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How Women Around the World Access Small Loans to Start or GROW a Business

In the article below, this question was posed to Jane Wurwand, founder of Dermalogica, a multi-million dollar business with offices in over 50 countries around the world:

If you were counseling a young entrepreneur just starting their business today, what is the most important thing you would tell them?

The most important element is to ask yourself if this is something that you really want. You have to really, really want it. You have to be willing to endure opposition, rejection and failure. This opposition only sharpens your love, if it really is the real thing. You have to be in it for the long haul. If you …

Read the entire interview here.

The key message in article:  Women worldwide should have their own money.

So Ms. Wurwand decided, “Why not give women around the world access to small loans to start or grow their own businesses in order to gain economic stability?  Voila:  joinFITE was born!

Illustration credit here.

Posted by:  Laurel Delaney

Lessons Learned From Three Visionary Women Entrepreneurs Worldwide

Three women share their keys to global success:

  1. Georgette Moschbacher, CEO and president of Borghese, a worldwide cosmetic company.
  2. Linda Rottenberg, CEO and co-founder of Endeavor, pioneering the field of high-impact entrepreneurship, the global phenomenon of using high-growth business to transform economies.
  3. Leila Valez, co-founder and CEO of Beleza Natural, a chain of Brazilian beauty institutes and provider of hair-care products which is taking Brazil by storm.

Learn their lessons here.

Illustration credit:  Borghese

Posted by:  Laurel Delaney

Stop Wasting Human Potential: Empower a Life With a $25 Loan

Vittana (http://www.vittana.org), a 501c(3) organization is out to create a life of opportunity for those who need it most:  young people.

Our mission is to empower young people around the world with the the education and training they need to build a life of prosperity and opportunity. We partner with microfinance institutions (MFIs) throughout the developing world to create and support new student lending programs. By connecting you to students, we enable our MFI partners to raise the right kind of capital to work with more and more students. Each student that appears on our website is a real student and not marketing material. We believe the biggest waste in the world is not oil or food or any other material thing, but rather human potential.

Learn more about Vittana here.

Visit their blog here.

Want to discover how to empower women?  Get educated here.  Like what you see?  Take action.

Posted by:  Laurel Delaney

Worldly Women Entrepreneurs: Get Energized!

This article is part of the eJournal USA issue “Enterprising Women, Thriving Societies.“  I was asked by the U.S. Department of State to write the lead article, “Women Entrepreneurs Energize Economies.”

Women-owned companies are rising the fastest in the world’s emerging economies — particularly in Brazil, India, Vietnam and the Philippines. In fact, in many developing economies the rate of female entrepreneurship surpasses that in the world’s most industrialized countries, according to Joel Kotkin, a professor of urban studies at Chapman University in California.

I trust it will inspire all individuals — men and women alike — to pursue their dream of starting a business.  There’s even a section tips on how to start a business — don’t miss it!

Immediate download: PDF version (6.5 MB)

Photo credit:  Women exercise in gym in Bogota, Columbia, part of the fitness chain started by Gigiola Aycardi.

Posted by:  Laurel Delaney

She Takes It Global: Chef Bel Coelho

Chef Bel Coelho (pictured) and the restaurateur Cristiano Almeida (business partners) started Dui Restaurante in 2009.  It is a restaurant located in Brazil with an inspired but down-to-earth menu that the world enjoys.

The tasting menu ranges from 10 to 12 dishes and changes regularly.  The idea is that the guests surrender themselves to the chef’s menu and have a unique gastronomic experience.

Check out their photos and videos here.  See why they are one of the world’s 50 best restaurants.

Posted by:  Laurel Delaney

 

One Zimbabwean Woman: Crushing Rocks For a Living

Posted by:  Laurel Delaney

Ease the Environment To Bring More Women Into Entrepreneurship

How to empower women?  Declare 2013 as “Women Entrepreneurship Development Year.”  And in the case of Nepal, ease the environment to bring more women into entrepreneurship.

Minister for Industry Anil Jha said he is positive about the proposal. He said, “I am also positive about necessary amendments in policies that would ease the environment for women entrepreneurs.” Suresh Kumar Basnet, president of Nepal Chamber of Commerce (NCC) requested the government to seriously implement policies to bring more women into entrepreneurship.

Learn more here.

Illustration credit:  Federation of Woman Entrepreneurs Associations of Nepal (FWEAN)

Make a Difference For Women in Conflict-Stricken Countries

Are you running a business?  Then you might want to offer your skills to emerging entrepreneurs the world over.  Find out about the difference Bpeace (Bpeace blog) is making in our businesses and the lives of many Afghans — leading to peace building in Afghanistan.

Learn more here.

Photo credit here (related to Bpeace)

Posted by: Laurel Delaney

Be Like Steve

Photo credit: ©Laurel Delaney 2011 "Steve Jobs Collage"

Whether male or female, we can all glean lessons from the likes of the late Steve Jobs. For example:

1. Push people out of their comfort zones

“He was someone who did not read the polls, but changed the polls by giving people what he was certain they wanted and needed before they knew it; he was someone who was ready to pursue his vision in the face of long odds over multiple years; and, most of all, he was someone who earned the respect of his colleagues, not by going easy on them but by constantly pushing them out of their comfort zones and, in the process, inspiring ordinary people to do extraordinary things.”

— Thomas Friedman, New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning author

Read the eleven other ways you can be more like Steve that I cover for The World :: American Express OPEN Forum (via Small Business Trends).

12 Ways to Be Like Steve Jobs

Posted by:  Laurel Delaney

Three Women Are Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize

Photo courtesy of: Ahmed Jadallah/Scanpix

And the winners are:  Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Yemeni rights campaigner Tawakkul Karman (pictured).

All of them have been recognized by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for their “non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work.”

Congratulations to Ellen, Leymah and Tawakkul.  We are very proud of you and thank you for the important work you do on behalf of women throughout our world.

Read more here.

Photo of:  Tawakkul Karman

Posted by:  Laurel Delaney

 

 

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