It was the end of August. It had been announced that Shonali’s schedule was becoming too demanding to continue on as our Editor here at Women Grow Business, and no one knew who was taking over. She was a bit under the weather, so I volunteered to help with the chat at the last [...]
Community Building
Faith and Enthusiasm: Cornerstones of Entrepreneurship
Old, New, Out, In As technology races ahead, we’re bombarded by tools claiming to be the ultimate for communicating our messages to the masses. Ten years ago, it was the internet and websites that sold dog food, a few years ago “blog” entered the lexicon, and today everyone has a Facebook page. There’s no telling [...]
A colleague and I recently discussed women’s self-promotion styles compared to men. Then Clay Shirky’s blog post “A Rant About Women” came up, along with his thought-provoking remarks on the subject. His comments also sharpened my own reflections that I had resisted admitting Photo credit : Reflections I, Creative Commons by VisualAge I wish Clay Shirky’s [...]
I’m not a soup kitchen kind of girl. When people say, “I’m going to volunteer!” isn’t that the first thing you think of? It is for me. And while I’m deeply moved by the enormous difficulties homeless people face, I just don’t see myself in latex gloves and a shower cap dishing out shepherd’s pie. [...]
If there’s one thing we’ve learned about Women Grow Business, it’s that it’s a growing, warm and welcoming village. In that, it “takes a village…” etc. Image: Julie Falk, Creative Commons This blog community, which is so wonderfully supported by Network Solutions, is amazing. Look at the women who volunteer their time to write for [...]
Ever since this blog made its debut almost a year and a half ago, the one thing Jill, and then I, focused on, was building, and connecting to, our community. We try to do this by giving you a range of topics to read about, but all focused on and for women entrepreneurs. Because if [...]
It’s funny where life will take you. If you’d told me, 10 years ago, that not only would I be living and working in the capital of a world superpower, I’d have giggled. If you’d told me, five years ago, how incredibly important social media would become to my life, I’d have raised my eyebrows. [...]
