The entry posted by Nan yesterday made me think of the results in the 2005 GEM Report on Women and Entrepreneurship and the massive impact that women's businesses have worldwide. GEM data show that women now represent more than one-third of all people involved in entrepreneurial activity and are likely to play an even greater [...]

Recently I was interviewed for a story on family business in USA Today.  I'm often asked about whether gender plays a role in family business succession. Is it still the case that the only way women wind up as leaders of businesses is because of a sudden death of a male owner in the family?  [...]

On May the 23rd, The Center for Women's Leadership is going to launch a program for women who are currently out of the full-time workforce and are looking for ways to step back in.
We're excited about this. We're hopeful. And frankly, I'm also a little nervous. Is launching this program adding to the near hysteria [...]

On Thursday, May 11 Babson alum Jackie Bassett spoke about her book So You Built It and They Didn't Come. Now What? at the Center for Women's Leadership monthly Author Series.
 
In an audience filled with entrepreneurs, Bassett offered this advice:
 
1) When Sales aren't nearly what you had expected, recognize long before you're out of cash [...]