85 Broads commenced its programme in Delhi yesterday with a discussion on starting and running an e-commerce business in India, led by the charming CEO of Crazeal.com, (Groupon India) Ankur Warikoo.
You may be surprised that we had chosen a man to kick-start our Delhi programme, as indeed were the educated professional women in our audience. Ankur is of course a fantastic speaker, with a sense of humour combined with...
What if the secret to creating and managing your time was not some elaborate system of charts or fancy new app for your iPhone?
Around Mother’s Day, my thoughts are always with my own mother who I lost many years ago. Although she isn’t around to see her grandsons grow up, her influence has definitely been felt throughout the years.
I was one of those lucky few that had a mother that passed down an excellent blueprint for being a mom. She wasn’t perfect by any stretch of the imagination. Neither am I. However, she definitely...
Austin has no shortage of leaders who are respected, and even revered. But it’s safe to say that, among them all, Cookie Ruiz is our most beloved.
As executive director of Ballet Austin for 13 years, Cookie Ruiz has successfully led the company, alongside artistic director Stephen Mills, onto the national and international arts scene. Even more than that, her vision, savvy, and soul have touched almost every part of the Austin...
Much has been written about how critical networking is to the job seeker. I don’t dispute that networking is helpful to identify jobs early, even before they are posted, and helpful to warrant a second look by the prospective employer, as I’ve seen many times firsthand as a recruiter. However, networking takes time, and sometimes you can’t wait for a warm introduction. Maybe you have to reach a fast-growing company NOW...
This has been a crazy year so far. Since January, I’ve been traveling virtually nonstop to conferences and client meetings, as well as speaking engagements on my book, Rewired. I feel like I have been home about three weeks all year! Madness.
On top of the traveling we moved house and offices in March, so it’s really been crazy. But you know what? I love every minute of it. I love...
As an Alopecian, the hardest part of hair loss for me is that I am assumed to be sick, or more specifically, to have cancer. Not only don’t I have cancer, but beyond my immune system’s assault on my hair follicles, I am absolutely healthy. Bummer? Yes, but life goes on and I choose to move on with it.
A couple of years ago, I conducted a two-part survey exploring the emotional...
SHE MEANS Business is a new documentary about women entrepreneurs. From their campaign on Kickstarter (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1118297434/she-means-business?ref=recently_launched):
Women Entrepreneurs are amazing people. We create businesses, and the jobs, salaries, economic growth, and futures that come from that. As entrepreneurs ourselves, we were amazed that no one has yet told the incredible stories of women succeeding (and sometimes failing), building legacies, and braving new frontiers. So we - Executive Producer Jacqueline Baptist, and...
People say the darnedest things. And sometimes they say the most insensitive things. Whilst it’s great that obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) has received enough media attention that it’s no longer a dirty secret, it is obvious that many people still fail to understand the true severity of this anxiety disorder. When people say things like “I’m so OCD about that,” what they don’t get is that were they really suffering from...
The thing that strikes me most after having viewed Lena Dunham’s much touted new HBO Series Girls is: we’ve done it again, we’ve overhauled feminism and sexual revolution and general freedoms to produce the opposite of whatever we intended: an age that is disconnected and immobilized.
Let me say upfront, I applaud Lena Dunham’s accomplishment in writing, producing and starring in her own show. No easy feat....
