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Guest Post :: Starting and operating a business can feel like navigating a minefield. Risks are almost always underfoot, even when things are going well, and they can be difficult to spot before it’s too late. Couple that with the amount of time and money you have to pour into your business, especially in the early…

It’s not really just about the money, is it? You’re in this entrepreneurship thing for the financial lifestyle too, aren’t you? One of my favorite memories is being quite pregnant with my first kiddo and eating the most decadent gelato on the streets of a little town in Tuscany. I can remember the exact flavor of…

You can work work work all the livelong day, but your kids will still remind you that you’re a mom mom mom who needs a business break every chance she gets (which seems to be every 23rd full moon or so.) When your days are filled to the brim with business-building responsibilities that are compounded by parenting activities,…

Guest Post :: Inc. Magazine surveyed a group of women entrepreneurs to learn about the challenges they overcame in order to found their successful businesses. These women business leaders presented many challenges that they faced, which may or may not have been related to their gender. However, the first challenge that most of the female entrepreneurs mentioned all fell into…

Guest Post :: I have a love/hate relationship with social media. But I have figured out how using social media leads toward my own purposes and toward making the world a better place. Here is my story… I went to a university that was one of the first to get Facebook. I did not join the…

Wanna spread the word about your biz? Like, yesterday? Our original Founding Mom, Jill Salzman, has been building businesses for over a decade. In all that time, she’s tried a million trillion different things in order to sell her products and services. While a lot hasn’t worked, plenty has. She is ready to save you…

Guest Post :: We started Gravie with a simple yet strong conviction – that when people are free to make their own choices with their own money, they make better decisions and are happier with their choices than when someone else makes those decisions on their behalf. Gravie is reinventing employee health benefits, making them easier…

In celebration of successful women entrepreneurs everywhere, we’re publishing the speech that WeFestival’s founder Joanne Wilson gave at the kick-off of WeFestival 2016. It is brilliant. Last week, I had the honor of speaking at WeFestival 2016 in New York City. Successful women entrepreneurs gathered together from all parts of the globe to discuss their trials…

Guest Post :: Have you tried to secure a loan and been rejected? Chances are someone reading this can answer “yes” to that question. That’s why we often suggest the use of alternative lenders. While it’s often difficult for small businesses to get loans generally, it’s been more of a struggle for women. This is upsetting…