‘I think there is momentum’: Wisconsin women-owned businesses in spotlight Joey Reader doesn’t stand still very long. She’s busy making sure all the details are just right at the event she’s spent the last 10 to 12 months planning. “It’s busy. It’s very fast-paced. It will be over before I know it, but it’s exciting,” Reader said during one of…
3 Questions for Coursera’s Alexandra Urban By Joshua Kim When I learned that Dr. Alexandra Urban recently completed her EdD (Doctor of Education) while working full-time at Coursera, I had to hear more. Alexandra graciously answered my questions about her graduate research, her work at Coursera, and her advice for others hoping to follow a similar career path. Q1: Tell…
3 Habits The Wealthiest People Practice Daily That Most Others Don’t By Jari Roomer I used to be broke. Dead broke. A bad gambling addiction separated me from my life savings (over $15,000) within 12 months. That’s when I decided to study how money works. I read every personal finance and investing book I could get my hands on. Fast-forward…
Female Disruptors: Priyanka Jain and Laine Bruzek of Evvy On The Three Things You Need To Shake Up Your Industry An Interview With Candice Georgiadis By Candice Georgiadis As a part of our series about women who are shaking things up in their industry, I had the pleasure of interviewing Priyanka Jain and Laine Bruzek. Priyanka is the co-founder & CEO of…
Nasdaq introduced panel to expand Latino participation on the board By Manuel Herrera Through a talk hosted by Nasdaq’s employee resource group (ERG), Adelante Nasdaq, which featured a renowned group of key Latino leaders who serve on corporate boards and help board-ready candidates find suitable positions, their respective career paths were discussed and advice was provided for the future generation…
Women in Small Business: First Woman-Owned Brewery Women in Small Business: Olive Pit Brewing’s Christine Cain opened the first 100% woman-owned brewery in Maine By Christopher Wheelock, Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine Christine Cain didn’t just wake up one morning and decide she was going to open a brewery. Rather, it was a long and convoluted journey that brought her to…
20 Powerful Women in Global Entertainment From Lagos to London, these execs are challenging the status quo, paving the way for the next generation and shaping what the world watches. By THR Staff By several metrics, 2022 has been a good year for women in the international film and TV business. UCLA’s annual Hollywood Diversity Report found the percentage of…
Succeeding in RE Development When You’re Not a Man By Nichole Whiteley Advice From Those Who Have Persevered and Succeeded We asked the five women profiled for this feature about how to succeed in the real estate development field, but much of their advice applies to any career field. The five women profiled in this feature each took different paths…
Melinda Gates Wants to Create an Alternative to Silicon Valley Billionaire Melinda French Gates wants to create an alternative to Silicon Valley: ‘To change it would be incredibly hard’ By Megan Sauer Melinda French Gates wants to shake up the tech industry, starting in Silicon Valley. The billionaire philanthropist told Fortune this week that the goal of her venture capital firm Pivotal…
How to Deal with Stress Amid Changing Workloads By Karren Brady Q) I enjoy my job, but I find it quite stressful, especially when we are busy – the workload tends to run in peaks and troughs, so sometimes we don’t have much to do and sometimes we have too much! In my annual review, the feedback my manager gave…