Women on Business

JANUARY 12, 2012

A common mistake that start-up entrepreneurs make with their online presence is trying to save money by doing it all themselves and not hiring a website designer. While this may save money in the short term, in the end you usually end up with a design that you don’t really love, and a site that doesn’t really make money for you and your business. One of the best investments you can make in your business it to hire a professional website designer to help you get your online presence off on the ri

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2012

Did you know that 99% of the employers in the United States are small businesses? Did you know that the number of women-owned businesses in the United States increased by 20% from 2002 to 2011? In other words, women small business owners are playing an incredibly important part in job creation in the United States as more and more women take control of their own careers, start their own businesses, and create jobs for more people.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 9, 2012

Post by Jane K. Stimmler , contributing Women on Business writer. It’s a new year with new opportunities. Maybe there are things you want to change about yourself, or perhaps you have a desire for change on a more global scale. Do you want to get ahead in your workplace? Change the culture of your organization? See more women rise to the top? Whatever modification you want to make will require your effort, focus and passion.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2012

I recently spoke at a women’s networking group and asked the bright and creative professionals to think about the earliest time they could remember when they spoke out for themselves. To jog their memories, I told a story about unfairness when a boy in my elementary school class was yelled at when I was the one “sneaking” in front of him in line. (You can read the whole story on the “About Sylvia” page of www.sylvialafair.com.).

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Women on Business

JANUARY 9, 2012

I was having an amazing conversation with my grown daughter who is a free spirit. She is a film maker and raw food chef who has a ton of friends and opinions about, well, just about everything. Here’s what was fascinating. When she was little, way before You Tube, she loved to listen to songs and stories by Marlo Thomas from the album “ Free to Be You and Me ”.

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