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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to 3 Female Activists

October 7, 2011

Tweet Women have always had the capacity to change the world, and the proof is in the decision of the Nobel Committee to award the Nobel Peace Prize to three outstanding female activists–Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Tawakkul Karman, and Leymah Gbowee. (Click on their names to read profiles on each of these amazing women.) What do [...]

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Friday Five: Small Business Info for Mompreneurs

August 5, 2011

Tweet Summer is almost over and the kiddies will soon be heading back to school. If you’re a working mother–or mompreneur–you may welcome the return to a routine. This week, we’re providing you with some helpful tips, information, and inspirational stories to help get you back in the small business swing of things: CurrentMom: We’ve [...]

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Mentoring Women Entrepreneurs from Afghanistan and Rwanda

July 13, 2011

Tweet If you had a mentor help you launch and grow your business, you know how valuable their advice and experience was to starting a business. The Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women (IEEW) understands how important mentorship is, and how hard it can be for women entrepreneurs in other countries to find the right [...]

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Friday Five: Small Business and Entrepreneur Round-Up

June 24, 2011

Tweet Here is this week’s installment of the Wild WE’s Friday Five, news and information from around the web for small business owners and women entrepreneurs: University of Dubai Entrepreneurship and Business Plan for Women Entrepreneurs:  The Middle East is not a region known for its support of women, especially professional women entrepreneurs. However, the [...]

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Women Entrepreneurs Changing Perceptions in Afghanistan

March 24, 2011

Tweet As women in America struggle with pay inequities and balancing family life with their careers, there are other women who are fighting for their lives and for basic human rights. This was especially true in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, where death could be the penalty for something as audacious as trying to get an education. The [...]

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How You Can Help Victims of the Earthquake and Tsunami

March 11, 2011

Tweet Early this morning, a devastating earthquake rocked Japan, triggering a massive tsunami resulting in thousands of deaths so far, as well as threatening the Hawaiian islands and the west coast of the United States. The videos released are horrifying, and make you feel small and helpless. But there are some things that we can [...]

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Why Women are Choosing to Become Social Entrepreneurs

February 16, 2011

Tweet When starting a business, earning a profit is obviously at the top of your list of goals (unless, of course, you are starting a non-profit). But an interesting study has found that women entrepreneurs, more than their male counterparts, tend to have an equally important goal–to be socially conscious and run their business in [...]

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Women Entrepreneurs in China Starting Small Businesses

January 27, 2011

WildWE aren’t just found in America. Women entrepreneurs in China are getting a helping hand from a government program that assists them with starting a small business.

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Google Voice: Make a Referral Week

March 12, 2010

Tweet John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing wrote a post about Make a Referral Week, which happens to be this week. In the spirit of things, I’m going to recommend Google Voice. Just in case you didn’t hear,  Google Voice lets you screen calls, takes voicemail and you can forward your  calls to your mobile, [...]

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