How To Build A Family Business With A Social Mission
I love M&Ms and have since my mom tucked them inside my brown paper lunch bag to take to school for a recess snack. (It was the ‘70s.) They’re still my go-to pick-me-up on many occasions. Today, though, there’s another reason I support M&Ms’ maker, the huge family-owned business Mars: its social mission of making […]
How Entrepreneurs Can Leapfrog to Success
Leapfrog is the title of a clever, helpful new book for women entrepreneurs by Nathalie Molina Niño, CEO and founder of BRAVA Investments. Molina Niño’s company invests in startups and supports businesses that can prove “they are creating a measurable economic benefit that puts more money in the wallets of women.” Her version of leapfrog, though, is […]
How to Choose the Right Business Credit Card
Women entrepreneurs who have trouble raising capital for their ventures and managing the month-to-month cash flow often find business credit cards especially helpful. A business credit card provides you a credit line, and, if used prudently, can help your company navigate through periods of lopsided cash flow. Plus, it can provide you a cushion between […]
Declare Your Independence and Start a Business
One of the best decisions I ever made was to declare my freedom from my full-time job as a columnist for a national newspaper and start my own business as a freelancer. That was my personal independence day, and I’ve never looked back. Since then, I’ve also become an author of numerous books, a frequent […]
How to Prepare to Sell Your Business
A friend of mine, Wendy Volhard, recently sold her pet food business, Volhard Dog Nutrition. Since I’ve been writing about entrepreneurship for women over 50 lately, the passing of Volhard’s baton got me thinking about the question of how women should prepare to sell a business. And that led me to speak with Matt Hansen, a Certified […]
The Launch Book’ Author’s Tips for Women Entrepreneurs
Sanyin Siang, author of the excellent new book, The Launch Book: Motivational Stories to Launch Your Idea, Business or Next Career, radiates a sense of possibility for women entrepreneurs. After reading her book, I Interviewed Siang, 43 (who’s executive director of the Fuqua/Coach K. Center on Leadership & Ethics at Duke University and has served on […]
Ways Women Entrepreneurs Can Tap Crowdfunding Successfully
It takes money to make money, as the saying goes. For female entrepreneurs, that money can be elusive when starting a business or trying to grow one. As Linda Abraham — a serial entrepreneur, angel investor and start-up board member — told me a few months ago when I asked her to name the biggest hurdle for […]
How Freelancers Benefit From The New Tax Law
En español | Last year’s major tax overhaul shook things up for freelancers, gig workers and sole proprietors, who now are starting to wonder about how the new law will affect their taxable income for 2018. For the most part, the tax law will help many freelancers — from bloggers to caterers to tutors. While deductions for real estate taxes […]
How to Hire Wisely
One of the toughest things for a small business owner to do is to hire employees. This is true for male and female entrepreneurs, but since I’m writing about the women owners over 50 for Next Avenue these days, I’ll focus on them. I have a strong personal connection to the topic. Even with my […]
Family Matters for Panda Express Owners
At the entrance to the Rosemead, Calif., headquarters of Panda Restaurant Group, the parent company of Panda Express, Panda Inn and Hibachi-San, the artist Robert Indiana’s “LOVE” sculpture was recently unveiled. The 12-foot-high multi-million-dollar installation, with those four bright red letters made of aluminum, perches atop a fountain of flowing water. It was a private […]
