An Immigrant Founder Uses Food to Lift Up Her Latino Community
Paty Funegra of La Cocina VA has raised $2 million to turn her community kitchen into an incubator, a café and a place of hope for struggling immigrants.
Advice & Tips
Interested in starting a business or growing the one you have? Explore our articles offering advice and tips for women entrepreneurs, as well as select resources curated by our editors, for every stage of the entrepreneurial journey.
Choosing Entrepreneurship
Thinking about starting your own business? What does becoming an entrepreneur really mean? Before you invest your time, energy and savings into a small business, find out about the ins-and-outs of entrepreneurship.
6 Brainstorming Techniques For Coming Up With Small Business Ideas
Business coach Stacey Banks-Houston offers valuable tips on brainstorming your next business venture.
Why Empathy Is A Must-Have for Future Business Leaders
Barbara Weltman discusses a leadership skill that successful entrepreneurs display.
Startup Basics
You know entrepreneurship is for you. But what are the steps to starting a business -- and what's the best business to start? We've got answers to all your questions, including how to find great small business ideas, choose a name and write a business plan, in our startup basics library.
Is Your Business Ready for a $15 Minimum Wage?
With calls to raise the federal minimum wage rate, small businesses need to figure out how to absorb the extra cost — and it’s a conundrum.
An Immigrant Founder Uses Food to Lift Up Her Latino Community
Paty Funegra of La Cocina VA has raised $2 million to turn her community kitchen into an incubator, a café and a place of hope for struggling immigrants.
6 Brainstorming Techniques For Coming Up With Small Business Ideas
Business coach Stacey Banks-Houston offers valuable tips on brainstorming your next business venture.
Finding Support & Guidance
Finding a mentor and learning how to network is critical to business success. Peer advisory groups can help you make better business decisions. As you grow your company, you'll want to tap the expertise of successful women entrepreneurs who have already navigated the entrepreneurial journey.
How Eva Longoria, Jessica Alba and Other Powerful Women Are ‘Normalizing’ Bringing Baby to Work
Several Hollywood actresses are leading the charge to make bringing babies to work more commonly accepted.
How To Successfully Lead Through A Recession
Deborah Sweeney of MyCorporation.com guides you through keeping your business afloat in rough waters.
Why Empathy Is A Must-Have for Future Business Leaders
Barbara Weltman discusses a leadership skill that successful entrepreneurs display.
Business Funding
If you want information about small business funding, you've come to the right place. We've rounded up the most common sources of funding for startups, from friends and family money to Kickstarter campaigns, from SBA loans to venture capital. You'll also find some information about small business grants for women.
How To Successfully Lead Through A Recession
Deborah Sweeney of MyCorporation.com guides you through keeping your business afloat in rough waters.
Some Surprisingly Good News for Women Who Want to Cold-Pitch Investors
Women entrepreneurs: Want to pitch your business idea to investors? A new study suggests female founders might have better luck sending a cold pitch via email than previously thought.
Kamala Harris’ ‘Oddly Specific’ Idea for Helping Black Entrepreneurs Falls Flat
Over the weekend, California Senator and 2020 presidential hopeful Kamala Harris unveiled her plan for assisting black entrepreneurs. Not all of it was well-received.
Branding & Marketing
It's time to shout it from the rooftops! You've got a great product or service. But how do you get publicity -- and how do you find customers? Read about small business marketing strategies, from social media and public relations to SEO and email marketing.
How to Prepare Your Small Business for the Holiday Rush
Keep these critical dates in mind as you begin now for a successful holiday shopping season.
The Best CEOs Embrace This Leadership Skill
Deborah Sweeney of MyCorporation explains how to take a hands-on approach in the workplace. It’s a leadership quality that many women entrepreneurs display.
How to Be a Contributor on The Story Exchange
Interested in authoring a guest post? Here are answers to your FAQ about writing a post for publication on our platform.
Managing Your Business
It takes a lot more than great ideas to run a strong company. Smart entrepreneurs have a keen sense of business management. Increase your knowledge in areas like finance, markets, human resources, communication, technology and business policy and strategy.
Hiring For The Holidays: What Small Business Owners Need To Know
Sure, the big-box stores started hiring seasonal employees back in June. But it’s not too late to find the perfect employees to help with the holiday rush.
How To Successfully Lead Through A Recession
Deborah Sweeney of MyCorporation.com guides you through keeping your business afloat in rough waters.
Why Empathy Is A Must-Have for Future Business Leaders
Barbara Weltman discusses a leadership skill that successful entrepreneurs display.
Growth Strategies
Whether you want to grow steadily as a lifestyle business or achieve rapid growth as an investor-backed startup, we can show you how successful women entrepreneurs have done it. What's your growth strategy?
How to Prepare Your Small Business for the Holiday Rush
Keep these critical dates in mind as you begin now for a successful holiday shopping season.
An Immigrant Founder Uses Food to Lift Up Her Latino Community
Paty Funegra of La Cocina VA has raised $2 million to turn her community kitchen into an incubator, a café and a place of hope for struggling immigrants.
3 Tips From the First Black Woman to Run a $1 Billion Business
History-making entrepreneur Janice Bryant Howroyd has some advice for any other women entrepreneurs hoping to also rake in seven-figure revenues for their ventures.
Becoming a Leader
You don't have to be born with leadership skills. You can learn them. Whether you're an introvert or extrovert, you can learn everything you need to know about decision making, public speaking and managing people with finesse.
Young Women Are Leading the Zero-Waste Movement
Young women environmentalists are showing the rest of the world what’s possible.
11 Inspiring Leadership Quotes From Female Athletes
If you’re ever in a personal rut where you feel like giving up, take a cue from the sage leadership advice of these accomplished female athletes.
3 Easy Steps for Mastering Business Etiquette
How many times have you been in a meeting when an attendee gets a phone call … and takes it right there and then? Don’t do that.
Work & Life
The juggle is real. Learn from other women entrepreneurs about how they manage work-life balance. It's too easy to be a workaholic when you're an entrepreneur, so read about stress management techniques, how to spot burnout symptons and how to plan a vacation.
3 Lessons in Reclaiming Your Power from Monica Lewinsky
Post-political scandal, Monica Lewinsky has established herself as an activist, public speaker – and now, an “American Crime Story” television producer.
Sing it, Ariana: What the Pop Superstar Showed Us About Dealing With Negative Emotions
The world-famous performer opened up about the difficulties of keeping up with professional responsibilities while dealing with personal struggles.
7 Powerful Books (By Female Authors) for Your Summer Reading List
This summer, dive into these 7 books by and for women to help you succeed as an entrepreneur.