah Brown, wife of former U.K. Prime Minister … Read More

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