Just about everyone knows this tough fact: employed women earn less than men—about 80 cents for every dollar. That’s one reason many women start a small business or become self-employed. After all, when you can set your own fees, you’ll make the same as men, right? Not so fast. Here’s a disappointing finding: self-employed women …
6 Ways to Finally Clean Up Your Small Business
It’s “Earth Week,” so it’s time to talk about how you can help protect the environment in your small business. In particular, what are you going to do with all that tech trash you have? If you own a small business, you probably create a whole bunch of tech waste. Look around. I bet you …
How to Lower Your Small Business Taxes
My CPA emailed me Friday night, letting me know the taxes I’ll have to pay on my small business income. Gulp—those number are high! (Note to CPAs—wait til Monday to clobber small business clients with bad news…let us enjoy our weekends.) Is it because I had a banner year? Nope, my income was down. How …
Teaching Creatives Business Without Driving Them Crazy
Not every student you teach is a business student. Or an engineering student. Or motivated by making money. Many of your…
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The Surprising Topic Business Students Expect You to Teach
Earlier this year, I was asked to speak to the capstone class of an MBA program. During the course of our conversation, I mentioned…
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Women Business Owners: Time to Stick Together
What if you wanted an easy way to help women business owners succeed? If when you went to buy something or hire someone…
You Won’t Guess the Biggest Girls Business Training Program
Can you guess the number one entrepreneurial training program for girls in the United States? Surprise! It’s the Girl Scouts. National Girl…
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11 Best Startup Competitions
Startup competition season peaks in the spring and there are hundreds of business plan competitions sponsored throughout the…
Shutdown Hurt Your Small Biz?
No one is paying small businesses back. The federal government shutdown may be over—at least temporarily—and some government…
