by Jill Foster on January 6, 2010
by Jill Foster on January 6, 2010
For Women Grow Business, I interviewed Peter Weddle (who is “…filled with ingenious ideas” per The Washington Post). He is a serial entrepreneur with terrific expertise in recruiting and human capital issues. While we discussed a wide range of trends in recruiting and employment for 2010 and this coming decade, his primary point for smaller [...]
by Jill Foster on November 11, 2009
by Jill Foster on November 11, 2009
Women Grow Business interviewed Single Edition Media founder Sherri Langburt via email, and now brings the discussion to you! Thanks Sherri for sharing your insight. If you are a woman running your own business, learn how you can be featured here at Women Grow Business (think fun, resourceful, and simple!). What decisions have best enabled [...]
by Jill Foster on November 6, 2009
by Jill Foster on November 6, 2009
She saw an opportunity and asked a powerful question “What if I…?” Janet Carter was once enrolled in a Right to Work program and as she shares in our podcast – she didn’t have an ideal experience. She decided to assert her disadvantage and become an entrepreneur. And now she’s helping others with disabilities. We [...]
by Jill Foster on November 2, 2009
by Jill Foster on November 2, 2009
She’s a former presidential appointee to the National Women’s Business Council. And she’s an advocate for entrepreneurs and small business, working with national plus state agencies on ensuring interests of small business owners are heard. She’s Vivian Shimoyama who founded Breakthru Solutions. Vivian was so eager to share what she values most about her company [...]
by Jill Foster on October 28, 2009
by Jill Foster on October 28, 2009
Entrepreneur Magazine has listed The Startup Princess as a top resource for women entrepreneurs. And she’s been voted by her home state as one of 30 Women to Watch. She’s that cool. Kelly King Anderson aka Fairy Godmother of helping business-owner dreams come true … founded Startup Princess a while ago to convene like-minded women [...]
by Jill Foster on October 27, 2009
by Jill Foster on October 27, 2009
Transporting back to last week, Las Vegas, early a.m. pacific time: It’s the opening keynote address for the Blogworld Expo and first time many attendees were convened in the same room. We enter a large meeting hall where rows and rows of chairs are filling up and projected up front is one huge phrase on [...]
by Jill Foster on October 26, 2009
by Jill Foster on October 26, 2009
It just seems inevitable that something cool will happen when hearing the phrase: “Jill meet Jill!” And at last week’s Blogworld Expo, that’s exactly what happened when being introduced to another ‘Jill’ (yet she spells her name with a cool, artistic spelling that she chose when she was six years old). I met entrepreneur (or [...]
by Jill Foster on October 26, 2009
by Jill Foster on October 26, 2009
It was fantastic meeting Nelly Yusupova, CTO of Webgrrls Internationals ( and founder of DigitalWoman). She’s shares on her cool projects (with a keen insight on what she’s surmounted to be of stronger service to her clients). Welcome to another segment of SmallBizCool(!), straight from Blogworld last weekend.
by Jill Foster on October 22, 2009
by Jill Foster on October 22, 2009
In meeting Mari Smith at last weekend’s Blogworld Expo, I felt delighted and also a bit like a hobbit standing next to Gandolph (I think she’s at least 6′ tall!). Fast Company calls Mari “the Pied Piper of the Online World.” And she’s president of the International Social Media Association. She’s known for launching major [...]
by Jill Foster on October 21, 2009
by Jill Foster on October 21, 2009
How cool is Janet Fouts? Well she co-founded ONTHERAIL and is former director of the dynamic organization San Francisco Women on the Web. She’s a forward, resourceful thinker in the social media space – savvy and with a distinct humor to boot. She’s also founded the Social Media Coaching Center and at Blogworld Expo last [...]
