Knowing the difference between men and women is easy when we look at body parts. It is not so easy when we think about how our brains operate differently, yet they sure do. Let’s just take the example of men and women in meetings. Now, we all know meetings are most likely to have some stress components. Knowing the differences in ways that we respond to stimuli can make the … [Read more...]
WomenOnBusiness.com Will Live Tweet Stevie Awards for Women in Business Ceremony
Want to get inspired by successful women in business? Follow WomenOnBusiness.com on Twitter, @womenonbusiness, and tune in to the WomenOnBusiness.com Live Tweet of the 2011 Stevie Awards for Women in Business awards ceremony. The ceremony begins at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 11, 2011 and will be hosted by Sara Eisen of Bloomberg Television. The Stevie Awards … [Read more...]
Grab the Money!
It’s no secret that you need capital to operate and grow, but then comes the question how do you get it? For some of the lucky ones they have the personal cash to use or they are able to tap well heeled friends and family for the money. For the unlucky ones, you need money to operate and grow, but where do you get it? Tap your community bank. An often overlooked … [Read more...]
WomenOnBusiness.com Relaunches Free Press Release Publishing Service
In an effort to give women business owners and women working in the field of business the publicity they deserve, WomenOnBusiness.com has launched a new Business Women News Press Release Submission feature. WomenOnBusiness.com has relaunched our free press release submission and publishing service. The Business Women News Press Release Submission feature allows any woman … [Read more...]
WomenOnBusiness.com Named as Finalist in 2011 Stevie Awards for Women in Business
WomenOnBusiness.com was named a Finalist in the Best Blog category in the 8th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. This is the third year in a row that WomenOnBusiness.com has been nominated for a Stevie Award and the third time the blog has been named an award finalist. Susan Gunelius, the founder of WomenOnBusiness.com, was separately named a Finalist in the 2011 … [Read more...]
Are They Contractors or Staff?
One of the more complicated tasks for a business owner is being able to correctly classify the people working for you. As a one man shop it it’s fairly easy, when you pull someone in it is a temporary arrangement. As a larger operation, it gets a bit tougher. The Department of Labor and the IRS have just made this issue more complicated. The Department of Labor and the IRS … [Read more...]
HP Headed to Hotel California?
HP has made some controversial decisions lately, but is Meg Whitman a great strategic move or the kiss of death for this once great tech company? HP announced Whitman’s appointment on September 22, 2011 but given the public comments, customers seem to think it’s a bad choice. It’s my stance that HP usually leaps before it looks and I am not sure that I am sold on Whitman as … [Read more...]
Women Entrepreneurs: Tory Johnson; Fired Up Rather than Fired From
Were you ever fired from a job? Just the thought is chill-inducing. Fired, it means failure, finished, foolish, and a lot of words that are meant to be esteem-downers. That’s how it was for Tory Johnson when she was a twenty something and on the rise in corporate America. Within one hour she had fallen from grace and was out on the street. Fast forward to today. Tory is a … [Read more...]
Hilary Brooks Joins WomenOnBusiness.com as Assistant Editor
WomenOnBusiness.com debuted in November 2007 as a labor of love for me. At a time when I found myself spending more and more time writing about business and marketing online, I continually noticed how it was always me and a bunch of men writing about business topics. I wanted to create a place online where women could have a voice about business and establish themselves as the … [Read more...]
WomenOnBusiness.com Named to Forbes List of Top 100 Websites for Women 2011
For the second year in a row, WomenOnBusiness.com has been named to the list of the top 100 websites for women in 2011 by Forbes. Meghan Casserly and Jenna Goudreau of Forbes.com spent a year researching and developing the 2011 list of the top websites for women and offer the following insights into the criteria that went into selecting the 100 sites that made the list this … [Read more...]