Month: September 2016
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Best Companies for Working Moms
What can companies do to help their working moms? Working Mother Magazine recently compiled a list of the 100 best companies for working families and mothers in 2016, elucidating just how much companies can do to support their workers with children.
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Why It’s Hard for Women to Enter the C-suite
There are still little to no opportunities for women in the C-suite in 2016. Men are being promoted at predominant rates and qualified women are being ignored. What’s more alarming is that although this gender disparity occurs in even the highest levels of leading companies, it’s established well before women get there.
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The Inside Scoop on Small Businesses
Yesterday, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy released an update with new comment letters, Requests for Comments (RFC) and, interestingly, new research. This new research presents an update on the state of small businesses in the increasingly competitive American marketplace.
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Why Are We Still Discussing Hillary Clinton’s Clothes?
The first of the final series of debates leading to the historic 2016 U.S. election took place last night. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump took the stage to convince the American people of their worth to lead the nation.
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Combatting Gentrification in The City by the Bay
Coming in as the seventh most expensive city in which to buy a home, according to Coldwell Banker’s Real Estate Home Listing Report, San Francisco—where the average cost of a 4-bedroom, 2-bathroom house is $1,672,100 and the median household income is $78,378—is home to a housing market that has unabashedly driven out long-time residents and…
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SBA Proposes Changes to SBIC Early Stage Program
Today the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) released proposed changes to its SBIC Early Stage Program, a feature of the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Program. SBA has proposed a number of regulatory changes that seek to broaden access to the Early Stage Program and strengthen the impact of SBIC’s on early stage small businesses.
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The Inside Scoop on Small Businesses
Yesterday, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy released an update with new comment letters, Requests for Comments (RFC) and, interestingly, new research. This new research presents an update on the state of small businesses in the increasingly competitive American marketplace.
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Think Big – It’s not the size of the opportunity!
As a professional in the housing ecosystem, it is necessary to think outside the box to succeed in your competitive field. Working with the government and competing for contracts can be a pivotal step in an entrepreneur’s story.
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Carla Harris
Vice Chairman, Global Wealth Management and Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley Appointed by President Barack Obama Chair of the National Women’s Business Council Carla Harris From Wall Street powerhouse to selling out Carnegie Hall five times, critically-acclaimed author and speaker Carla Harris is a Renaissance woman. She details her journey through the competitive professional environment and…