Tag: Women Entrepreneurs

  • Best Companies for Working Moms

    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.

  • NAWRB Adds Three New Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Council Members

    NAWRB Adds Three New Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Council Members

    The National Association of Women in Real Estate Businesses (NAWRB) is proud to announce their newest Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Council (NDILC) members Min Alexander, Senior Vice President of Real Estate Services, Altisource; Tami Bonnell, CEO, EXIT Realty Corp. International; and Melanie Gass, Senior Partner Channel Marketing Manager SMB&D, US SMB Business Development, Microsoft.

  • Top 5 Characteristics of Highly Successful Women

    Top 5 Characteristics of Highly Successful Women

    In today’s world, success can be defined by the number of years you have been married, the position you hold in your company, the size of your bank account or the house that you own. While each woman may define success differently, there is no denying that successful women over the world have similar characteristics…

  • Most Wealthy Women are Entrepreneurs

    Most Wealthy Women are Entrepreneurs

    The Global Wealth 2016 report from the Boston Consulting Group reveals that 30 percent of private wealth in the world belongs to self-made women. According to the study, of women with a private net worth of at least $100,000, 44 percent were entrepreneurs or employees who had earned their wealth outside of work.

  • Hillary Clinton: Making History for Women

    Hillary Clinton: Making History for Women

    Having won the Democratic nomination after her victory in the California primaries on Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton is the first woman to represent a major political party in an American presidential race. An incredible achievement for any person, Clinton’s nomination is especially exceptional due to the disparities, prejudices and misguided stereotypes against women.

  • What Do You Want to Know about Women?

    What Do You Want to Know about Women?

    Today, the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC) announced their largest research portfolio to date, for which they are soliciting proposals for nine new research projects. As a non-partisan federal advisory council that advises the President, Congress and the U.S. Small Business Administration on economic issues concerning women business owners, the NWBC is doing its part…

  • Boardroom Diversity: Myth or Reality?

    Boardroom Diversity: Myth or Reality?

    Last year, our article, Women in Boardrooms: Ethical and Profitable, detailed the successes and failures of women’s inclusion in boardrooms across the world. Largely underrepresented in the executive offices of top American companies, women face pervasive obstacles when trying to get a seat at the table despite the fact that diverse boards consistently outperform male-dominated…

  • NAWRB Launches Women’s Global Resource Center

    NAWRB Launches Women’s Global Resource Center

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 12, 2016 The National Association of Women in Real Estate Businesses (NAWRB) is proud to present the NAWRB Women’s Global Resource Center. The NAWRB Women’s Global Resource Center provides a women’s depository for vendors and clients to grow their diverse spend and increase women’s employment at all levels.

  • Resources for Mom-Owned Businesses

    Resources for Mom-Owned Businesses

    With Mother’s Day around the corner, it is important to consider mothers and their businesses. Are you aware that in the U.S., more than 1 in 4 families with children under the age of 18 are headed by a single parent, and more than 3 out of 4 single parent families are headed by a…

  • SBA, NWBC, Microsoft, NAWRB: Small Business Week

    SBA, NWBC, Microsoft, NAWRB: Small Business Week

    National Small Business Week is in full swing and the Small Business Administration (SBA), National Women’s Business Center (NWBC), Microsoft and NAWRB are doing our part to promote and recognize our nation’s small businesses.