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5 Challenges for Women in Business in 2020

June 23, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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It’s good to appreciate just how much cultural progress has been made since the turn of the millennium because make no mistake: things are markedly better than they were. Sexual harassment in the workplace, for instance, has gone from something to be discussed only in back rooms under non-disclosure agreements to issue companies are expected […]

Filed Under: Women in Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: becoming an entrepreneur, budding entrepreneurs, solopreneur, Women in Business, women looking for investments

Women Entrepreneurs Are Better Because

April 20, 2020 By Melinda Emerson 5 Comments

Women entrepreneurs are still underrated today. Plus, they face many challenges than their male counterparts like lack of funding and lack of a support system. Despite these barriers, women entrepreneurs are making huge contributions. In the US alone, women-owned businesses generate $1.8 trillion per year. That’s HUGE right? Let me tell you the reasons why […]

Filed Under: Women in Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: entrepreneur, small business success, women entrepreneurs, Women in Business, women-owned business

Bumble Bizz Offers New Contest for Women Looking for Investment

March 25, 2019 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Bumble Bizz Offers New Contest for Women Looking for Investment

Only around 2% of venture capital goes to women, an even smaller fraction goes to women of color, and now some top women in business want to do something about this. Global sports ICON Serena Williams has signed on as an investor in the Bumble Fund, established by Bumble, the dating, friend-finding and business networking app […]

Filed Under: Women in Business Tagged With: bumble, Contest, pitch, pitching, women, Women in Business

7 Ways to Manage Your Life and Business as a Mompreneur

May 6, 2013 By Melinda Emerson 3 Comments

Sponsored Post Running a small business is hard work, especially for a “mompreneur.” In many cases, you are doing the three full-time of jobs of wife, mother and business owner all at the same time. Every day you are doing more with less and trying to figure out how to get it all done smarter, […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Featured Post, Mompreneurs, My Recommendations Tagged With: #fedexoffice, #SMBMoms, Mompreneur, small business info, Women in Business

25 Business Women to Follow on Twitter

July 26, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 35 Comments

As many of you know, I think Twitter is a fantastic social media tool to grow a small business brand.  There are many fabulous people who I’ve met online and these ladies are a special group of women who handle business in a way that I respect and admire.  I thought that I would share […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Mompreneurs, My Recommendations, Social Media, Women in Business Tagged With: business women, entrepreneur, melinda emerson, small business, smallbizlady, twitter, women entrepreneurs, Women in Business

How to Become a Successful Woman Entrepreneur

July 22, 2010 By Melinda Emerson 5 Comments

Each week as @Smallbizlady, I conduct interviews with small business experts on my weekly Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. This is excerpted from my #SmallBizChat interview with Adrianna Gardella @AdrianaGardella who is a blogger for the NewYorkTimes on women & entrepreneurship: She Owns It. Adriana is also is a BNET.com editor. She has been a senior […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat, Women in Business Tagged With: Adrianna Gardella, Melinda Emmerson, smallbusiness, women entrepreneurs, Women in Business

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