…she adds. “So once they find a store that they like and a salesperson that they like, then they’ll stay with them forever.” An On-the-Job Menswear Education Austria was born…
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One Year Out of College, Women Already Paid Less Than Men, Report Finds
…woman making $35,296 while men were paid an average of $42,918. The report relied on data from an Education Department survey of about 15,000 college graduates via Web or telephone…
New Zealand Women in Business Series: Dr. Kim Chilman Blair & Dr. Kate Hersov, Co-Founders, Medikidz
…at the decision to turn your idea into a reality? KCB & KH: After working in pediatrics, we became frustrated by the lack of engaging education for our young patients….
How and Why Young Women Should Start Investing
…virtual courses offered by various financial planning companies. The nonprofit Women’s Institute for Financial Education (or WIFE … get it?) provides financial education and even money clubs for women. The…
Retire? Who, Me?: Older Entrepreneurs on the Rise
…featured on The Story Exchange have embraced their new ventures with gusto. Marion Hook had a 30-year career in education behind her when she purchased the Adobe Rose Inn &…
Now Florida Lawmakers Want to Stop Girls From Talking About Periods
…control.” She added, “They are restricting sex education, banning abortion, defunding birth control, and now going so far as to admit that young women cannot discuss menstruation under their absurd…
Jill Bigelow: The Mama Strut
…starting? I am on a mission to eliminate postpartum morbidity and mortality through technology enabled education, care and synced medical devices. I started my mission 5 years ago when I…
JJ Ramberg on the End of ‘Your Business’ and What’s Ahead
…get more education and more exposure to other things so I could see what else was out there,” she says. She finished in 1998, and like many of her classmates,…
How Do You Get $2 Million From Male Investors for Your Bra Company? Add Some Levity to Your Pitch
…to donate a portion of their proceeds to The Girl Project, which connects girls the world over to learning opportunities. “It always comes back to education,” Fisher says. “We believe…
Michele Fried: Adoption STAR
…experience and the unwelcoming agencies encouraged me to find a better way. Pursuing a career in adoption became obvious. My background in education gave me a solid base. Today Adoption…
Julia Pimsleur of Little Pim: A New Language Learning Program for Kids
…discovered that there were no high quality education materials for teaching toddlers a foreign language, so I set out to create them for myself. I was uniquely qualified given my…
She’s Providing First Class Services to Seniors in the African American Community
…doubling business operations and being able to expand my primary line of business to include job creation, community education and social assistance for seniors, community members, and caregivers. Within that…
She Wanted More Freedom and Meaning From Her Career
…accountants, and technology innovators to offer them help in starting, growing, and scaling successful enterprises. Built on a foundation of expertise in the realms of technology, marketing, education & business…
Student Debt, a Burden for Female Entrepreneurs
…cost of higher education in the U.S. compounds the problem. “Since 1975, there has been an increase of over 150 percent in tuition costs, with a relatively low median income,”…
In Rural Uganda, Women Supporting Women
…31.1% in 2006, according to the World Bank — the country continues to lag in areas like sanitation, access to electricity, education and child malnutrition. Malnutrition has been a key…