As the fabulous The NextWomen DWEN Interview Series draws near its close, we'll be bringing you some of our favourite gems of wisdom from the series, focusing on certain key subjects. Today's hot topic is: Hiring.
"It’s key to have the best players on your team. Smart people can fix almost any problem whereas in the battle between an idea and mediocre people, you can expect that mediocrity will win.
"I recently...
Laura Greb interviews Amy Abrams, co-founder In Good Company, a foundation for women entrepreneurs, and co-author of “The Big Enough Company", a book which encourages entrepreneurs to create companies to suit their own individual needs, rather than assuming a "bigger is better" approach.
Amy is also founder of Artist & Fleas, which creates weekly markets in Brooklyn where emerging artists, indie designers, vintage collectors, and handmade...
A new report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) looks at how new businesses and start-ups have been raising money since the crisis.
With banks reluctant to provide loans to start-ups and venture capital firms preferring to invest in later stage companies, a growing class of experienced entrepreneurs and business people are stepping in to fill this funding gap.
These “angel investors” not only provide funding but also leverage their...
Even though women now make up about 50 percent of the work force[1] there are still some jobs that are male dominated. Despite gender equality and women’s professional advancements, men remain the top earners in America and hold the majority of leadership positions.
Women make up just 3 percent of chief executives at the largest 1000 U.S. companies[2].
As a female futures trader, I’m very familiar with what it’s like to work in an...
The following is an address Joanne Wilson, an 85 Broads Power Circle member, gave to the second Women Entrepreneurs Festival, held on January 17-18th of this year.
This year we chose the theme "making it" for the Women Entrepreneurs Festival. A maker is a person who creates something. Women tend to create businesses that fill a void in their lives. As women we tend to have this desire to take care of others....
After six years working in government, Alex Butler is this month launching KindredHQ, a new service for freethinkers and doers inspired by her fascination with the evolution of the collaborative working economy,
Alex has over 20 years of experience in creative businesses – small start-ups to large multinationals – advertising, branding and in technology companies.
Constantly stimulated by the ideas she hears, Alex is at her best when she’s...
Dee Daniels is the first African American female to own a technology ad network platform and is an innovator in the technology field.
Dee’s company, Noir Woman Ad Network, is a vertical market advertising network focused on the African American female consumer and national advertisers seeking to reach this market online. It launched in October 2011 with 12 publishing partners, delivering over 1 million page views and since then it’s been...
My first product cost $XXX.000s to develop, the next five cost $XX.00s combined.
We’ve read the books, and drawn up the businesses cases. We’ve aired it with our friends at pubs, with our family over the kitchen table, with our mentors in their plush offices and expressed until blue in the face at the bank.
My first product in BLYSS was probably my most painful experience. Here are my pointers about how...
The NextWomen DWEN Interview series kicks off in fabulous style...
