Through the Glass Ceiling: 5, Actually, 7 Strategies for Women

How often do you click on an article because the title promises you’re going to learn something new or fix a problem you’ve been struggling with — and it turns out to do neither?

In this moment when many are seeking answers as to why for the second time in less than a decade, a highly qualified female leader didn’t break through what Hillary Clinton dubbed the “highest and hardest glass ceiling,” you might be among the many asking “Why?”

The next question typically is: “When will the country be ready for a female president?”

Career successGloria FeldtNovember 18, 2024Leadership Power Tools, Women In BusinessComment

Wealth Fitness: Golden Seeds Co-CEO Loretta McCarthy Funds Women Entrepreneurs' Dreams

“It’s like health fitness; it is wealth fitness. Many women know they will be fully responsible financially for themselves,” says Loretta McCarthy, co-ceo, and managing partner of Golden Seeds, LLC, an investor consortium that invests in early-stage, women-led businesses.

Managing the nationwide network of nearly 300 angel investors, McCarthy has been with Golden Seeds for 20 years and in that time, “We have invested in 253 companies with $185 million from 1,100 investors,” she says.

Career successMichele WeldonNovember 14, 2024Entrepreneurship, women in leadership, Women In BusinessComment

Billion Dollar CEO, Founder: Liz Elting on Dreaming, Mentoring, Giving and Winning

Liz Elting was never lost in translation.

Founder and CEO of the Elizabeth Elting Foundation, she started her first venture in 1992 as a graduate MBA student at New York University’s Stern School of Business with the creation of TransPerfect, a language solutions company.

Even Hurricanes Don't Stop Women Who Mean Business

Issue 207 — October 3, 2022

“You’re going WHERE?” people asked.

“Don’t you know hurricanes are pummeling Florida and the Caribbean? Isn’t Puerto Rico getting hit?”

Um, yes, but when I take a speaking engagement, I show up.

The SumGloria FeldtOctober 3, 2022Women In Business, Female Experience, Female Leadership, gender equalityComment

Find Your Squad: How Founder, CEO Created Startup To Solve Parenting Needs

The third envelope in the class exercise at Goldman Sachs Small Business Program was the key.

Jennifer Beall Saxton, founder and CEO of Tot Squad, recalls the class exercise was to open three envelopes in succession. In the first envelope was a fake check for $50,000. The assignment was to figure out what as a start-up, you could do with that influx of cash. Saxton had plenty of ideas.

Say My Name: Fang Cheng Leading As Successful, Authentic Tech Innovator

Fang Cheng would not change her name. Not to make it sound less “Asian,” not to make it what investors told her would make her job as a tech innovator and entrepreneur easier.

One advisor told her to change her first name to Fiona. And when she married, another advisor told her to take her husband’s last name, because it was Jewish and not Chinese.

Aiming For Equal: CEO, Founder Works For Equity in Sustainability

Perhaps the seed for Lisa Ann Pinkerton’s career as founder and chair of Women In Cleantech & Sustainability has something to do with the fact that she was born in Hyden, Kentucky near the Daniel Boone National Forest.

Designing the Future: CEO's 7 Pillars to Successful Business Creation

Seven is considered a universal lucky number for those who believe in numerology.

Seven is an essential number in designing business strategy for Pamela Ayuso, CEO of Celaque, and author of Heptagram: the 7-Pillar Business Design System for the 21st Century.

Power of Prioritizing: Latina CEO, Founder Advises, Inspires and Succeeds

Melissa Rodriguez, CEO of Mel Rodriguez & Co. and also Social Media Relations, was born and raised in the “witch city where everyone goes for Halloween.” That’s Salem, Mass., of course, where the history includes powerful and magical women.

Within Reach: Ed Tech Co-founder and CEO On Unplanned Steps To Success

A lot of the Greek gods were already taken.

So Sabari Raja, co-founder and CEO of Nepris, an education technology company, settled on the Greek god Nepris as the name of her new company who is the “lord of sustenance.”

“We were looking for unique names to build a brand, so we turned to the Greek gods, and every Greek god was already an education company,” says Raja, whose platform connects 85,000 K-12 educators with experts for instruction to more than 550,000 students in this country.

A Force Together: Founder, CEO Shares Tips For Working With Millennials, GenZ

Courtney McKenzie Newell in 2011 named her first agency Crowned Marketing & Communications, where she is founder and CEO because she was a crowned beauty pageant winner as a student at Florida International University.

Winning Miss Palm Beach County, and later competing in Miss Florida as part of the Miss American pageant series, McKenzie Newell says, ““I took that money and started my business and paid homage to where ti came from.”

Big Wisdom From Small Companies: 10 Women Biz Owners Share Their Keys To Success

October is Women’s Small Business Month, so Take The Lead honors the 11.6 million women small business owners in this country who are earning $1.9 trillion in revenue and employing 9.1 million people. Every day 825 women launch small businesses in the United States.

Yes, the numbers tell a story of perseverance and success. One quarter, or 20 % of all companies with $1 million in revenue are women-owned, with 39 % pf all small businesses owned by women. The fastest growth areas are Florida, Georgia, Texas, Michigan and South Carolina.

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