http://Icanbringhomethebacon.com For Women Who Don't Leave Money On The Table Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:21:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Jessica Faye Carter has posted an excellent article on Mashable about women using social media. I personally found a lot of women are using social media effectively in their career, promoting their own brand, effecting social change and connecting to others. Jessica gives some impressive numbers: . The level of ... http://Icanbringhomethebacon.com/2010/07/19/social-media-for-women-is-more-than-girl-talk/ The Root continued their multi-city series, Young, Fabulous and Female event in NYC last week Wednesday with a night of conversation about black women and they challenges that their are facing. Sponsored by Pepsi We Inspire, the event was held at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater and was attended by ... http://Icanbringhomethebacon.com/2010/07/08/young-fabulous-and-female-in-nyc/ This is an except from a blog post written by Adelaide Lancaster, co-founder of In Good Company.     clipped from www.huffingtonpost.com In short, I am being asked: "How can we get female entrepreneurs to start those blockbuster businesses that are so often started by men?" And I get very frustrated, because in my mind ... http://Icanbringhomethebacon.com/2010/04/22/are-women/ This article was written by A.Michelle Blakeley. A.Michelle Blakeley is the Founder and CEO of Simplicity, Inc.; a progressive small business development firm. She manages her clients’ business expectations and prevents information overload via Micro Business Therapy™ and Micro Business Action Plans. She is featured in Forbes.com and the Financial ... http://Icanbringhomethebacon.com/2010/04/05/your-business-skills-have-an-expiration-date/ The panel that I created and pitched for SXSW, The Broke Diaries: Blogging and Twittering about Living on The Cheap, will be on Friday, March 12 at 2PM The panelists: Larry Chiang Duck9.com Hayes Davis CheapTweets.com Emily Farris KC FreePress Faye Penn Brokelyn.com Moderated by me (Nichelle Stephens) http://Icanbringhomethebacon.com/2010/02/24/sxsw-interactive-the-broke-diaries-on-march-12/ When it comes to professional degrees, women don't pursue MBAs. According to the article on Women's eNews, "Women clearly view business school as a more challenging and less welcoming atmosphere, however."They more often go into law or medicine. NYU and other business schools are trying to change that by offering ... http://Icanbringhomethebacon.com/2010/01/22/business-schools-sweeten-lure-for-women/ From Small Biz Daily, there's a nice article about women entrepreneurs bringing more jobs for the economy.  Here's a snippet. Writing on ForbesWoman.com, she notes, data from the Center for Women’s Business Ownership show that the 8 million women-owned businesses in the U.S. account for more than 23 million jobs—16 percent ... http://Icanbringhomethebacon.com/2010/01/07/women-bring-it/ Brokelyn interviews the founder of LearnVest Alexa Von Tobel. I am a fan of LearnVest which is a personal finance site for women. Alexa talks about how she raised a million dollars for her startup. Congrats! BTW, I am also a fan of Brokelyn blog whose founder, Faye ... http://Icanbringhomethebacon.com/2010/01/05/brokelyn-interviews-learnvests-alexa-von-tobel/ I just found out that October is Women's Small Business Month.  A new study shows that small businesses run by women are growing the economy. The benchmark study, The Economic Impact of Women-Owned Businesses in the United States, showed that women-owned companies generate some $3 trillion in revenue and employ 23 ... http://Icanbringhomethebacon.com/2009/10/09/october-is-womens-small-business-month/ Thinking of joining forces?  Nina Kaufman, of "Ask the Business Lawyer," has developed a workshop on business partnerships and is holding a preview teleseminar tomorrow, Tuesday, October 6th at 800 PM.Visit Entrepreneurial Prenup for information and registration. http://Icanbringhomethebacon.com/2009/10/05/workshoppreview-teleseminar-on-business-partnerships/