It seems like a major diet or exercise article comes out every month telling us what was good for us is now bad, and what was bad for us is now good. Saturated fat used to be taboo; now media encourages us to eat more butter. Some say red meat causes cancer; others say […]
Category: She Owns It
How to Set Financial Goals Like a Boss
by Suzanne Lundeen Abrams | Featured Contributor A recent Prudential white paper on Women and Retirement[1] cites a study that found the average retirement account balances of women were 1/3 lower than those of men. That is a data set of 401k-type plans but as female entrepreneurs, we are responsible for setting up our own […]
Money Can Buy Happiness
by Marianne D’Alessandro The true old saying tells us that money can’t buy happiness. I have to disagree. Money can buy happiness. Top health problems are related to stress – heart disease, asthma, obesity and headaches are all stress-related ailments. Stress is one reason for arguments, relationship problems, and business failures. So if we can […]
7 Power Moves For Entrepreneurial Success
by Elaine Slatter Entrepreneurial success can happen if you follow our key 7 power moves. A successful business is a series of building blocks. Once you have these fundamentals in place, all you need to do is rinse and repeat. Here are our power moves. They form an important foundation for entrepreneurial success. 1) Find […]
Financial Planning As Self-Care
by Suzanne Lundeen Abrams | Featured Contributor I suggest women reverse the golden rule and treat themselves as well as they treat others.” -Gloria Steinem Entrepreneurs give everything to their business: Customers come first! This way of thinking comes easy to an entrepreneur. In everyday life, women often prioritize the needs of others and in […]
How Sheryl Sandberg can Help us all Learn to Lean into the Suck by @ChristyCareer
by Christy Williams | Featured Contributor Is it time for you to lean into the suck? I have been wondering about that for myself recently. Things have been…hard. This is one of the most challenging times I’ve experienced so far in my life. I suppose some of it comes as a natural by-product of my […]
Five Ways to Balance Motherhood and Working at Home
by Meghan Bliss | Featured Contributor Before I had my baby, I thought being a work-at-home mom would be easy. Then I had my baby. It didn’t take me more than a day to realize my expectations for running a business and raising a child were unreasonably high. That’s certainly not to say that both […]
Risks of a Prenuptial and Advantages of a Trust by @AZanswers
by Ann Zuraw | Featured Contributor You spent years working hard to build your business and have acquired a substantial amount of assets. Your wedding day is approaching, and you’re excited about your future, but have you thought about protecting your assets in the event you become a statistic. Currently, 50% of marriages fail. Should […]
Five Ways to Start Problem Solving like Sherlock Holmes by @vmcntosh
by Victoria McIntosh | Featured Contributor Struggling to solve a particular problem for your company? Why not take a few pointers from the mastery of mind and deduction, Sherlock Holmes? After all, when it comes to great minds, few characters are as infamous as the fictional detective consultant from Baker Street. Say the name Sherlock […]
Jump. by @blackcatbaby
by Lauren Aktins | Featured Contributor There’s only so much you can learn in one place. The more that I wait, the more time that I waste. ~ Madonna It’s curious that I’m writing this post during the week of a full moon, of which Rebel Society writes, “This is a call to look at seeing […]
