“Heroes never die. They live on forever in the hearts and minds of those who would follow in their footsteps.”
-Emily Potter
wegg® wishes you a meaningful and thoughtful Memorial Day 2022. We honor the brave citizens that have sacrificed for our country,
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Some of you may remember Cher’s classic song, “If I Could Turn Back Time,” one of the greatest pop songs of all time. If you could go back in time and take all your lived experiences with you – what career advice would you give to your younger self?
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULIE SMOLYANSKY RECEIVES THE INAUGURAL GAIL ADINAMIS WEGG® AWARD FOR EXEMPLARY GLOBAL LEADERSHIP™
Chicago – February 23, 2022: Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global® (wegg®)—a Chicago-based nonprofit organization with a mission to educate, inspire and nurture women business owners and entrepreneurs worldwide—announced today that Lifeway Foods CEO Julie Smolyansky is the first recipient of the Gail Adinamis wegg® Award for Exemplary Global Leadership™.
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You’re invited! Join us on Tuesday, February 22, at 4 PM CST as we announce the first recipient of the 2022 Gail Adinamis wegg® Award for Exemplary Global Leadership. This esteemed honor will be presented to an inspirational recipient who has exhibited all of the qualities of worldwide leadership and global entrepreneurship,
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wegg® is thankful to our talented team, our Board of Directors, our sponsors, our partners, our vendors, our ambitious women entrepreneurs and all our fans. Thanks to you, and despite the recent challenging times, we were able to accomplish more than most in 2021.
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Back in 2015, Jules Miller, founder of dietary supplements firm The Nue Co., was so ill that she had internal bleeding.
“I [Jules Miller] was exhausted, bloated, I wasn’t living a normal life anymore. That’s when I started to think about food,
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November 29, 2021
Our Friends:
We want to report some good news as well as a challenge requiring attention, yours and ours.
First, the good news.
According to the GEM 2020/21 Women’s Entrepreneurship Report, released last week,
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On Tuesday, November 16th GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor) will be releasing their 2020-2021 Women’s Entrepreneurship Report. This report will provide an overview of the current issues that women face in the global business arena, as well as detailing, “areas where there are still gaps,
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October 15th, 2021 was International Day of Rural Women. This day of recognition is acknowledged annually by the United Nations, and each year it has a theme. In 2021 the theme was “Rural women cultivating good food for all.”
“Improving the lives of rural women is key to fighting poverty and hunger,”
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“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far it is possible to go.”
-T.S. Eliot
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a grueling and wearisome time for everyone. When so much about a potential future post the global pandemic was uncertain for so long,
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