Nearly seven years ago, Michelle Schroeder-Gardner started her blog, Making Sense of Cents, to share her experience of paying off student loan debt and holding herself accountable. The last thing she expected was it turning into a million-dollar business. But in 2017 her business brought in $979,000, and the following year it earned $1.5 million, […]
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Being an entrepreneur is not for the faint of heart—anyone who’s tried to start their own business knows this. And being a female entrepreneur in Silicon Valley takes that truth to a whole other level. Being a woman CEO in a predominantly male environment has taught me so much about myself, and what it takes
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Like many entrepreneurs, I am also a mother. So, in a sense, I have two children: the human one and the business. They’re just two years apart (my son is 13 and the older of the two), and I’ve seen a lot of parallels in nurturing them both over the years. If I’d written this
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Only two or three decades ago, the trend in both primary and secondary schools was to offer boys metal shop, and girls home economics. It was assumed that the boys would need to know how to fix a car engine as adults, and the girls would need to maybe sew something. If you were a
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Last week I shared some tips for getting certified as a woman-owned business, whether a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE), Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), or Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB). But once you’ve gotten your certification, the journey isn’t over—in fact, it’s just beginning. Now you need to toot your own horn as a woman
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Once upon a time, not too terribly long ago, Sara Blakely had a party to attend. Back then, she sold fax machines door-to-door, and had saved up her money to buy an expensive pair of white pants. She wanted a seamless look under said pants (read: no panty lines or body jiggles) so she put
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If you’re a woman business owner, getting your company certified as a woman-owned business can help increase your company’s visibility, opportunities, and ability to win corporate or government contracts. Here’s what you need to know about women-owned business certification. Types of certification There are two types of certification as a woman-owned business: 1. Women’s Business
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Interested in joining a coworking space, but uncomfortable at the thought of being in a male-dominated environment? You may want to consider becoming a member of a women-only coworking space. From coast to coast, the successful rise of these coworking spaces can be summed up in one word: community. Creating brick and mortar spaces that
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What do Harvey Weinstein, Roy Price, and other not so well-known men have in common? They were accused of sexual harassment at work and ultimately lost their jobs. Does this mean that women won’t be subject to this kind of mistreatment in the future? I’m not so sure. If you’re a woman in the world
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Starting and running more businesses than ever, women business owners worldwide are on the rise, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2016/17 Women’s Report. The report surveyed women entrepreneurs in 74 global economies to create a snapshot of women’s progress. Here’s some of what the new report found: In the past year, 163 million
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