It’s that time of year when you reflect on your accomplishments, celebrate your successes, and plan a path for the future. One thing we all need as we delve into 2017 with our global dream is a healthy dose of inspiration.
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After realizing that not one company or person in Australia had come up with a good alternative to cosmetics marked by harsh chemicals and a poor reputation on animal cruelty, Kester Black founder Anna Ross started working with a chemist to develop a line of vegan,
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What helps women entrepreneurs globally scale their businesses? It takes more than merely overcoming obstacles. It takes certain behaviors such as thinking big, being bold, building a public profile, and evaluating financing for expansion, to name just a few. Sound simple?
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Alison Larson (pictured), founder of World Blazer Consulting, knows how to sell a brand successfully overseas. The proof lies in the history of her professional career. She spent more than 23 years developing global business for such esteemed companies as Carter’s and OshKosh B’Gosh.
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Mariachi is a folkloric tradition as macho as it is Mexican. Eight years ago (2008), Mireya Ramos and Shae Fiol sought to up-end convention and founded Mariachi Flor de Toloache, New York City’s first and only all-female mariachi band. With their bandmates Julie Acosta and Eunice Aparicio,
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Perfect timing. Considering the current political firestorm taking place between USA presidential candidates Trump and Clinton, here’s a different twist. Julie Smolyansky (pictured), the C.E.O. of Lifeway Foods, recalls the moment that fueled her drive to prove critics wrong when her father suddenly had a heart attack and passed away in 2002.
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Our Coalition Partner, Women Impacting Public Policy, talks about ten things our U.S. presidential candidates need to know about women entrepreneurs. We could not agree more with one of their points:
Women business owners seek markets beyond US borders.
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SheEO founder Vicki Saunders (pictured below) is out to change the world for the better and her first step is to disrupt the traditional model of funding and investment for female entrepreneurs.
“In general,
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Women are leading the charge in taking their businesses global and the United States is a frontrunner with other nations following suit.
Our friend and colleague Rieva Lesonsky, CEO and cofounder, GrowBiz Media says:
I’ve [Rieva Lesonky] seen this firsthand over the past three years as I traveled to Brazil,
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A survey of Asia-Pacific women entrepreneurs has found that “while confidence and bold growth plans are trademarks of the region’s female business owners, they face some behavioral barriers to successfully scaling their operations.”
The survey was conducted as part of the EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women™ (EWW) Asia-Pacific program,
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