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Ease the Environment To Bring More Women Into Entrepreneurship

Published December 23, 2011 Country specific , Gender challenges , Inspiration Leave a Comment
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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)

Where in the World Are Women Rising Fastest?

Published November 8, 2011 Economic growth , Enlighten Me! , Gender challenges , global women entrepreneurs Leave a Comment
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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

How To Build Entrepreneurship Abroad

Published May 9, 2011 Economic growth , Gender challenges , global women entrepreneurs , World entrepreneurship 1 Comment
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Lorraine Hariton (pictured) has more than 25 years of experience in the information technology sector in Silicon Valley.

From 2003 to 2005, Hariton served as President and CEO of Apptera. She served as the CEO of Beatnik from 1999 to 2002. She also spent 15 years at IBM serving in a number of executive capacities. Hariton is Chairman Emeritus of the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Executives. She has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Mathematical Sciences from Stanford University.

Hariton is Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs, Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State.

The mission of the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs (www.state.gov/e/eeb; EEB) is to promote economic security and prosperity in the United States and abroad.

Learn what Hariton’s goals are for women worldwide and the opportunities she hopes to afford them here.

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Posted by:  Laurel Delaney

Honoring Moms and Women Entrepreneurs the World Over

Published May 3, 2011 Economic growth , Enlighten Me! , Finance , global women entrepreneurs , Inspiration , World entrepreneurship 1 Comment
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What a great time to make a difference in our world for women entrepreneurs!

joinFITE.org (Financial Independence Through Entrepreneurship) is a new microlending website powered by Kiva.org to benefit women entrepreneurs in low income areas of the U.S. and 56 other countries.   joinFITE is providing small loans to help at least 25,000 women to start or grow their businesses worldwide, and in turn, provide jobs for others in their community.  The really beautiful thing about joinFITE is that ordinary citizens all over the world can help give a woman a hand up simply through a minimal donation and the click of a mouse.

Read the entire article here.

Do a gift today in honor of your Mother or a woman you know in a remote part of the world who needs a small amount of working capital to keep her business idea going.  Start a global women entrepreneurial revolution!

And Happy Mother’s Day!  Happy Global Women Entrepreneur’s Day!

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Posted by:  Laurel Delaney

Qatar International Business Women Forum

Published February 28, 2011 Conference , Country specific , Event , Training (entrepreneurial) 3 Comments
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The Qatar International Business Women Forum was launched last year at the Sheraton Doha Hotel and Resorts with the attendance of over 500 top officials, business women leaders and experts from Qatar and other Gulf and Arab countries.

The Forum included six panels in addition to the opening that discussed the following topics:

  • Role of Women in Business and Investment: A Comparison between the Arab World and the West.
  • Coaching Women to Take Over Leadership in Business and Develop a Strong Image.
  • Women in Corporate Life: Bridging the Credibility Gap.
  • Women in Family Business: What role for women in family-owned enterprises?
  • Women Entrepreneurs.
  • Role of Businesswomen Organizations and Networks.

To learn more about the Forum and get involved, visit here.

Illustration credit here.

Posted by:  Laurel Delaney

Re-Imagine Your Business, Local or Global

Published January 13, 2011 Enlighten Me! , global women entrepreneurs , Inspiration Leave a Comment
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Hub of Debate: Women’s Forum

Published October 30, 2010 Economic growth , Education , Event , Gender challenges , global women entrepreneurs , Research , World entrepreneurship Leave a Comment
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The 6th edition of the Women’s Forum Global Meeting was held October 13-15 in Deauville, France under the theme “Change:  Make It Happen.”

The forum focused on five questions of change in politics, the economy, the environment, global health and women’s leadership.  Specifics are as follows:

1.  Change in politics: How to think and act collectively in a world of mistrust?
2.  Change in the economy: What do we need now for true innovation?
3.  Change in the environment: How to make the green economy a killer app for business and a reality for all?
4.  Change in global health: How to combat malnutrition?
5.  Change through the woman factor: Pushing the boundaries, yet how far?

Learn more and get involved here.  Sign up for newsletter here.

Additional related resources:

The 2010 Women Matter report by McKinsey & Company confirms that women are still under-represented at board level.

The BBC World Debate from the Women’s Forum on “How to feed the world better.”

CEO Champions commit to action and accountability at Women’s Forum for Economy and Society.  More than 20 CEOs outline specific leadership actions towards progress on women’s advancement.

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Posted by:  Laurel Delaney

Women Are the Key to Establishing Strong Communities Worldwide

Published May 27, 2010 Economic growth , Education , Research , Social Entrepreneurship Leave a Comment
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According to studies published by the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and the World Bank, women are the key stakeholders for establishing strong, stable communities.

As such, their companies and countries in turn make important global partners in creating efficient and functioning economies. Unfortunately, when it comes to developing these emerging markets, women are often ignored or treated as aid recipients, excluded from the actual process of product and service development. It is rare that we stop to ask those in need how they would solve their problems.

Read the entire article here.

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Posted by:  Laurel Delaney

Women Rock’n the World

Published March 29, 2010 Enlighten Me! , Inspiration , International business , Leadership , World entrepreneurship Leave a Comment
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According to MyStartupBizCoach.com, the following women entrepreneurs are rock’n the Internet and the world with their powerful education and leadership and empowering other women to start and build businesses.  From the looks of their company websites, they most certainly know how to sell themselves and their products and services in the global marketplace.  Let’s take a look.

1.  Anne McKevitt (pictured)

Referred to as the “Martha Stewart” of the U.K.

2.  Ali Brown

Ali Brown’s products and programs are first-class and jam-packed with life-shifting information and tools.

3.  Fabienne Fredrickson

Fabienne Fredrickson is the creator of the Client Attraction System, a product that came about as a result of the “3am Sweats” over worrying about how to get more clients so she could pay her bills.

4.  Kendall Summerhaw

Kendall Summerhaw has designed her business around her life, not the other way around. Today, Kendall works just 4 days a week and purposefully enjoys between 8 and 10 weeks of time off every year – yet generates multiple 7-figures in revenue.

5.  Lisa Sasevich

Lisa Sasevich jumped her profits from the low 6-figures to over $2 million in 2009 – during one of the toughest economic crisis in history. How did she do it?

6.  Sheri McConnell

A millionaire mompreneur, and mom of 4, Sheri built her 7-figure business teaching what few, if any, women entrepreneurs do – building instant credibility and clients through the creation of professional associations.

7.  Bernadette Doyle

Bernadette is a single mom from the U.K. and built a 7-figure business working only 3 days a week.

8.  Tracy Woolley

Tracy is passionate about life and is living her dream through her photography.

9.  Suzanne Evans

Suzanne has created the Help More People System which is a step-by-step, 24-week training program to show you how to grow your business by infusing it with your unique purpose.

10.  Sarah Prout

Sarah Prout is an award-winning entrepreneur, the founder of Sprout Publishing and the creator of the Twitter Success Blueprint.

Learn more about all these amazing women here.

Posted by:  Laurel Delaney

How Women Entrepreneurs Fare Worldwide

Published January 31, 2010 Education , Research , World entrepreneurship 1 Comment
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Why study women entrepreneurs worldwide?  It sheds light on wealth creation, employment choices, human capital, labor market dynamics, family dynamics, employment, business creation and world peace says Maria Minniti, holder of the Bobby B. Lyle Chair in Entrepreneurship at SMU’s Cox School of Business.  She takes stock of what has been learned so far about female entrepreneurship, and what more needs to be done.

The study of women entrepreneurs reveals new trends. Over the period 1975-1995, female self-employment grew by 60% compared to only a 20% increase for men. Recent data from the Center for Women’s Business Research showed that, between 1997 and 2002, women in the United States have formed new businesses at twice the national rate. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) project, a program of study about entrepreneurs world-wide, has shown a significant amount of female startup activity around the globe.

Read more about Professor Minniti’s comprehensive paper here.

Posted by:  Laurel Delaney

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