October, 2012

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Disabled Women Succeeding as Entrepreneurs

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Many women have found that in order to have the lifestyle they want working in the corporate world is simply too restrictive. Set hours requiring you to commute to an office, clock in and out, then ask for permission to slightly change your schedule – is simply not conducive to an active and busy life. Women with children find the regular work schedule to be even more difficult to manage.

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50 Inspiring Startup Quotes from Successful Entrepreneurs Includes Women

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NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: A number of women entrepreneurs are included in the list of 50 of the most inspiring startup quotes from successful entrepreneurs that was published on Lifed.com. However, all of the quotes are worth reading. Some of the quotes from business women are: “Having a partner definitely allows you to take more risks.” - Arianna Huffington, Co-founder, The Huffington Post. “Don’t limit yourself.

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Laws of Attraction – Attracting the People You Want

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What kind of people are you attracting? Are you attracting the kind of people you want to work with? Or the contractors you want working for you? When writing on your website, twitter, help wanted ads, whatever it may be; it’s important to write for the people you want to read it. If you have everything written in very professional language with a very professional website, those are the sort of people that will be attracted to your ad, or website etc.

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Everything you need to know about leadership, you learned in Kindergarten

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Yesterday as I watched an old episode of ‘How I Met Your Mother’ the story line was about how the kindergarten teacher enacted lessons in kindness using lessons from her Kindergarten class resonated with me. Leadership lessons at their core are taught in Kindergarten and here’s what I mean. Say Please and Thank You. When asking for cooperation, which is a key part of every entrepreneur’s life, saying please and thank you should go without saying.

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3 Things to Do Before You Hand Out Your Business Card

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NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Are you handing out business cards because it’s a habit or because you think that’s what you’re supposed to do when you meet someone new? If so, you’re wasting time, effort, and paper. Erica Nicole of YFS Magazine explains three things you should do before you hand your business card to someone so the effort benefits you and the other person: 1.

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CNN Reports Women Vote According to Their Ovulation Cycles

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You just can’t make this stuff up. According to a study reported by CNN (which has since been removed from the CNN website), women vote according to their ovulation cycles. When a women is ovulating, she is more likely to vote for the liberal candidate. Really CNN? Really study sponsors? There is nothing I could possibly write about this report that would do it justice, so I bow to the humor of Stephen Colbert whose reference to “Monty Python’s The Holy Grail” is just too

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How 1 Billion Women Will Change the Business World

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NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Referred to as the “third billion,” nearly one billion women will enter the global economy for the first time during the coming decade, and they’ll change the way the world works. That’s according to DeAnne Aguirre of Fortune who explains that these women will affect the economy as significantly as the billion-plus populations of China and India have previously.

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