Lori Greiner, the highly successful investor on ABC-TV’s “Shark Tank,” can offer tips and also learn lessons from Zeynep Ekemen, the creator of Silver Defender, a stretchable film that protects any and all surfaces from germs and viruses.
Ekemen, or Z, as everyone calls her, was at her early morning “Breakfast Club” with business friends in a local Fort Lee, New Jersey coffee shop in 2018, when one of her friends returned from the men’s room grossed out by what he saw.
Read More“Success is not a solo sport,” says Minda Harts, CEO of The Memo, a career development platform for women of color and author of the new bestselling book, The Memo: What Women of Color Need To Know To Secure A Seat At The Table.
Read MoreShelly Bell acknowledges she is a super cool person. But, also, “I am a nerd,” says the founder of Black Girl Ventures, which recently received $450,000 in funding over two years from the Ewing Marion Kaufmann Foundation. Bell’s company that she founded in Washington, D.C. in 2016 “is dedicated to offering comprehensive education and advisory services that outline a road map for the growth and success of minority and/or veteran women entrepreneurs.
Read MoreYou may have attended a commencement speech this season for a friend, son, daughter, niece, nephew, cousin, parent or partner. Sometimes the speeches are full of inspiration and sometimes the speeches fall flat. Especially if the speaker is trying to be funny. And isn’t.
Read MoreThe robot may know best. In paths to close the gender funding gap in entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence may be key.
Read More“You would really be helping me out.” For many women in business, it seems we are always doing small and large favors for colleagues, clients, peers, bosses, administrators, staff and support teams. Under pressure, we may call on colleagues to help us out.
Read MoreIf Trish Costello, CEO of Portfolia since 2014, has her way, there will be no financial cliff where founders of tech startups catering to women and girls can fall to their financial ruin. Her goal is specific and clear: 100,000 women to invest in Portfolia funds in five years. The rec
Read MoreWe are embarking on the “Age of Female Entrepreneurialism” in this country.
That profound optimism is owned by Sallie Krawcheck, CEO and co-founder of Ellevest, a digital investment platform for women, and Ellevate Network, a global professional women’s organization of more than 34,000 members.
Read MoreThere’s no doubt about it: going to business school can boost a woman’s career. In a recent survey of MBA graduates by Bloomberg Businessweek, women who earned an MBA six to eight years ago reported that their degree increased their earning potential and connected them to a powerful network of fellow alumni. They’re also pretty happy with what they’re doing: 64 percent of women described themselves as “very satisfied” with their current job.
Read MoreJournalist Sheila Weller triggered the gossip machine with her new book The News Sorority: Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour—and the (ongoing, Imperfect, Complicated) Triumph of Women in TV News, when she reported on C-word #1: competition between the three female newsmedia icons.
Read MoreLast week I was privileged enough to be invited to the launch event for Faces of Business, the Women’s Initiative of the Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce.
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