A few weeks ago Bernstein Global Wealth Management sponsored a 7x7 Mentoring Salon on entrepreneurship. With host Jeyran Ghara, a financial advisor at Bernstein, and lead mentors Stephanie Torosian, Senior Investment Planning Analyst and Joanne Wilson, Gotham Gal blogger and WEF co-founder and angel investor, we had plenty of hindsight and foresight to help female entrepreneurs take the next step in building a successful startup. In addition to a glorious view of Central Park, Bernstein also provided excellent ... keep reading...

  From the stats showing women don’t negotiate as well as men to the reality that we still don’t get equal pay, the fact is women have to get better at asking for money….their own money   At one of my 7x7 Mentoring Salons we put the question on the table:   Q. How do you price your product / services?   A. More than you probably are now.   “The more you charge, the more they respect you. A client thought the ... keep reading...

    A forty-something I spoke to had an interesting take on acting confident on the outside when you may not feel it on the inside. When you consider that everyone is "faking it", you can be more open and less judgmental.     One of my professors in graduate school always told me that confidence is as much a rhetorical position as it is a real attitude that people carry with them. Just because someone is projecting confidence through ... keep reading...

Sometimes you just have to go n a direction. That’s the advice of a just turned 50-something founder and angel investor. She told me:   “Most people don't know ‘what their passion is’. If you do …you are lucky. But what do you gravitate toward? Dig into that. Find ways to apply those interests.  Then, go in a direction. Don’t get stuck by thinking you have to know for certain. You may change directions ten times so ... keep reading...

Last week Lynne Guey wrote a guest post about about failure and confidence in the midst of the quarterlife crisis -- the struggle to find sure footing and get comfortable in your “career skin” despite setbacks and “failures”.   It made me think of a talk on failure I went to last September for IgniteNYC. One of the speakers, Jay Dixit spoke about failure from a psychological perspective. Jay’s a psychology writer and gave an interesting and entertaining ... keep reading...

  A 40-something recently submitted a great reminder for women 20-someting and older alike. We hear so much about women stepping up to the table and speaking their mind. When you do, don't apologize for being there! Her missive to young women: ~ I was recently at a pitch summit where 11 start ups founded by women pitched to our investment group.  They were spectacular and inspiring.  I was also struck by how apologetic they were. They apologized ... keep reading...