I am so excited to be a part of the planning committee for this fantastic all-day conference that will take place in Columbus, Ohio on 13 October 2011! Here’s the agenda- I’m excited that Jeni of Jeni’s Ice Cream and Liz Lessner of Betty’s Fine Family of Restaurants will both be there! It’s All Work-Life [...]
Wow! I’m so excited to partner with Kathy Korman Frey and The Hot Mommas Project for their Sis U Women’s Leadership Program!! It will be in DC on October 15th, 2011 and I’ll be there in person! Would love to see you there and -even better- there’s a discount code for $50 off regular price [...]
Labor Day Stats on women in the workforce
Initially, this period of economic woe was referred to as a “Man-Cession”. As we’ve entered into a period of jobs growth (hey, let’s at least be fair and admit that it’s getting better, albeit slowly and in small steps, I’ll take better over worse any day), that period has largely been called a “He-Covery”. As jobs come back, they are going to men at a disproportionately higher rate than women. With the new jobs effort being kicked around, it looks like that gap will widen.
Every once in a while, I stumble upon someone doing something so smart and cool and necessary that I become like a love-sick teenager — singing this new friend’s praises to everyone I meet. My new business crush is none other than Kathlene Mullens, Founder and CEO of Female Equality Matters. I have been tweeting, talking and now blogging about her all week long. Lucky you, dear readers, now get to see what this kick-ass woman is up to.
Step 1: Go here to pull up the submission form: https://www.oprah.com/ownshow/plug_form.html?plug_id=8673223&cc=US Step 2: Fill out the information about you and how you can be contacted. Step 3: In the “Tell Us Your Story” section, feel free to tell Rosie and her team how awesome Female Equality Matters (R) is including the name of the Founder/CEO, [...]
I was a mentor for the Promote Women’s Entrepreneurship in Pakistan (PWEP) and it was awesome!
Great article from Jumpstart! http://blog.jumpstartinc.org/index.php/archives/607 Basically women do better in startups, create more jobs with them, have lower failure rates but still don’t get much of the venture funding (less than 5%). Hmm… They say it well, here are some quotes: According to Babson College research, if female-led startups received the same level of capital [...]
