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Ep. 36: Revisiting ‘Helping Native American Women Heal’
…Native American women… COLLEEN: …or you simply want to be inspired by someone who is using social entrepreneurship to make a difference… SUE: Keep on listening. *Musical interlude* NORINE: Mother…
The Humility of Sacrifice
Lena West, award-winning social media consultant, blogger, speaker, journalist and technologist. You may know intellectually that you cannot have everything you want. I think, to some degree, we all do….
How a Tween’s Babysitter Frustrations Inspired Her to Start a Business
…services and other social events and asking them: “Do you babysit?” Using the pen and pad she always carried with her, Mintz began adding names of sitters to what became…
How Starting Without All of the Answers is a Smart Move
…“idea partners” and eventually a community that cared. Bob Wright, founder of Dallas Social Venture Partners, a fund that helps nonprofits, came up with the idea for a one-of-a-kind event…
100 Years of Power, Part 1: Battle for Suffrage
…War had defined the earlier years of the movement, now in the 20th century we begin to see a whole new host of social, political and cultural events. COLLEEN: Well,…
Facts on Women-Owned Businesses
…educational services, health care and social assistance, and entertainment and recreation. These are some of the facts revealed in American Express OPEN’s second annual State of Women-Owned Businesses report. Below…
She Produced Large Scale Events For Years – The Pandemic Forced Her To Pause, Then Expand
…they make you happy, it doesn’t matter who they are, they’ve got to go. I audited everyone and everything – clients, vendors, family, friends and my social media. I prioritized…
EP. 29: Helping Native Women Heal
…is using social entrepreneurship to make a difference… SUE: Keep on listening. *Musical interlude* NORINE: Mother Nation is a grassroots nonprofit organization. We provide services and mentorship, advocacy, cultural services,…
What To Do When The Media Misspells Your Name or Someone Introduces You With The Wrong Title
…on TV or the radio, a podcast, or elsewhere. You check the news outlet’s website, where they host your story, so you can share it on social media. But you…
A Beauty Business Owner Tackles A Very Personal Problem And Wins Big
…in 2012, Banish has grown into a firm that employs 13 people and pulls in several million dollars in revenue a year. Jing’s social media presence continues to thrive as…
Meet 8 Great Trans Women Founders This Women’s History Month
…live in, are creating and thriving. 1 Angelica Ross. (Credit: Miss Ross Inc., Wikimedia Commons) Angelica Ross TransTech Social is a co-working space and incubator specially designed to create professional…
The Five Perks of Forming a Benefit Corporation
…special is the combination of a non-profit business and for-profit business (like a C-Corp) by being an entity that is built around a social responsibility, but still has the ability…
In a Post-Roe World, These 5 Youth Activists Are Fighting for Abortion Rights
…and use their social media savvy to arm as many people as possible with tips and information. Related Abortion “Turnaway” Study Offers a Grim Portrait of a Post-Roe America 1…
On a 21-Year Mission in Minneapolis to Make ‘Beer That Gives Back’
…Strength. He spoke about using for-profit activities as a revenue stream for his charity – part of a burgeoning new field called social entrepreneurship. “And I was in the audience…