One of the things I like to do is see how things fit together, sometimes connections that are intuitively obvious, and sometimes things that wouldn’t seem to make sense – but do.  I was visiting http:www.EscapeFromCorporateAmerica.blogspot.com and http://www.womenpresidentsorganizationchicago.blogspot.com
this morning and these connections definitely make sense (at least to me).  
On the Escape site they presented [...]

Last week I attended two events in New York, put on by the Forte Foundation. The Executive Roundtable and the Corporate Best Practices Summit were both focused on the issue of recruiting and retaining the next generation.  Both were lively (hey; when you get hundreds of talented, passionate women together lively is the least that [...]

Everyone here at the meetings in Stockholm is talking about the importance of networks. 
While not a new topic for women entrepreneurs, it is more and more discussed as absolutely critical.  Trine Winterø, the former CEO for Symbion, Inc. in Denmark, talked about a program they did for potential women entrepreneurs in which they found [...]

On Saturday, May 20th, Babson College honored Donna Dubinsky, former president and CEO of Palm Computing, with an honorary degree.  Dubinsky also gave the commencement address at the graduate degree ceromony.
In 2003, the Center for Women's Leadership had the privledge of hosting Dubinsky.  Her inspirational keynote Lessons of an Entrepreneur resonated with our audience and Babson was [...]

When we think about entrepreneurship we always talk about starting a business from scratch. But, to start from scratch you need a good idea, lots of time, and the ability to support yourself until the new business can turn a profit.
If you are less patient and not sure about an idea, one solution is [...]

I'm writing from the First Global Symposium on Growth Strategic for Women Entrepreneurs currently underway in Stockholm through a partnership of the Diana Project and ESBRI (Entrepreneurship and Small Business Institute).  
I'm delighted to say that the speakers represent eleven countries, including Canada, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, Northern Ireland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, USA, and Wales.  The [...]

Have you ever thought about how it is that the innovations you depend on actually made it into your office or your home? For instance, take your palm pilot-could you live without it? Or what about that roomba- the robotic vacuum cleaner that makes housework fun?
But before these ideas were in your life, someone [...]

Why is that more young girls and women don't seem to see themselves in the business world?  Babson is a member of The Forte Foundation, an organization devoted to inspiring women to pursue business leadership through greater access to business education.  Through its work, Forte provides exposure to business education and business career paths for [...]

I just took the Diana International Project's book (Growth-Oriented Women Entrepreneurs and Their Businesses: A Global Research Perspective) out of the mail and I have to admit that I'm thrilled with the kind of work that is going on around the world for women's entrepreneurship. The questions that are continually being asked about how women [...]

Last week at a Forte Foundation Corporate Best Practices Summit. I ran across a strangely intriguing idea: reverse mentoring.
By now, everyone seems to get the fact that mentoring of some variety can play a key role in supporting professional success, particularly for women. Companies have created elaborate (and sometimes even successful) programs that, in their [...]