Tag Archives: Women

Are you a woman entrepreneur who struggles with the sales aspect of your business? You’re not alone. Many women from non-sales backgrounds find selling stressful and awkward. In today’s guest post, Julie Steelman offers tips to make selling easier, adapted … Read More

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By Maria Valdez Haubrich We have written in the past about the Give Me 5 program, a national program by American Express OPEN and WIPP to help women businesses owners access and win their share of government contracts. We wanted … Read More

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When you’re looking for a way to market and sell products for your new business, sometimes the right distributor comes along at the right time. Read today’s post from  guest blogger Jennifer Roma of Headbandz. After my daughter Naomi was … Read More

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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 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 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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By Rieva Lesonsky Changes to a women-owned businesses’ federal procurement program that have been delayed for 10 years are finally on the horizon, according to GovExec.com. I blogged on Anita Campbell’s Small Business Trends about the Women-Owned Small Business {WOSB) … Read More

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