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How Female Entrepreneurs Thrive in Supportive Communities
Why Female Entrepreneurs Need a Supportive Community Building and growing a business as a female entrepreneur can be incredibly rewarding, but it also comes with its own challenges. One challenge is feelings of isolation that often accompanies entrepreneurship. This...
Setting Boundaries: the Key to Success for Female Entrepreneurs
Boundaries are like fences; they keep out what you don’t want and protect what you value. – Henry Cloud Have you ever spread yourself too thin? Female entrepreneurs juggle many roles. They are business owners, leaders, mentors, and often partners or parents. With so...
Creativity and Innovation
Creativity, as has been said, consists largely of rearranging what we know in order to find out what we do not know. Hence, to think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted. - George Kneller In the dynamic, fast-changing world...
Networking Matters
Networking Matters When was the last time you expanded your network? In the wake of the pandemic, networking has undergone quite the transformation, becoming more accessible and convenient through many online platforms. As humans, we are social beings and we thrive on...
Building a Strong Support System
Building a Strong Support System Starting and running a business can be an exhilarating and extremely rewarding experience. On the other hand, as an entrepreneur there's a great chance that you’ve felt alone and experienced challenges as a business owner. Many...
What to Think About When you are Hiring a Business Coach
I’ve always felt confident in my ability to take risks, meet the day’s challenges and manage my own world. I listen strongly to my inner compass which gives me a feeling of certainty in my decisions. And even armed with this sense of certainty and comfort around my...
Emotional Intelligence and Why it Matters in Business
Emotional Intelligence and Why it Matters in Business People's emotions are rarely put into words, far more often they are expressed through other cues. The key to intuiting another's feelings is in the ability to read nonverbal channels, tone of voice, gesture,...
Amplify your Accomplishments
Amplify your Accomplishments In the name of modesty, we sometimes hide our talents, creating missed opportunities for our organizations and for ourselves. - Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO Feeding America On the heels of International Women’s Day we are reflecting on...
Resilience as an Entrepreneur
A good half of the art of living is resilience. ― Alain de Botton As entrepreneurs working on our businesses, challenges will show up. At these times being resilient is important. You’re probably already pretty resilient. You may be one of those who quit their job...
Setting Positive Intentions for your Small Business in the New Year
It’s a new year and what an ideal time to set positive intentions for your small business! Dictionary.com has the following definition for intention: an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result. Positive intentions have proven to be very...