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From Our Most Recent Newsletter: Fine-Tuning Your Telephone Skills Marketing Through E-Newsletters Positioning Yourself for Publication and Good Press A Note from our Executive Director Protect Yourself With Estate Planning Communicating in a Wired World Shift Your Assets from Business to Family Before Your Company Hits A Grand Slam Results from the 2007 Member Program Survey Standing Out From the Pack: Branding Strategies That Work Maximize Your Employees' Physical and Financial Health with HSAs Development Strategies to Grow Your Business The 5th Annual Commonwealth Conference: Strategies For Success Tips for Managing Entreprenurial Business Travel Inventive Incentives: Beyond Wages and Bonuses _______________________________________________________ Did you know: - As of 2004, there are an estimated 233,139 privately-held, 50% of more woman-owned firms in Massachusetts, accounting for 41.3% of all privately-held firms in the state - Between 1997 and 2004, the number of privately-held, 50% or more woman-owned firms in MA increased by 14.7%, employment grew by 15.2%, and sales increased by 26.4% Find these statistics and more -- for Massachusetts and the nation -- online at the Center for Women’s Business Research, the premier source of knowledge on women business owners and their firms worldwide. Cash and Woman-Led Businesses Female enterepreneurs often lack start-up cash. This excerpt from the book Clearing the Hurdles, co-authored by HBS professor and TCI eMerging Steering Committee member Myra M. Hart, explains what women can do about it. The Myths and Realities of Women Entrepreneurs Quick, think of an entrepreneur! Did you think of Michael Dell or Sam Walton or Ben and Jerry? But what about Anita Roddick (The Body Shop) or Sandy Lerner (Cisco) or Kay Koplovitz (USA Networks)? In this article, Nan Langowitz, Director, Center for Women's Leadership and Associate Professor of Management, Babson College, discusses the coverage of women entrepreneurs in the business press. Mass High Tech Guest Commentary: Rules for growth just ain't what they used to be A Woman's place may be on the home(page) |
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