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Leadership

Mentoring Women Entrepreneurs from Afghanistan and Rwanda

July 13, 2011

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 kind [...]

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Small Business Advice from Yoda

May 10, 2011

When we first saw this blog, we had to chuckle. After all, who better to dispense small business advice to young Jedi–er, entrepreneurs–than wise old Yoda? The Entrepreneur’s Yoda, a.k.a Lonnie Sciambi, has some great advice for entrepreneurs, both those just starting a business and those who have been at it for a lifetime. In [...]

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5 Steps to Picking Your Second-in-Command

March 1, 2011

Women entrepreneurs know the importance of assembling an effective and intelligent team.  All businesses understand that hiring someone they can trust and rely on as their second-in-command is essential.  However, picking that second-in-command isn’t always an easy task.  Inc.com recently published an article identifying 5 steps to picking your 2IC.  The tips range from hiring [...]

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Why Women are Choosing to Become Social Entrepreneurs

February 16, 2011

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 a [...]

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Too Creative to Be a Leader?

February 7, 2011

At The Wild WE, we encourage women entrepreneurs to be creative in all aspects of starting a business. It’s key to innovation, as well as successful team building and problem solving. However, a new study about to be published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology finds that creative people tend to be less effective [...]

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Women Entrepreneurs Outpacing Men in Small Business

January 5, 2011

We know women are resourceful, smart, and successful. Just how resourceful, smart, and successful? Well, according to the Center for Women’s Business Research, the answer is very. 40% of all businesses in the US are now owned or co-owned by women. Read the rest of the article here for more interesting stats. Our favorite quote [...]

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One Year Later, How did I do?

January 2, 2011

Happy New Year Folks. If you recall from last year, to the day, I declared my 10 of 2010  list.  So how did I do? Stay healthy or else the rest of this list won’t matter. Bad allergic reaction at a party. Long story. Health is always a work in progress. Either upgrade or buy [...]

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Wild WE Helping Women as Tech Leaders

December 6, 2010

Ja-Nae Duane the author of “How to Start Your Business with $100” has an interesting blog up about 5 simple ways we can help women win as tech leaders.

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Small Business Podcast: Leaders, Change Your View

October 13, 2010

As women entrepreneurs all over the world can attest, when you start a business, you constantly face obstacles. How successful you are as a leader depends on how well you overcome them. As Ja-Naé talks about in today’s small business podcast, “Leaders, Change Your View”, all it takes is a willingness to change your perspective [...]

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Women Entrepreneurs, who designs your PowerPoints?

March 24, 2010

For women business owners, the need for excellent PowerPoint presentations while soliciting partners or customers is crucial to a successful small business. As a women entrepreneurs, we need to know our audiences before creating PowerPoints to address them. This is a crucial process for us all. Given my artistic sensibilities, I enjoy designing PowerPoints for [...]

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