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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
Ease the Environment To Bring More Women Into Entrepreneurship
Published December 23, 2011 Country specific , Gender challenges , Inspiration 1 CommentTags: ease the environment, Federation of Woman Entrepreneurs Associations of Nepal, FWEAN, Laurel Delaney, Nepal, women entrepreneurs
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
Published December 15, 2011 Economic growth , Education , Enlighten Me! , Gender challenges , Inspiration , Social Entrepreneurship , Sustainability practices , Training (entrepreneurial) Leave a CommentTags: Afghanistan, Bpeace, emerging entrepreneurs, Laurel Delaney, make a difference for women
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
Women Have What It Takes to Start and Expand a Business Globally
Published December 7, 2011 Conference , Country specific , Gender challenges , global women entrepreneurs , International business , World entrepreneurship Leave a CommentTags: Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah Mansor, Laurel Delaney, Women in Leadership Forum in Abu Dhabi, women out to bridge gap
Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah Mansor, the wife of Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak, the prime minster of Malaysia, spoke at the Women in Leadership Forum in Abu Dhabi last month and presented data on female entrepreneurial activity. One of the questions she addressed:
“How do we transform businesses owned, or run by women, into top international companies and emerge as leaders in their respective industries?.”
Experts indicate the importance of networking while others say that obtaining managerial and technical skills along with accessing capital can also help fuel the growth of women-led companies.
Learn more here: Women Out to Bridge Gap – The National
Photo credit here.
Posted by: Laurel Delaney
Get the Global Edge
Published December 2, 2011 Education , Exporting , Global trade , How-to , International business Leave a CommentTags: global business knowledge, globalEDGE, Laurel Delaney, Michigan State University
One of the best online resources for learning about expanding a business internationally is globalEDGE™: Your source for global business knowledge.
Created by the International Business Center at Michigan State University, globalEDGE™ is a knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities.
globalEDGE™ offers self assessment tools to identify your exporting potential, guided learning modules with case studies and narration and a comprehensive list of answers to frequently asked international business questions.
Visit: globalEDGE
Posted by: Laurel Delaney
The Importance of Exhibiting at Trade Shows to Develop International Business
Published November 25, 2011 Exhibitions 1 CommentTags: develop international business, exhibit at a trade show, international trade fair, Laurel Delaney, trade shows
How to contact cross-border customers? Exhibit at or attend a trade show in your industry. It is a uniquely effective way to contact cross-border customers, especially if you have a difficult product to sell, or a product that a customer needs to actually see!
Read: Exhibiting At Trade Shows: A Powerful, Hands-On Approach
Posted by: Laurel Delaney
How She Did It: Retail Success in Singapore
Published November 17, 2011 e-commerce , global women entrepreneurs , How-to , International business , World entrepreneurship Leave a CommentTags: 77th Street, Elim Chew, Laurel Delaney, Singapore, streetwear fashion
Where in the World Are Women Rising Fastest?
Published November 8, 2011 Economic growth , Enlighten Me! , Gender challenges , global women entrepreneurs Leave a CommentTags: Forbes, global women entrepreneurs, Laurel Delaney, women entrepreneurs, women rising fastest
Where are women entrepreneurs rising fastest? Forget the advanced country of the United States! It’s Sao Paulo (related article here), Manila and Mumbai where women are leapfrogging to business ownership. What are they selling? Think simplistically: mangoes and home-made blouses.
Women in these countries are newly empowered by remarkable gains in political representation, legal rights and, especially, education. But more important, they are rising in the 21st century’s key economic strata: as business owners.
Read the entire article here.
Illustration credit: DCED
Posted by: Laurel Delaney
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Be Like Steve
Published November 3, 2011 Enlighten Me! , Innovation , Inspiration Leave a CommentTags: 12 ways to be like Steve Jobs, American Express OPEN Forum, be like Steve, Laurel Delaney, Small Business Trends, Steve Jobs
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
Best Internet Entrepreneurs in the World: Women
Published October 25, 2011 Gender challenges , global women entrepreneurs , Social Media and Network Leave a CommentTags: entrepreneurs in the digital age, Internet entrepreneurs, Laurel Delaney, Mashable
Find out why women make excellent entrepreneurs in the digital age. Part of the growth for woman-owned businesses can be attributed to:
- Sheer necessity
- Balance of career and family
- Four essential skills (listening, collaboration, communication and low risk-taking)
Read the entire article here.
Posted by: Laurel Delaney
