Mary Page grew up in a small town in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky, where opportunities were few.
She had to figure out how to create the life she wanted. After receiving her MBA from Cambridge University in England, she worked in the corporate world at companies, such as, Fujitsu (in London, England) and The Coca-Cola Company (in
Now more than ever, women are seeing the benefits of building their own businesses and are doing just that. In a world full of complicated and contradicting start up information, consider my eight simple tips for launching a successful business as a woman. It does after all help to get advice from someone who’s been there.
Don’t quit your day job, at least not at first. While it may be tempting to jump feet first into building your business, it is wise to map out your financial needs and obligations before giving your two weeks notice. Consider working part-time as
I am not going to do a long intro for Tiffany Beverlin, founder of Dreams Recycled, because she shares her story below. In her “3 Things”, she talks about being a stay at home mom, getting divorced, and how she founded her business.
After being unemployed for 10 years, she had a hard time finding a job, so she
Position / Job title?: Freelance Writer + Founder of Too Damn Young
1. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A physical therapist…long shot away from that now. I grew up shadowing my mom at a physical therapy office and translated so much for the therapists that I was pretty sure I was going to
I think most of y’all are going to be intrigued by Lorraine Dahlinger’s company, From the Lab. It is the only place where you can access high-end beauty products before anyone else, at an affordable price. Really, who wants to pay $300 for a little tube of cream?! Well, you don’t have to anymore.
This is going to be a short, random post. If you want me to be completely honest, I am not in the mood to write, and I really want to spend my Sunday afternoon sitting on the couch watching Orange is the New Black! I haven’t had a chance to watch any of the new season!
However, I felt the need to do a brief recap of the past few days. We completed our first two BizGlam workshops for SA Youth!!!! As I am writing this, I still can’t believe it.
Tomorrow, Skara & Co., an all-woman, high school team will pitch their concussion testing app, TimeOut, to a group of investors at Boston TechJam.
The ladies, student-athletes themselves, got the idea for the app in Feb. 2014 at the start of spring sports season when the school was announcing the concussion testing schedule. They realized there wasn’t an efficient way to test
Catalina Girald is the founder of NAJA, a lingerie brand that is changing the industry.
While climbing her way up the ranks of Skadden, Arps, one of the most prestigious law firms in the country, Catalina realized that being a lawyer wasn’t exactly what she wanted to do. So, she started attending the New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology–literally