Women on Business

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Do you live in one of the worst-paying states for women? In 2011, the median weekly earnings for full-time working women was $684, compared to $832 for men (see Gender Wage Gap by the Numbers for details). We also know that the gender wage gap starts immediately after college graduation , and in September 2012, Catalyst put together an interactive tool that enables anyone to learn how big the gender wage gap is in any state (see How Big Is the Gender Wage Gap in Your State?

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: The 2012 list of the top 10 women in biotech from FierceBiotech has been released and it features some amazing women who were identified through a nomination system by respected industry leaders as well as online nominations. You can find out who made the 2012 list as well as some great insights from these inspirational women below: Carrie Cox, CEO of Humacyte. “My approach has been to not really think about [being a woman in biopharma].

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Last night I learned the best business information that I have heard in quite a while from Oliff & Berridge, PLC wait for it-Intellectual Property Rights. In building our empires we are so caught up in success and growth that we don’t think about risk. After you have spent years building your brand recognition and customer base, how easy is it for someone to come along and tell you that your brand is not your own and you must immediately stop using it?

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATES: Career coaching has been growing in popularity in recent years and more people are opening their own businesses as career coaches all the time. How do you know if career coaches are actually worth the time and money you have to invest to work with them? Katherine Reynolds Lewis of CNN Money tries to answer that question. She writes: “As the industry has grown, so have concerns that some coaches don’t have the credentials or experience needed to truly help t

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Last month, I wrote about a crazy but real study published by CNN that linked ovulation cycles with women’s choices at the voting booths. In a hilarious response to that article, Slate’s Alyssa Rosenberg shares how the women of Slate voted on this Election Day. Alyssa explains, “Slate has already published its guide to how all of us planned to vote heading into Election Day, but when we arrived at the polls, many of us got our periods, or found ourselv

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