“I am in pursuit of global reach and purpose. I’m continually asking myself… Is my work helping our world become a better place?”
-Laura Fairman, Design and Technology Lead for wegg®
Meet wegg®’s Design and Technology Lead,
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This past Wednesday, wegg® had the pleasure of hosting the Industry Segment Manager of Retail and Consumer Goods for UPS, Cristina Bandal. Bandal lead one of our free online wegginars®, which provide monthly, accessible education to women entrepreneurs everywhere. Bandal’s talk covered how to overcome the obstacles that people face when trying to sell their products to the global market.
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A recent Wall Street Journal article reports that, “Girlboss, a media company targeting women entrepreneurs, plans to introduce a paid, professional social-networking site called Girlboss Collective in January.” This new platform will be structured for the ever evolving career paths of millennial women,
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In Michelle Martin’s recent Forbes article, “How Mastercard Could Close A $300 Billion Credit Gap For Women Entrepreneurs,” she reports,
“As of 2017, 70% of women-owned MSMEs [micro, small and medium-sized enterprises] in the developing world lack access to adequate financing,
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Think your business is too small for globalization? If so, change your attitude because according to Jeremy Melis, Director of Small Business Marketing at UPS, size doesn’t matter.
“The world’s electronic commerce system has transformed retailers into e-tailers,
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In the video above Julia Knight, founder of Julia Knight Collection, talks about how to make the ordinary extraordinary. In her WEGGinar™, she discusses what led her to start her business and grow it global.
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There are some who dream of starting a business and others who dare to do it and that’s Julia. In her case, she aspired to be a great hostess but instead created an artful collection — bowls, platters, trays, cake stands,
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Mary Dillon (pictured), who runs Ulta Beauty, a place where women can get all their beauty needs met, is bucking a trend. Where many big name retailers are closing locations, the beauty retailer recently opened its 900th location, more than double the number five years ago.
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I wrote about 32-year old Sophia Amoruso (pictured above), founder of Nasty Gal, in my book, “Exporting: The Definitive Guide to Selling Abroad Profitably.” Back then (2012), Nasty Gal made about $100 million in revenues. She has become a fashion phenom by overseeing a nascent but growing e-commerce site,
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