As Turkish Founder Gamze Cizreli Takes Her Company Public, Earthquake Relief Efforts Are Still Front Of Mind By Maggie McGrath In 2007, Turkish entrepreneur Gamze Cizreli was starting over from a divorce and in search of funding to start a new business. She’d run a successful cafe in Ankara in the 1990’s and was ready to build a bigger hospitality…
How to Build Confidence at Work By Ann Howell A few days ago, I sat across the table from a client — let’s call her Olivia — as she shared a very common work experience. In a recent team meeting, Olivia and her colleagues had been brainstorming some strategic decisions. Olivia, however, didn’t fully agree with the outcome and had…
‘The Best Advice My Mother Gave Me,’ From 10 Top Female Entrepreneurs By MeiMei Fox “The most important thing parents can do is to believe in their child,” says Margot Machol Bisnow, author of Raising an Entrepreneur: 99 Stories from Families Who Did. “Parents tell me that of course they believe in their child. But actually, they don’t. They love them, they…
5 Strategies For Building Wealth As A Business Owner By Melissa Houston As a business owner, you have a unique opportunity to build wealth and secure your financial future. However, with so many competing priorities, figuring out where to begin can take time. Building wealth as a business owner requires a strategic approach and a commitment to action. Achieving financial…
How Brandefy Founder Meg Pryde Is Democratizing The Way We Shop Beauty By Gabby Shacknai Meg Pryde was fresh out of college and working in consumer packaged goods when she discovered something shocking: a single product would end up in two different containers with two different labels, one commanding a high $40 price tag and the other, a mere $10.…
During The Great Breakup, Women Must Mentor Women In The Workplace By MeiMei Fox According to LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Co’s 2022 Women in the Workplace report, there is still a major gender gap in corporate leadership positions. Only one in four people in C-suite positions are female. To make matters worse, women leaders are leaving their positions in increasing numbers, citing…
Tips Black Women Business Owners Have for Black Female Entrepreneurs Black female entrepreneurs are leading the way in starting businesses, and the right advice and resources are key to their continued success. By Simone Johnson Black women in America share a unique experience as business owners because of the struggles they face, rooted in both systemic sexism and racism, often…
3 Must-Read Takeaways From a Conversation With Eventbrite Founder Julia Hartz The CEO of Eventbrite started working in television production before co-founding the event management platform in 2006. By ROBERT TUCHMAN This week on How Success Happens, I had the pleasure of speaking with Julia Hartz, the co-founder and CEO of Eventbrite, a global online self-service ticketing platform listed on the New York…
Power Rising: These Are The Women To Watch In 2023 By Maggie McGrath The metrics we use to determine the annual Forbes list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women are simple enough: money, media, impact and spheres of influence. However, reality is far less neat. Like any other resource, power ebbs and flows—just ask Liz Truss, who in September was on…
By Karin Eldor Five years ago, a younger Madison Utendahl wishes she had told her then exhausted, burnt out self: “It’s okay to rest.” In fact, not only is it okay to rest — it’s imperative. After experiencing peak burnout at age 27, with symptoms like brain fog, memory loss, extreme exhaustion (to the point where “no amount of espressos” would keep…
