Learning to Grow: You Can’t Grow Without Opening Your Mind
Jennifer Adams is a successful interior designer turned TV personality, appearing on the nationally syndicated TV show “Better” and HGTV’s “My First Place.” Her most recent accomplishment is creating a...
View ArticleSmall Businesses Build Big Revenue Gains with Small Business Saturday
Tracey Harding is one smart business woman. She is co-owner of Kidz Enterprise Toys, in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, just a few miles from New Hampshire, where shoppers can save money instantly because...
View ArticleWoman Entrepreneur Builds Her Business by Leading Tech Revolution in...
New York City’s construction industry is getting a makeover. Instead of cosmetics, a haircut and new clothes, its using technology to cut costs, save time and reduce risks.read more
View ArticleWomen Entrepreneurs Help Tri-State Build Stronger Infrastructure
Sometimes chance encounters happen for a reason. I’ve recently met two women who, for very different reasons, will play a part in rebuilding the Tri-State area after the devastation of Sandy.read more
View ArticleIs Your Nonprofit Protected from Risks?
“What was the board thinking?” When a nonprofit runs off course, this is question that most people ask. And so it was with the panelists described instances of fraud and malfeasance. The answer,...
View ArticleBusiness Plan Competitions Have 4 Ingredients for Successful Social Enterprise
What do investors know that donors don’t? They know that the right team is critical to growing a thriving organization.read more
View ArticleWomen, Take a Lesson from Girls Scouts: Start Your Social Media Engines
How do you create more businesses owned by women, especially businesses with revenues in excess of $1 million dollars?read more
View ArticleEco-friendly Cars Break New Barrier: Tesla Model S Awarded Car of the Year
by Ralph AlloraRecently Motor Trend magazine named the Tesla Model S its 2013 Car of the Year. It was the first time in the award’s history that the honor has gone to an all-electric vehicle. Down the...
View ArticleKeep Customer Service in the U.S. If You Want Your Business to Thrive
Competition is fierce; to distinguish itself, a small business needs to stand out from the crowd. Customer service is the way to do that.read more
View ArticleHow Savvy Small Businesses Use Crowdfunding
Women-owned businesses start life with significantly less capital than those owned by men. How can a business grow if it starts life undernourished? Yet, if you’re a woman business owner, your business...
View ArticleCrowdfunding: Is It Right for Your Nonprofit
By Elizabeth KulikAll over the world nonprofit organizations contribute tremendously to the public good. Their work helps strengthen communities, improve the lives of others and build the economy....
View ArticleWhat Women Entrepreneurs Need Before They Join the Crowd
Recently I wrote about a new funding source for entrepreneurs: crowdfunding. Right now, small businesses can raise money from the online crowd in exchange for a give-away, such as a product or service....
View ArticleHow Small Business Grow as Their Leaders Do
Alexandra Ferguson started her business on a whim: making decorative throw pillows with bold typography out of eco-friendly materials that are produced locally and sold online.read more
View ArticleGovernment Wants to Grow Your Small Business
Do my eyes deceive me? The government will grow my small business. How?read more
View ArticleWhy Women Entrepreneurs Should Go with the Crowd
Women-owned firms start and grow businesses with substantially less outside financing, according to a Department of Commerce survey of women-owned companies across the U.S. That helps to explain why...
View ArticleAngel Investors See Women Entrepreneurs As Good Investment
People who provide money and expertise to help small businesses become huge businesses are called angels. Some fly solo, others in a group. The benefit of a group of angels is sharing insights and...
View ArticleJump Start Your Small Business Loan with Crowdfunding
As an entrepreneur, Candace Klein, founder and CEO of SoMoLend, knows the pain of being on the hunt for money when it’s scarce. While things have loosened up a bit since the financial crisis began,...
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8 Strategies Successful Women Entrepreneurs Use
It’s always exciting to see someone you know – in my case, Sharon Hadary – publish a book. Even better when your interests overlap with the topic of the book. I thought I would see how the factors that...
View Article5 Strategies to Break Through Revenue Barriers from a $340 Million Company
Chances are, you’ll need more than one technique to keep your company growing. Over the course of 20 years, Liz Elting’s and Phil Shawe’s company, TransPerfect, has grown to $342 million in revenue...
View ArticleHow Small Businesses in Red Hook Recovered from Sandy
Red Hook, Brooklyn, is a mixture of light industry, open space, and residences. Its population is about 10,000. With no subway directly serving the area, getting there from Manhattan takes patience,...
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