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Future women leaders can build confidence and credibility through education, outside work experience and early encouragement to pursue leadership opportunities. Every family business founded or led Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Interviewee: Susan Laverick
(This article is part of America’s Entrepreneurs , a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX, Entrepreneur and Innovation Exchange .) Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Kerry Hannon
Ambition, strong networks and an awareness of bias can help women build credibility and take greater control of their path to family business leadership. If you're reading this article, you may want Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Dr. Susan Laverick and Elizabeth Bagnall
Bernette Dawson explains how outside advice helped Made Organics grow while showing why founders still need confidence in their own judgment. Bernette Dawson named her line of skin care products Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Interviewee: Bernette Dawson
Vulnerable women living in Colombia are earning money and improving their lives through jewelry-making, thanks to Artyfactos. The company has found markets for the women's creations in the US and Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Despite accounting for more than half of the US population, women are sorely underrepresented in the world of startups and entrepreneurship. A Harvard study notes that less than 40% of business Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Karen Brown
Meghan Sharkus of ExpressionMed, the eFest2018 grand prize winner, has made it her mission to make life more fun and fashionable for diabetics who must wear insulin devices every day. The colorful Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: James Beal
Women have become a powerful part of the global economy, but many college and university entrepreneurship programs are not attracting them. In this interview with EIX's Kim Eddleston, professors Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Since its incorporation in 2015, the social venture and social benefit corporation Fair Anita has operated profitably while helping about 8,000 survivors of sexual and domestic abuse worldwide to Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: James Beal
The #MeToo era has created new challenges for entrepreneurs and startups. Cautionary tales abound of startups whose hard-partying culture resulted in sexual harassment, hostile work environments and Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston