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Reposted from e-wallstreeter.com - By James Zug | Published November 8, 2012, 7:00 AM ET | Updated November 3, 2012, 7:50 PM ET

Can't wait to head to Yale this weekend to see the Big Green in action in the Ivy Scrimmages!  So proud of my son!  

 

For the past 15 years, I have been the "Chief Approver" of new members of our network. I have never thought about handing this duty over to someone else on my team because I am always blown away by the turning points and milestones our members write about in their applications.  Here is one of the greatest applications...

Originally Posted on BusinessWeek.com

If you’re baffled at why it’s proving so difficult to get women on corporate boards, you’re not alone. State treasurers are threatening to pull pension funds from laggard companies. Nine nations are enraged by a European Union plan to punish companies that don’t fill at least 40 percent of their board seats with women. The issue was debated on Sept. 13 at the...

(Originally Posted July 23, 2012 in Gotham Gal / Woman Entrepreneur Monday)

Sally Minier, Sweet Sallys, Woman Entrepreneur

By Joanne Wilson, Gotham Gal
 

There is nothing like taking what you have done so well for many years in the corporate world and then jumping ship to...

Rachel Sklar's fabulous blog on HuffPo:  

  Why This Kickstarter for A High-Performance GPS Sports Watch Could Save Your Life      This is an AMAZING product. One I am shocked does not already exist. Basically this is a high-tech GPS-enabled performance sports watch with all the bells and whistles... and a panic button.      It's also a pretty sweet watch! It's cool and funky-looking and lightweight and water-resistant to 100M. It even has a model for...

Anne-Marie Slaughter "had it all" -- aka work/life harmony -- right up until she didn't.  It wasn't the grueling stress of her job alone that made her think twice about her State Dept. job -- it was the grueling stress of her job combined with her nervousness about not being on deck as her son approached the most important years of his pre-college academic life. 

About a decade ago, I began hearing...

I drive hundreds of miles every month between Nantucket, NYC, and Greenwich and love to listen to audio books.  Here are a few of my recent faves: 

WILD by Cheryl Strayed 

The Gift of an Ordinary Day by Katrina Kenison 

A Good Man (about his dad, Sargent Shriver) by Mark Shriver

The Long Run by Matt Long (listened to for a 2nd time -- still gives me chills) 

Mad Women by Jane Maas 

Steve Jobs by Walter...

Guest Blog by Mary J. Barneby: 85 Broads Power Circle member and Head of UBS's Stamford PWM Office 

 

I don't see the debate as a "yes" or "no" discussion.  Women (and men for that matter) should be free to pursue the life and career choices they feel are best for them, as long as they understand the trade off's of those choices.  So if women do "want it all", as Sheryl Sandberg says, they need a spouse or...

 

The Tipping Point for Women: Invest in What You Love    The debate rages on regarding why more women aren't on corporate boards and in the C-Suites of major companies across America. My guess is that the debate will continue for several more decades unless women realize they have the power to change the outcome today.       Women are brilliant consumers -- they know how to compare brands, and they know what they value....