Women in Business


Recent Women in Business Articles

Fashion Entrepreneurs Capitalizing on High-End Rentals

Companies that offer designer duds for rent are the saving grace of fashion-forward women who can't afford such upmarket tastes in the recession.  Read more

The Way I Work: Kathy Ireland

Former supermodel Kathy Ireland founded a little company to make products for “busy moms” like herself. Now, with revenue of $1.4 billion, she’s busier...  Read more

A Non-Profit Trains Disadvantaged Entrepreneurs

Growing up in Ethiopia, Alfa Demmellash had no idea she would one day start a non-profit that trains entrepreneurs in low-income areas.  Read more

Global Entrepreneurship Week Kicks Off

Thom Ruhe from the Kauffman Foundation talks about Global Entrepreneurship Week, which will be marked by more than 25,000 events worldwide.  Read more

SBA Offers Training to Female Entrepreneurs

The online training course is part of a government-wide initiative to help women-owned businesses win federal contracts.  Read more

Bobbi Brown on Work-Life Balance at a Start-up

Just because you're busy doesn't mean you can afford to ignore your physical and emotional well-being.  Read more

30 Under 30 2009: ModCloth - Susan Gregg Koger, Eric Koger

Susan Gregg Koger and Eric Koger took a love of vintage clothing and some tech know-how and built a popular online retail site. The husband-wife team is expe...  Read more

A Flickr Founder's New Website

Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake has launched a new site that helps users make decisions. Now, experts weigh in with the best ways to sell it  Read more

How to Start and Run a Business: Advice for Women

A look at business opportunities for women, plus loans and grants that are available to women-run companies.  Read more

How to Start a Beauty Company

If you have smarts, style, and nerve, then Maureen Kelly of Tarte Cosmetics says that you could hit it big  Read more

How to Start an Aerospace Company

Just seal yourself and your partner in a bubble for two years, then work your NASA contacts, says Jane Poynter of Paragon Space Development  Read more

How I Did It: Margot Fraser

Margot Fraser, the founder of Birkenstock, USA, recalls 40 years of peace, love, and clunky sandals  Read more

War of the Sexes

A recent survey indicates firms led by men are outperforming those led by women.  Read more

The Way I Work: Essie Weingarten, of Essie Cosmetics

"God gave me an innate ability to pick colors."  Read more

Recession Closing the Sex Gap in the Workforce?

Women are on the brink of surpassing men as the majority of the workforce.  Read more

Entrepreneur of the Year: What Alison Schuback Wants

Her life was changed forever by a speeding car. From now on -- with her independence growing, her family close, and her business moving forward -- the chang...  Read more

How I Did It: Restaurateur Barbara Lynch

Fake it till you make it, then make it big.  Read more

How I Did It: Barbara Lynch 

They say it can be the hardest business in the world. So what does it take to really succeed in the restaurant industry? Senior editor Rick Schine explain...  Watch video

Grrrrl Power - Top 10 Women-Run Businesses

Grrrrl Power, inc5000 Article - These audacious females lead the fastest growing, women-owned businesses in America.  Read more

Turning Point 

Every entrepreneur has an experience that puts them on a new course and ultimately proves instrumental in their success. For Michelle Tjelmeland, founder ...  Watch video

How I Did It: Bobbi Brown, Founder and CEO, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics

In New York in the excessive 1980s, Bobbi Brown made it big by pushing moderation. She became makeup artist to the stars by introducing a palette of natural ...  Read more

The Way I Work: Kim Kleeman of ShakespeareSquared

Her business wants more (and more) of her time. Is the CEO of ShakespeareSquared going to give in? Let's just say that her BlackBerry sleeps in the car.  Read more

How to Create a Winning Lemonade Stand 

Our 2006 Grand Prize Winner, Siena Jeakle offers tips for creating a winning lemonade stand. She created the stand, which sells pink lemonade, in memory o...  Watch video

Ask Barbara Corcoran

Barbara Corcoran's tips on gaining media exposure.  Read more

Storytime: Barefoot Books at the Inc. 500 

In an industry dominated by chain stores, Barefoot Books has thrived by avoiding them. Nancy Traversy explains the success of her publishing company.   Watch video

In Memoriam [Audio] 

From the founders of K2 skis to the woman who invented tortilla chips, we lost a number of great entrepreneurs in 2006. Executive editor Mike Hofman takes...  Watch video

Survival Story 

Inc. Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year Ping Fu discusses her software firm Geomagic. Having survived Chinese prisons, she came to America and built Geomag...  Watch video

Do You Believe In Angels? 

Laura Roden, Managing Director of The Angels' Forum, discusses angel investing and other issues facing entrepreneurs.   Watch video

Women Managing Women

Just because a woman business owner hires other women doesn't mean everyone will magically get along. Here are a few of the more common problems women encoun...  Read more

Deb Weidenhamer, Auction Systems 

On a fortuitous plane Deb Weidenhamer met an 81 year-old auctioneer, and became convinced it held more for her than her mergers and acquisitions work. Mon...  Watch video

Entrepreneur of the Year: Ping Fu

She came to this country by way of a Chinese prison, but that's the past, and the future holds a tantalizing promise of smarter, cheaper manufacturing and be...  Read more