by Julie Miner and Jaime Venditti People always ask when we will get sick of talking to each other because we are always communicating. But what they don’t realize is that we’re a team that continually elevates each other’s vision into achievements. Ten years ago, we were young women who had spent our careers in […]
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Women in eCommerce: They Nailed It, Can You? Part II by Veronika Vaghina of @x_cart
by Veronika Vaghina A month ago or so I’ve written a post about successful women-owned eCommerce businesses and I’m so happy and proud that people still keep retweeting it. At the IRCE conference in Chicago women came up to our team (I currently work at X-Cart) to chat about the post and our company policy: […]
20 Women Owned + Made In The USA Companies
by Melissa Stewart Have you made the commitment to support Women Owned businesses? Vote with your dollar! Click the links below and shop big and small, women supporting women. These companies — spanning clothing, bags, accessories, pet products, and more — are owned by women and proudly made right here in the USA. […]
Why female olderpreneurs are valuable for tech startups by Megan McLatchie of @WeAreNovaUK
by Megan McLatchie Very often it’s too easily assumed that the only successful tech startups are only created by teenage boys living by laptop light in their bedrooms. What doesn’t help is that the idea has been reinforced by the likes of Mark Zuckerburg, who launched the first version of Facebook from his Harvard dorm […]
What I Wish I Knew Before Starting a Business by Jackie Burke of #tiniluxjewelry
by Jackie Burke | Featured Contributor When I started my business in 2017 I didn’t know anything about running a business. I did as much research as I could before I launched, but that is no substitute for real-life experience. My business is Tini Lux, a digitally native, direct to consumer jewelry brand that specializes […]
Do People Take Your Business Seriously? by @CorpNetNellie
by Nellie Akalp The numbers are impressive: more than 11.6 million U.S. firms are owned by women, employing nearly 9 million people and generating $1.7 trillion in sales as of 2017. Want more? According to the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) study cited earlier, one in five firms with revenue of $1 million or more is […]
4 Skills Every Self-Made, Successful Woman Entrepreneur Needs to Have by @JuliaEMcCoy
by Julia McCoy In this technology-driven era where a business can reach millions of people from all over the world through the internet, it’s much easier to start and to grow a successful business compared to how difficult it was in the past. More and more people choose to quit their job and follow an […]
The One Thing All Start-Up Founders Must Master by Vanessa Youshaei of @petite_ave
by Vanessa Youshaei So much of life comes down to talking to others and convincing them to see things your way, but this is especially true for successful start-up founders. Whether you’re hiring employees, raising money, or onboarding strategic partners, negotiation is always at play. This is even more true at the beginning when you […]
The 4 Best Cities for Women-Owned Businesses
by Haley Kieser While raw employment numbers have fluctuated wildly over the last ten years, the number of women who own their own businesses has continued to rise. Between 1997 and 2007, the number of female entrepreneurs in the United States grew from 5.4 million to 7.8 million. It’s now 2017, and today that number […]