This week I have a special 3 Gifts from Whitney Johnson, my co-creator in 40 Women to Watch Over 40 and a true embodiment of a woman disrupting after 40 as an investor, entrepreneur, author and coach. Her class Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship is now available on Lynda.com…another gift for 20-somethings and women of all ages. First, Whitney’s three gifts to help […] Read more…
I am doing a series of posts based on the 7×7 Mentoring Salon I did for SMW in February. For this session I had seven up-and-coming professionals / entrepreneurs pose a question to seven experienced entrepreneurs and leaders. Over the next few weeks I will share the seven questions asked and the mentors answers. Here […] Read more…
At the 7×7 Mentoring Salon I did for SMW 7 up-and-coming professionals / entrepreneurs posed their burning question to 7 experienced entrepreneurs and leaders. I’m doing a series of posts sharing the answers. Today’s question focuses on skills needed to become a leader. The mentors answers are full of wisdom. I will share half today and […] Read more…
Herewith, three “gifts” one 40-something would give a 20-something as their “Forty-Godmother”. What are yours? 1. To look at every decade as a chance to reinvent yourself. Life is a jigsaw puzzle. I don’t know what it is or where it will finish but there is always another piece to complete the puzzle. If […] Read more…
We spend the first 20 years of our lives being asked what we want to be when we grow up. Then we spend the next 20 finding out for ourselves. That’s the subject of my column at The Daily Muse…a community for women who are passionate about doing great things, at work and in life. My […] Read more…
Earlier this week I shared part 1 of an interview with Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo, the 20-something founders of Of A Kind, a retail platform that collaborates with emerging designers on small batch exclusive designs for their e-commerce site. Each week find a new designer item along side stories that make you feel as if […] Read more…
I had the wonderful opportunity to chat with the two 20-something founders of Of A Kind, an online retail platform featuring limited edition pieces from different fashion designers each week. These two friends from college combined their eye for fashion, creativity and editorial curiosity to take the plunge from working for someone else to doing […] Read more…