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These young women disruptors are extraordinary visionaries who are impacting businesses, changing the perception of women the world over and leaving the world a better place.
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According to studies, American women currently are starting twice the number of businesses as their male counterparts. Author Julia Pimsleur believes there is a significant difference between female- and male-owned businesses and that difference is that most women are in small-business mode — and seemingly stuck there.
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Women entering the wine business are disrupting the global wine industry to make wines that are both more accessible and responsibly produced.
Oddly enough, women, however, have been traditionally excluded from the world of wine, making them more likely to create boundary-pushing wines that defy traditional categories.
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It’s clear that thanks to technology and the Internet, all businesses are becoming global. That’s what Linda Bi, President of Chicago Expert Importers (CEI) says in the Chicago Sun-Times article (6/28/15). CEI is a top importer of casting components in the mobile home/RV axle manufacturing industry.
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Out with the Year of the Galloping Horse (that’s my year by the way), and in with the Year of the Sheep, timid, with new hopes, new dreams and new aspirations. What does the Year of the Sheep have in store for women?
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As the New York Times article Binders Full of women Foreign Policy Experts states, “brilliant female foreign policy minds exist in spades — it’s just a matter of how we get them on the op-ed page and on television talking about their expertise on a level equal to men.
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Anisha Singh, Founder and CEO of MyDala.com, provides five pointers for women entrepreneurs in the making:
- Be proud to be a woman entrepreneur — stand out rather than be a part of the crowd.
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Laura Dunn, Social Media and Communications Professional, Founder and Editor of Political Style, Director of LED Media, Journalist and Author, interviews Martine Ilana, Founder of La Mer Collections. I’ve extrapolated two key points from the interview (for those pressed for time):
What advice can you offer to women who want to start their own business?
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Debra Engelhardt-Nash was named one of the “The Top 25 Women in Dentistry,” amongst other extraordinary dentists, lab technicians, and researchers and educators recognized by Dental Products Report. In addition, she is the recipient of the 2015 Gordon Christensen Award, which acknowledges top lecturers in the dental industry.
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An all-women fish-pickle unit based in Chennai-India, operated and owned by Sea Dot, a self-help group of female fish workers whose communities were shattered by the tsunami of Dec. 26, 2004, has become a way to build back lives for the women’s families after the destruction of their houses and fishing boats.
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