As an entrepreneur and small business owner with a growth mindset, you must be open minded and resilient enough to make changes to your business that weren’t part of your original vision, and you have to cultivate foresight so that there’s time to prepare for whatever may be coming next.
While it takes confidence to challenge the status quo, it also requires recognizing what you don’t know. Curiosity is one of the most essential attributes for any entrepreneur. If you’re willing to ask questions and follow the evidence where it leads,
Before I say anything else, I want to applaud your entrepreneurial spirit. The pandemic wreaked havoc on women in the workforce, and I’m so heartened to see you trying to turn that into a business of your own. I believe with all my heart that entrepreneurship is the most effective way for women to achieve economic independence, and everything that goes with it.
Julia Pimsleur Hosts Virtual Summit To Elevate Women Entrepreneurs - The Million Dollar Women Summit and community for years has proved its support for women founders through scholarship grants, resources, and education opportunities to fundraise, scale, and develop a strong mindset. These tools are integral for entrepreneurs striving to reach $1 million dollars in revenue and elevating women.
Launching your own brand in the midst of a global pandemic may sound crazy. Some may not have understood why I chose to leave my 9-5 job during a time when businesses were facing challenges, unlike anything they had experienced before.
Governments are looking for ways to empower and incentivize entrepreneurs and artists, who can subsequently revitalize national economies and drive higher levels of consumer spending. This article will discuss how you can fund a business venture or independent project without utilizing your own capital, or at least the money you currently have in your bank account.
One of the most common questions I get asked from budding entrepreneurs is how did I know when it was time to commit to my business full time? Before I answer that question, I want to share my journey of how I arrived to start my marketing consulting company, Chipperfield Media.
(No, this isn't going to be where I try to sign you on to join my scheme.) Today, I am a success coach and a motivational speaker. I love making a difference in people’s lives and guiding them to become the best version of themselves. I am so very happy with my career, however, just a few short years before I became a success coach, I was in a pyramid scheme.
Before launching Kindred Bravely, I was a high school math teacher; I’d never even thought of designing clothes or starting a business. Becoming a mom opened me up to the idea of creating something and ended up changing my life in more ways than I ever expected.
"How did you ever get into a business like that?" people ask me. They're confounded to hear that my product is industrial baler wire—a very unfeminine pursuit, especially in 1975 when I founded my company in the midst of a machismo man's world. It's a long story, but I'll try to shorten it. I'd never been interested to enter the "man's" world of business, but I discovered a lucrative opportunity to become my own boss—even if it involved a non-glamorous product. I'd been fired from my previous job working to become a ladies' clothing buyer and was told, "You just aren't management or corporate material." My primary goal then became to find a career in which nobody had the power to fire me and to provide a comfortable living for my two little girls and myself.
Have you ever felt like you have to compromise between making money and pursuing your passion in life?Maybe it's led you to make decisions that weren't in full alignment with you really are—the true essence of your soul. Maybe you feel stuck doing work that no longer lights you up or that you feel aligned with?I know how you feel; I have been there myself.
I was heading down a dead-end path to nowhere. One night in February of 2019, I came home from my posh bowling birthday bash to depleted funds and depleted ambition. Drained by the idea that after all these years of living on this earth, not only was I not happy, but I also didn't seem to be moving or growing in the direction I'd always envisioned for myself. Since I was always raised to make a difference and not put limitations on myself, why had I succumbed to my circumstances? Why was I leveraging my time with men for money? Was I only here on earth to be a sex fantasy prop that any man could pick up and put down at will?
My name is Tracy Garley, I was born in the West African country of Liberia, and moved to the US at the age of eleven. I attended Western International High School in Detroit and graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Food Industry Management. I'm the owner of West African lifestyle brand Zarkpa's, founder of West African catering company Culture in a Bowl, founder of City Girl Big Dreams, and CEO of its sister brand, GoFundHer.com. In each of these roles, I try to create opportunities for girls and women to transform their dreams into reality through collaboration and social networking.
Since the controversial flood of the #blackouttuesday black squares on Instagram, newly-inspired social media activists have been grappling with how to contribute to the Black Lives Matter movement in a productive and authentic way. In addition to protesting, signing petitions, and donating to various organizations, social media has risen as an essential platform to share useful information and promote self-education.
As we embark upon the dawn of a new era, it is time to think about how to make your business more powerful and profitable in the new year. Entrepreneurship is growing among women business owners. The market is filling up with niche ideas, awesome new products and exciting adventures. You can do business as usual, or stand out in a way that attracts lots of new clients, contracts and amazing opportunities.
Are you one of the lucky people who wakes up every morning eager to get out of bed? Or do you linger under the covers, dreading the day in front of you? Do you envy people who get up at 5:30 am, meditate for 20 minutes, go to the gym, then power through a productive day, accomplishing their goals? Are those people just lucky to be extremely passionate about their work and lives? Or do they have a special formula that enables them to be extremely efficient?
As part of my series about strong female leaders, I had the pleasure of interviewing Beverly Marlbranche, A Haitian native and founder of Caribbrew, a fair trade company that sells Haitian/Caribbean coffee.
Since starting my entrepreneurship journey almost three years ago, running my own PR agency from all over the world, my weekends disappeared. I replaced brunch and lazy mornings with crafting media pitches, strategies, and research. Sure, I enjoyed my weekends and did fun things, but work was still a priority. When you are a business owner, the stakes are high, and taking a full day off (let alone two) seems wrong. There is always something more that can be done and life becomes an endless cycle of to-do lists. Then COVID-19 disrupted the world