…also helps customers easily identify goods and services in the marketplace. The USPTO provides a primer on trademark basics here. A copyright is a form of protection under the laws…
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She’s Extending an Olive Branch – While Lifting Women Up
…while also promoting Arab-Jewish cooperation, high-quality, ethical goods and economic opportunities for women. Here’s our lightly edited Q&A, from The Story Exchange 1,000+ Stories Project. Tell us more about why…
How to Prepare Your Small Business for the Holiday Rush
…source is predicting a 25% increase in online spending from the last Black Friday. November 30 is Small Business Saturday, which is a movement to encourage consumers to shop locally…
Circling Back: Chef Ana Sortun is Becoming Much More Than a Restaurateur
…new, big and different — yet complementary — food-business challenge: growing a retail business. Already, takeout prepared food, baked goods and grocery items like special tahinis, preserved lemons and pomegranate…
Renee Zau: DonationMatch
…companies and event organizers. Biggest Success In our first 1.5 years we streamlined over $1.2 million in goods to 200 nonprofits, saving hundreds of hours of valuable volunteer and staff…
How Severe Burns Inspired This Entrepreneur’s $1 Million Skincare Business
…lag times between placing orders and receiving product, sometimes necessitating sudden switches on more than one occasion to make sure goods got to customers on time. And while meeting with…
A Recipe for Success
…women who are using food carts — and in many cases, their own homes — to sell authentic Latin cuisine, baked goods and more to local fan bases. These low-cost…
Scaling Up: When Debt is a Good Four-Letter Word
…about 35 percent of sales. It sells takeout prepared food, baked goods and grocery items like special tahinis, preserved lemons and pomegranate molasses from a small retail area. She has…
An Entrepreneurial Trio Sacrificed to Grow Their Gift-Giving Venture. Today, It Makes Millions of Dollars
…with more than a dozen home goods, wellness and fashion brands. And for the boxes — which now come in both the original, signature blush color and a new matte…
Opening Doors: The Business Benefits of Women-Owned Certification
…how much of this contract is going to women-owned business or minority-owned business,’” she says. (Related: Share your story starting a business) The reason? Companies see that consumers increasingly prefer…
Overcoming Uncertainty – With a Little Help
…found that these entrepreneurs not only talked about money-related anxieties and stress over pricing goods and services, but also, the power of knowledge in combating a lack of confidence and…
Their Cooking Kits Teach Culinary Techniques From Around The World
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Annette d. Giacomazzi: CastCoverz! – Overcame Adversity & Built Her Business
…partnership that failed, which was sad and costly, but necessary. Secondly, we received our first manufactured case-goods that was unsellable, unreturnable and also costly. Can you say, “Samples?” Thirdly, I…
Lifting Up Female Workers a World Away
…workers and artisans — all of them, women — to make small batches of clutches, quilts and other goods and bring them to market. Since launching in 2012, her venture…
The Story Exchange on Crowdfunding
…an all-natural mixed bag of unique goods sold by women. 5 Crowdfunders to Watch – All About Builders Our latest crowdfunding column highlights women who are constructing tools, games, fun…