Today is International Women's Day. It's a day to recognize and celebrate women around the world, but in nearly every part of the world, women are still considered second-class citizens. Even in the United States, the gender pay gap provides one of the most irrefutable pieces of evidence that equality is far from a reality. With that in mind, let's review some key … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2015
Tips for Marketing to Women for International Women’s Day
When I was a small kid, all of my friends’ parents were married and few of their mothers had jobs outside the home. After my family moved to California, a place where many divorced moms had moved to start new lives, I had an up close look at mid-1970’s shifting gender roles. Fast-forward to 2015 -- while pay gaps still loom larger than they should, (in 1970, women were paid … [Read more...]
Connecting Women to Investors at Capital W: The Boston Women’s Venture Summit
Investor and businesswoman Sheryl Marshall started working with women-owned businesses and women venture funding in 1999 after spending years working in financial services where she fielded tons of calls from women looking for capital. She recalls, “Back then, only 2% of venture funding went to women-owned businesses, and most of that 2% went to iVillage.” This lack of … [Read more...]
Inquiring Minds Want to Know About Board Evaluation
The Wall Street Journal reports approximately 19 percent of the largest public U.S. companies hired an outsider to evaluate their boards in 2013 — a 17 percent leap since 2010. Those numbers come from Spencer Stuart, an executive search firm. In five years, up to 35 percent of major companies could be putting "board doctors" to use. Financial and banking firms were some of … [Read more...]
5 Lessons You’ll Learn in Your First Job
Three brief months after college commencement, I had serendipitously locked down a solid, parent-approved job working at a fast paced digital agency. It felt like the parts of adulthood promised for the last two decades—biweekly paychecks, health benefits, retirement funds, car bills—were finally being unraveled with climactic anticipation. As my always astute parents assured, … [Read more...]
The Success and Challenges of Women Entrepreneurs – Lara Galloway
This week, I interviewed Lara Galloway who is an author, speaker, business coach, and host of the MomBiz Solutions Show podcast. She is also the author of Moms Mean Business: A Guide to Creating a Successful Company and a Happy Life as a Mom Entrepreneur. Tell us a little about your previous life and how you came to start your first business? I started out in academia, … [Read more...]
Working Women Make Business Happen
International Women’s Day (IWD) is on Sunday, March 8, 2015. It originates from International Working Women’s Day (IWWD), which I think is important to highlight. It is not a day where we simply celebrate being women because we think we are fabulous (well some might), but in my opinion, it is a day where we are meant to celebrate the real achievements of women worldwide (past … [Read more...]
The Day Our CEO Told The Head of HR Her Ovaries Were Shriveling
I still hear stories about male colleagues requesting meetings in gentleman’s clubs, women being laughed out of the boardroom for using the color pink in presentations, and female employees feeling uncomfortable because of their choice of attire. Little things that remind us that we don’t belong entirely in the men’s club that is corporate America. Catalyst, a U.S. … [Read more...]