Here’s a thoughtful piece written by Jennifer Yip (search by her name) who is a consultant for the World Bank Group’s Doing Business team. Opening passage:
At an age when mothers admonish their children to finish their brussels sprouts,
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You have a business but do you have and are you communicating a vision about taking it global? According to Herminia Ibarra, professor of organizational behavior at INSEAD who conducted a recent groundbreaking study of executive leadership and gender:
Vision is generally believed to be the most critical leadership component and perhaps the main factor separating manager from leader.
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TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), founded in Silicon Valley in 1992 by entrepreneurs and professionals with roots in the Indus region, announced the launch of India’s first women’s entrepreneurship platform called TiE Stree Shakti (TSS).
TSS is a forum for women entrepreneurs to create trust-based partnerships through active networks.
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A study conducted for the Foundation of Canadian Women Entrepreneurs* by Vancouver-based Service-Growth Consultants, Inc. shed light on six tips to help women entrepreneurs export:
1. Be realistic.
2. Stay focused and plan ahead.
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Interesting post by Sarah Iqbal on gender over at the PSD Blog – The World Bank Group. She attempts to answer the complex question: Why don’t women rule the world?
Find out Sarah’s answer here.
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I think that one of the best things that we from the developed world can do for the poor is to help cultivate an entrepreneurial environment for them.
That’s what Moses Lee says over at the NextBillion.net in his entry Are the Poor Really Entrepreneurial?
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What does it take to make a successful female entrepreneur in the developing world? If any entity can come up with an answer, it is The World Bank and part of the solution is that women need a relatively effective way to save money.
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Meet the bold, the fearless and the restless (and that includes YOU!). Women-owned firms comprise forty percent of all firms in the United States, according to the Center for Women’s Business Research. They have implemented imaginative strategies to launch and expand their businesses,
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A recently released UPS Business Monitor United States survey (download the full report) finds that small business owners continue to be optimistic about their company’s financial future despite the lousy condition of the economy. According to the poll,
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Saturday, at Davos, was devoted to bringing rights of women to the main stage — finally. Read more here. And catch The Girl Effect on the right sidebar of our blog under the “Take A Look”
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