by Jill Foster on November 18, 2009
by Jill Foster on November 18, 2009
Last Monday, J-Lab i.e. The Institute for Interactive Journalism hosted the New Media Women Entrepreneurs 2009 Summit in downtown Washington, DC. The one day event brought together female panelists from diverse backgrounds in journalism to discuss how new forms of online journalism are emerging new entrepreneurial opportunities – and the steps you can take to [...]
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 20, 2009
by Jill Foster on October 20, 2009
Blogworld’s opening keynote speaker Laura Fitton aka @pistachio on Twitter said in the middle of her address “And Becky McCray is awesome!” Cool -and- awesome Becky, founder of Small Biz Survival and numerous businesses, presented at last weekend’s Blogworld Expo on how small business makes big impact. In between morning bagels and networking, Becky shared [...]
by Jill Foster on October 20, 2009
by Jill Foster on October 20, 2009
She’s been featured in media outlets worldwide for her pioneering work on the Web and as a female tech entrepreneur and author. She presented at last week’s Blogworld Expo on stimulating brand conversations with women in the social mediasphere. She’s Aliza Sherman who answered – the one question – for our SmallBizCool series straight from [...]
by Jill Foster on October 19, 2009
by Jill Foster on October 19, 2009
She’s a thriving entrepreneur with a cool story to tell. And straight from Blogworld she talks with Women Grow Business for our SmallBizCool video series. She is Wendy Piersall who founded Sparkplugging – the largest blogger network focused on work-at-home resources for solo business owners (and she also launched the Woo! Jr. Kids Activities Network). [...]
by Jill Foster on October 16, 2009
by Jill Foster on October 16, 2009
The orange flower on Debba’s lapel gives just a hint of her coolness as an entrepreneur. She’s hip, smart, and starts strong, resourceful forums for women communities (and their businesses too). She’s Debba Haupert, founder of Girlfriendology, an online community dedicated to supporting and engaging friendships by women. For this #SmallBizCool segment, Debba tells exactly [...]
by Jill Foster on October 15, 2009
by Jill Foster on October 15, 2009
The ‘firsts’ abound ( 6:30pm, in flight bound for Nevada ) Blogging from 30,000 feet up helps expand perspective sometimes. And from that vantage point, I’m realizing these next few days will host a string of first-time experiences. It’s my first time to Las Vegas (have you been??) plus first time to experience the robust [...]
