So you're a mom who wants to start her own business? Girl, I have some advice for you. Mompreneurs, aka entrepreneurial mamas, are on the rise and crushing the game. The days of having to choose between a career and family are over. You can have both. But balancing business and babies definitely isn't easy. Between feedings, diaper changes, nap schedules, homework, … [Read more...]
Top Considerations for Launching Your First Business
A silver lining of lockdown in the UK has certainly been the increase in people, especially women, taking the courageous step of launching their own online businesses. Despite the unprecedented times, alongside a struggling economy due to ‘Brexit’ and the impact of the pandemic, many people are using the extra time at home to launch businesses they perhaps haven’t had time … [Read more...]
4 Ways to Make Meaningful Business Connections
"It's lonely at the top." If you're in business or trying to get into the business arena, I'm sure this is something you hear a lot. Even top leaders cannot seem to fathom how lonely and misunderstood they will feel when they take that plunge to open their own business. It's definitely something that is over glorified and not portrayed for what it really is, hard work. I … [Read more...]
4 Low-Tech Action Steps to Implement When Starting a New Business
Business development and growth is a long-term project. The first thing a leader needs to remember when launching or growing a business is to embrace a healthy perspective and mindset. It’s all about how to use your time being productive rather than simply being busy. Being productive means that you tackled tasks that when completed, improved business in some way. Being busy … [Read more...]
State of Women-Owned Small Businesses – Infographic
The number of women business owners increased by 18% in 2017. Today, 26% of business owners are women, and they tend to be younger than male business owners with 51% of women business owners under the age of 50 compared to 44% of male business owners. This data comes from a survey conducted by Guidant Financial of 2,600 small business owners and hopeful business owners. Among … [Read more...]
Why the Boston Startup Scene is Perfect for Women Entrepreneurs
Sponsored by Lesley University: In 2015, I attended an event in Boston held specifically to connect women entrepreneurs looking for startup funding with investors. The Boston Women’s Venture Summit, hosted by Babson College, was where I learned just how much the city of Boston was focusing on becoming a hot spot for startups, particularly women-led startups. Even the city’s … [Read more...]
How to Become a Stay-at-Home CEO
Life is too short to do one thing at a time. That's my motto. Perhaps that's why it seemed perfectly reasonable to adopt my first child while in college. Then to birth my second while in college. Then to get pregnant with my third while in college. My twenties were a flurry, a whirlwind of little chores and major events. Oh buddy, what a rush! But when I graduated from … [Read more...]
10 Infographics that Sum up the State of Women in Business
We all know that we're a long way from achieving equal pay for equal work, and it's not a secret that the leadership positions at most companies are dominated by men. Today is International Women's Day, so it seems like there is no better day of the year to focus on exactly where women are in the business world. To that end, I gathered 10 infographics that have been … [Read more...]
How One Entrepreneur Made $75K In Less Than 6 Months
Before this moment in my life, I was on the financial struggle bus. Even though I was working overtime to get my business off the ground, I saw little to no success from all of my efforts. I was the overdraft queen, and I avoided shopping with others out of fear that my card might come back “declined.” When I wrote a rent check, I hoped it didn’t bounce because there was … [Read more...]
Hey Wantrepreneur: Here’s How to Become an Entrepreneur
I never really understood what “putting myself out there” actually meant until I became an entrepreneur. I know the feeling all to well of wanting to hide behind my computer, hide behind the camera, or even hide behind my brand name. Because of the viral nature of the internet, there are so many opportunities to look like a fool. For instance, I’ve definitely had to delete a … [Read more...]