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Season’s Greetings From Women Entrepreneurs GROW Global!
Published December 28, 2011 Miscellaneous Leave a CommentTags: happy holidays, hope and promise in 2012, Laurel Delaney, Season's Greetings, women entrepreneurs grow global
Wishing you a Happy Holiday season
The Battle of the Sexes in Our New World of Work
Published June 13, 2010 Economic growth , Education , Enlighten Me! , Miscellaneous , Research Leave a CommentTags: battle of the sexes, Hanna Rosin, Laurel Delaney, The Atlantic, The end of men
This article, “The End of Men,” by Hanna Rosin published in The Atlantic has absolutely nothing to do with exporting or taking a business global but it does offer an interesting report on the unprecedented role reversal now under way (e.g., earlier this year, women became the majority of the workforce for the first time in U.S. history— and its vast cultural consequences on a worldwide basis.
Read the entire article here. The comments are worth noting too.
Photo: Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs in their famous “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match (1973)
Posted by: Laurel Delaney
Hello World, It’s Icy Cold in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Published February 7, 2010 Inspiration , Miscellaneous , Photos (magnificent) , Seasonal 1 CommentTags: Chicago, hello world, icy cold, Laurel Delaney
Thought you would appreciate these stunning photos I captured today at the lakefront in Rogers Park (seven miles North of downtown Chicago), Illinois, U.S.A. As cold as it is today (upper 20s), with the sun shining bright, it makes for a magnificent day to take a crisp walk, ice skate or downhill ski.
Wherever you are in the world, we say “hello” and hope you are enjoying your weekend. Back with you soon.
Photo credit: Laurel Delaney. Posted by: Laurel Delaney
Homepreneurs See Global In Their Future
Published October 26, 2009 International business , Miscellaneous , Research , World entrepreneurship Leave a Comment
BusinessWeek’s recent article The Rise of the Homepreneur highlights the increasingly important role that home-based businesses play in the US economy. The article references an Emergent Research study on homepreneurs, which is based on data from the Network Solutions Small Business Success Index (SBSI) .
If you’re a home-based business, you’re not alone. Home-based businesses account for over half of all US businesses. And more importantly, these home-based businesses as a sector employ more people than the venture-backed industry, including firms like Microsoft, Intel and Google.
For all you globetrotters, take note: Homepreneurs’ influence doesn’t stop at the US border. Digging through additional data from the SBSI survey, we found that US home-based businesses increasingly see global as the way of the future. In fact, 35% of all homepreneurs (entrepreneurs whose home-based businesses contribute at least half of their total household income) see their industry becoming more global. Outsourcing production and reaching new markets are two reasons that small businesses – both home-based and non-home based – give for broadening their scope to the international marketplace.
Posted by: Carolyn Ockels
A Perfect Place for Women to Get Started In Global Trade
Published May 25, 2009 Education , Global trade , International business , Miscellaneous Leave a CommentTags: getting started in global trade, Laurel Delaney, Organization of Women in International Trade, OWIT, women entrepreneurs
Fostering international trade and the advancement of women around the world, the Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT), has been around for nearly 20 years. If you haven’t heard about them (get out from under that rock!) and wish to learn more, visit here.
Posted by: Laurel Delaney
