KiwiCo Founder and CEO Sandra Oh Lin deconstructs stigma and biases in STEM and discusses how her company develops its products with the future of STEM in mind.
CEO and Founder of Bold Industries Group (BIG) Leigh Burgess dives into her signature BOLD Framework from her forthcoming book Be BOLD Today.
Why it's key to find balance in your work and life and prioritize what's most important to you.
Sarah Ghabbour shares with SWAAY readers how she's servicing a unique bridal niche.
Stephanie Mitchell of 931 Beauty Co. shares with SWAAY readers how she finds balance within the beauty industry.
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Discover the crucial role of financial literacy in empowering female entrepreneurs, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to achieve financial success.
How to know when a risk is worth it, and what you can do to shift the odds in your favor when taking a calculated risk.
One of my early career lessons is that no one will value you if you don’t value yourself, and the importance of owning your value and accepting nothing less.
Bringing your company to life isn’t always champagne and fireworks, and it definitely isn’t easy. It takes long hours, hard work, and passion to make your dream a reality.
If you want to take your business to the next level, you have to invest in your team. They aren’t just part of your company—they are your company!
I love the month of June—from ushering in the official start of summer to Pride and Juneteenth celebrations filling the New York City streets with joy and community to warm weather and more time spent outdoors, it feels like a natural time to re-energize, lift the spirits, and look forward with a sense of purpose and hope.
Ungenita Prevost caught my attention due to her remarkable story of overcoming seemingly insurmountable challenges when she aged out of the US foster system, including homelessness, financial insecurity, and parental absence.
We’ve all heard it before: 7-8 hours of sleep a night is important for our health and well-being. So is rest, self-care, and eating balanced, nutritious meals, but when my to-do list is a mile long, and it seems like each time I check off one thing, I add two more, well cuts have to be made somewhere. There are, afterall, only 24 hours in a day. And all too often it’s the sleep, rest, and self-care that are first on the chopping block.
The most common fear we have is public speaking - here are some easy ways to overcome it and become a compelling public speaker
Well, here we are at the tail end of March 2023, and I can’t help but feel reflective. Yes, after several weeks of “Get it girl!!!!” and “Treat yo self queen!!!” marketing emails, you’re likely well aware that March is Women’s History Month. The fervent tone and saccharine sentiments feel at odds with the moment in which we find ourselves.
As a staunch feminist, nothing makes my blood boil more than women being denied access to education. Women deserve equal rights to men. Period. While that should be the end of the discussion, the reality is that women are still being denied this singular, fundamental, basic human right. And it frustrates me that more needs to be said. But it does, so I will.
You should know what you're risking when you give up your financial independence. When I was young, I determined I would never depend on anyone, if I could help it, for my financial wellbeing. And so, I started working as soon as I could, taking any job I could get my hands on: from delivering newspapers to babysitting to dog-walking to working at a dry cleaners.
Laura Cox Kaplan runs a small media company focused on helping women build and sustain influence in their lives and careers. Influence isn’t a topic we often focus on as it relates to career and personal development and yet it’s essential, especially as we contemplate or plan for future career evolution and pivots—both those we know about and plan for and those that tend to surprise us or that take us off guard.
Let’s do a quick thought experiment. Humor me. Close your eyes and imagine an executive at a successful business. Really picture this person in your head, and don’t filter yourself. There’s no wrong answer here, and this isn’t a test.
Women face more challenges, hurdles, and barriers in the workplace. They just do. It’s been demonstrated in study after study, decade after decade.
To survey the landscape, you would think “ambition” had become a swear word. After a decade of #girlboss #hustle, the tides seem to have turned.
In her retirement announcement, Williams makes painfully clear that this isn’t a choice she particularly wants to make; tennis is in her blood, in her heart, in her soul; it’s defined her since she was three years old; but she recognizes that a choice has to be made between tennis and building her family, because she is a woman.
It’s no secret that the pandemic plagued small business owners nationally and across all demographics with shutdowns, supply chain shortages and inflation. And while AAPI women entrepreneurs have grown significantly in the recent past, the negative impacts of the pandemic affected these women at a higher rate than their male-owned and non-minority-owned counterparts.
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