Women in Business


Recent Women in Business Articles

This Is Crazy: Research Urges Workplace Flirting

A new study out of UC Berkeley sounds like it's straight out of the 1950s--suggesting women use their "charms" when negotiating. And it's not kidding.  Read more

3 Tools That Make Busywork Suck Less

There are lots of apps and software that make administrative work a little easier. Here are three that rise above the crowd.  Read more

Why You Need to Tell Stories

Using stories to describe your product helps employees, customers, and press understand how it works in the real world, not in a presentation deck.  Read more

Women Executives: Key to Start-up Success?

New research shows that start-ups with female executives are more likely to succeed than those with all-male leadership teams.  Read more

What 99 Gen-Y Entrepreneurs Taught Me About Business

Marketing Zen Group CEO Shama Kabani got an earful of entertaining start-up stories recently--and gleaned a few valuable insights about Gen-Y entrepreneurship.  Read more

Why It's Lonely at the Top--and What To Do About It

Even success comes with its share of challenges. How to prepare for, and face them.  Read more

Have the Best Trade Show Schwag

Schwag, when done right, can reap big rewards. Here are the three things to keep in mind when preparing for your next conference.  Read more

Make Your Employees Feel Like Winners

Awards can increase employee morale, help you attract top talent and generate brand awareness.  Read more

Why Your Customer Service Policy Stinks

No business is immune to unhappy customers. But making sure you meet customer service expectations can keep them to a minimum.  Read more

5 Reasons to Ditch Your Dress Code

Talented people are as diverse as the clothes they wear. You may be stifling your employees with your dress policy.  Read more

5 Ways to Get More Facebook Likes

You have to be everywhere your customers are, including Facebook. Here are some easy ways to rack up those "likes."  Read more

Financial Planning For the 99 Percent

Alexa von Tobel thinks her company, LearnVest, can be the CFP for the masses. And now she has the federal stamp of approval to accomplish just that.  Read more

Make Sure Your Customers Stay Put

Don't allow new policies to have huge consequences for your existing customers, staff, and your bottom line.  Read more

Why My Company Pivot Scares Me

CEO of Inc. 5000 company VerticalResponse Janine Popick talks about her trepidation leading up to a major shift in the company's business model.  Read more

Secrets to a Successful Social Media Strategy

The secret to successful social media marketing is to use what you've already got. Don't think you have anything? Think again.  Read more

How I Came Here as an Arranged Bride and Became My Own Boss

Sundeep Bhandal of IT staffing firm Anjaneyap let her father choose her husband but not her career path.  Read more

How I Learned to Love Diesel

Jayme Hall of Alligator Performance doesn't mind getting her designer duds dirty while running her diesel parts and accessories company.  Read more

Why I Stopped Firing Everyone and Started Being a Better Boss

Indigo Johnson, CEO of Careers in Transition, fired her employees on a regular basis until she started focusing on their strengths instead of their weaknesses.  Read more

Still Growing, Still Independent, Still Happy

Life After the Inc. 500: Elizabeth Elting has grown Transperfect Translations by over 30 percent annually since 2000 without a dime of outside funds--and she...  Read more

3 Free Apps to Enhance Your Inner Creative Genius

Give your presentations, documents or Web pages a little creative oomph with these three free business tools.  Read more

Why Cheerleaders Make the Best Employees

Heidi Sweeney of Slate Rock Safety hired a team full of cheerleaders for her uniform company.  Read more

No Succession Plan & an Uncertain Legacy

Life After the Inc. 500: An untimely death and no succession plan left Michelle Taylor at the helm of her mother's company, Betah Associates, with no oars.  Read more

Top Female CEOs of the 2012 Inc. 500

Of the 500 companies on this list, women lead just 10% of them. But the most successful among are in industries as diverse as consulting, private jets, and IT.  View slideshow

Fundraising Saga of a Desperate Entrepreneur - Part 3

In the third part of this launch story, Shazi Visram, founder and CEO of HappyFamily, struggles with personal situations while trying to grow her company.  Read more

If Men Are From Mars, Then Women Are Too

In business there is so much disparity between women and men, from leadership roles to compensation, but new research proves that our brains work nearly the ...  Read more