We’ve heard a lot of positive news lately about the rise of women – in the workforce, in corporate leadership, and in business ownership: The recent Shriver Report, entitled “A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything,” marks the soon-to-occur occasion of women comprising half of the workforce in the United States, The Center for Women’s Business Research [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Can We Do It? Yes, But When … and How?
Posted in Uncategorized, women's business development, women's enterprise development, tagged Catalyst, economic impact, Guardian Life Index, Julie Weeks, Shriver Report, The Economist, women's business development, women's empowerment, women's enterprise, Womenable on January 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Lipstick Entrepreneurs”? That’s SO Last Century
Posted in business, women's business development, women's business ownership, women's enterprise development, tagged FTSE 100, lipstick entrepreneurs, United Kingdom, women's business development, women's empowerment, women's enterprise, women-owned business on January 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The article in the UK’s Sunday Times on 3 January began in a promising manner, referring to recent reports that 2010 will usher in the decade of the woman entrepreneur: “‘A tenfold increase in the number of female CEOs in FTSE 100 companies!’, ‘Double the number of female MPs!’, ’100% growth in women-owned start-ups!’ — [...]
