Women in Business


Recent Women in Business Articles

Make Room For Tech's Fastest Growing Minority

This group is uniquely positioned to provide an endless pool of talent, innovation, and insight to start-ups in the United States. This is where you come in.  Read more

Is Your Business Going to the Dogs?

Studies show that having dogs in the workplace reduce stress and increase satisfaction. Here are three things that workplaces that allow dogs do well.  Read more

Women Leaders: Stop Trying to Lead Like a Man

To be a true leader, you must establish trust and build bonds with your employees, says Simon Sinek.  Read more

This New Rule Means More Government Contracts for Women

The government just eliminated a cap on contracts for women-owned small businesses. Here's what the change could mean for your business.  Read more

Why You Should Hate This W-Word

The word 'wait' can be destructive to a growing business. Here's why.  Read more

Got Bullies? Here's How to Deal With Them

Bullies are not one size fits all. What kind of bully do you have in your office?  Read more

Nail Your Company About Us Page: 5 Tips

Create an About Us page that is the customer seeking powerhouse that it should be. Here are five things you can do now.  Read more

You Promised! Now Kick Unsubscribes to the Curb

How do you keep customers loving your business and engaged in your content? Deliver on your promises--or else.  Read more

3 Content Tools Every Business Needs

These three content marketing tools allow you to be timely, efficient, and effective with your content.  Read more

Rebecca Minkoff: Inspiration Is Closer Than You Think

Here's how the fashion designer uses social media to stay close to customers.  Read more

How Virgin Atlantic's Marketing Nails It

Virgin Atlantic is a small airline with a big personality. This is how it lures customers from the big guys.  Read more

Sheryl Sandberg's Book Should Be Named Stand Tall

Entrepreneur Vanessa Merit Nornberg explains what's wrong with the Lean In women's leadership initiative.  Read more

10 Questions for Barbara Corcoran

The famed entrepreneur reveals the biggest business myth and what her personal theme song is.  Read more

Tiger's New Nike Ad...Too Soon?

The new Nike ad proclaims "Winning Takes Care of Everything." But does it? Is this ad too much, too soon?  Read more

Make Your Website Rock: 3 Tools

These three tools will help you get more more subscribers, better engagement, more useful content on your website.  Read more

Just Say No to Micromanaging

Micromanagement could have a huge long- and short-term negative impact on your ability to be effective as a manager.  Read more

Making Tough Decisions: What I've Learned

An entrepreneur talks about tough choices, saying no, and embracing change.  Read more

Customer Inertia: How to Get Past It

Getting customers to try a new product or service can be a challenge. Here's how to get them on board.  Read more

How to Be Best in Show at SXSW

With so many companies clawing for attention at conferences, here's how some managed to stand out from the crowd at SXSW.  Read more

The Deadly Cost of a B-Player

Here's how mediocre employees can take down a business. Don't let it happen to you.  Read more

3 Tips for Women Who Want To Lead

Women who want to lead have their work cut out for them. Here's how to fight unhelpful expectations--and keep your own standards firmly in place.  Read more

Rewrite That Boring Job Description

Want to attract the A-players to work for your business? Here's what needs to be in the job description.  Read more

VC Kay Koplovitz: 'Tell Them How You're Going to Make Them Money'

What will help women founders seeking start-up financing? A focus on the investor return.  Read more

Help Your Employees Get More Done

If you want happy employees, then help them do their jobs faster and better. Here's how.  Read more

Why I Feel Sorry for Marissa Mayer's Baby

What sort of message is the Yahoo CEO sending to her employees -- and to the future workforce?  Read more

Bringing in Stars, and Letting Them Shine

It's not easy for me to delegate, but our company needs a seasoned manager. What I've learned.  Read more

What Richard Branson Could Teach Marissa Mayer

The hardest-working, top-performing people are also the ones who need the most flexibility.  Read more

Stellar Customer Experience: 4 Tips

Take a cue from other businesses that have excellent customer service and learn to incorporate those strategies into your business.  Read more

Robin Chase: How I Survived a Huge Screw-up

When the Zipcar founder miscalculated her prices, there was only one way to salvage the situation: come clean to customers.  Read more

How to Flunk a Job Interview

These common mistakes will ruin your chances of getting just about any job.  Read more

What Sheryl Sandberg's New Book Means for Women Entrepreneurs

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg wants to start a revolution for women in the workplace. Inc. editor-at-large Leigh Buchanan explores the implications for women ...  Read more

4 Reasons You'll Fail at Entrepreneurship

If you're starting your own business for these four reasons don't do it.  Read more

Bobbi Brown: Always Keep Your Eyes Open

Before she built a beauty empire, Bobbi Brown gleaned business instincts from her Cadillac-selling grandfather.  Read more

Photos Are Social Media Gold

Here are five ways to use images to grow your follower base on social media.  Read more

What Women Entrepreneurs Need Most 

The co-founder of Gilt Groupe says the difference between male entrepreneurs and female ones comes down to something men get that women don't.  Watch video