When I formally started my business January 2011, I was working all hours of the day and night, serving on the board for a performing arts organization, cooking meals at women’s shelters and making time for my parents and large extended family. I was going from one thing to the next without taking a minute [...]
Women In Business
We recently started featuring a periodic summary of resources for and about women in business. We’re looking to make this a weekly feature in the near future, including both articles of note from around the web and an on-going collection of resources by or for women in business. Women In Business Discuss the Women at [...]
What Is International Women’s Day? You’ve probably heard that March is now officially Women’s History March in America. Typical celebrations include highlighting prominent women in history, of course, as well as highlighting women who are believed will make history. International Women’s Day is a similar idea, only we celebrate women worldwide. Just yesterday, I heard [...]
Obviously, there aren’t enough Women Grow Business Events to fill up this calendar on its own. And no, this has absolutely nothing to do with our successful Women’s Leadership Soirée. It’s just that this post is about events and I love that picture of Nicolette Pizzitola and Jill Foster. And yeah, what you’ll see below [...]
Couples who jointly own businesses comprise about 14% of small businesses. Here is the story of one way to build a business while focusing on family, while struggling through on-going change and growth, as all entrepreneurs do. Elizabeth and Page Moon founded Focus Data Solutions (FDS) as an answer to their interests and needs. “The opportunity to [...]
How do you describe magic? I used to think it was so silly when someone would describe an evening as magical. Did rabbits pop out of someone’s hat? Was David Copperfield there? Yet now that words escape me, I understand. They must mean that an event they nurtured to maturity met the needs of [...]
In January, BOLT Insurance Agency released an infographic about the growth of Women Business owners and their role as America’s new job creators. Generally, I’m not a huge fan of infographics – they can misrepresent data, and don’t always cite their sources. But after a quick check on this one, I’ve found that this one [...]
I’m old-fashioned. I love writing out tons of holiday cards — by hand, even! I make a giant Thanksgiving dinner and invite everyone I know. It’s part of my particular version of the holiday spirit. I may not celebrate Christmas, but November and December at my house are plenty of fun. Plenty of business gets [...]
There are days that I want to throw tantrums about my business: full on, lay on the floor and scream like a two year old tantrums. I get frustrated by the fact that I know where my business can go, but it isn’t there yet. It’s not even a question of patience: I know how [...]
I’m very excited to announce the Northern Virginia Women’s Business conference ticket giveaway, brought to you by our favorite (and only) sponsor of Women Grow Business, Network Solutions, who is also one of the sponsors of this event. If you don’t know about the Northern Virginia Women’s Business conference, here’s a quick description from their [...]
