Dear Entrepreneur,
After four years distributing WomenandBiz.com with the same layout, we decided it was time for a change. We hope you enjoy the changes, and the Business Change issue. You are now able to bookmark articles, to write comments, to easily locate articles written by your favorite guest writers and to search for the articles [...]

Armed with a masters degree in drama and three years teaching experience, I moved from New York to the New Jersey suburbs with my husband in 1970. To my surprise, unlike the NYC high schools, the Jersey schools did not have drama departments. I found myself unemployed, teaching only [...]

I was at the Small Business Summit recently speaking about taming your technology. Technology seems to be an issue so many of us struggle with in our growing businesses. After my 10-minute panel discussion, so many people approached me after to talk about how much my tips meant to them. I always [...]

I used to get so angry when things wouldn’t work out with a client. You know the type: they get themselves into a mess well before they even come to you and then expect you to clean up the mess, set the world aright on its axis, and realign the constellations . . . all [...]

Maybe you saw it coming – or maybe you didn’t. Either way you no longer have a paycheck coming in and the bills are starting to pile up. There are some things that will help you get over the shock of losing your job and develop a sound financial strategy that will make you wiser [...]

Just Say NO:
Take a closer look at the activities that are taking up the majority of your time each day. Are they absolutely necessary? Are they brining you new business? Are they helping to spread your brand message? I looked back on my business in 2007 and realized I had done too many free speaking [...]

“If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.”
-Gail Sheehy
Many of our clients ask me how I keep up with all the changes in technology that happen every minute. They want to know if I spend hours upon end online keeping up with the digital tornado that keeps [...]

Changing Work Ethic?
Dear Jill,
I hired a few new grads last year and am challenged by their attitudes.  They only want to work nine to five. They feel that the administrative parts of their jobs are beneath them.   They started seeking advancement even before they’d learned the basics of their current roles. Do you have any [...]

When I say loose change, I’m not talking about the kind that involves pennies, dimes, nickels and quarters.  I’m talking about the kind that involves transition.  Sometimes change comes suddenly, unexpectedly and with a bang, yet often change is subtle or what I call “loose change”.  One thing is for certain and that is change [...]

A start-up company has unique challenges within its introduction into a chosen industry.  Entrepreneurial ventures such as these often have smaller resources to draw from which automatically indicates a heavier work load for all involved.  In addition, financial factors such as income statements, cash-flow projection, balance sheets and market shifts play a substantial role in [...]

Years ago, when I first decided to start my own business, I didn’t know what kind of business I wanted, or in which area, but I had one measurement criterion: to start a business that I could run from anywhere in the world, using only a phone and the Internet. Something where I would not [...]

It’s a new year and many small business owners and self-employed individuals have probably made the usual resolutions to improve this or finally get rid of that in hopes of bringing more success into their lives. But we know that it’s not always as clear-cut as this. Sometimes it takes internal changes to really shake [...]

Showing appreciation through thanks is an important key in life.
Each of us wants to climb the ladder of success and eventually make it to the top. As you journey to that destination, there will be countless numbers of people who will serve as motivators and mentors. These are the people that truly deserve a sincere [...]

If I had $1.00 every time I heard someone say, “I don’t like change or, change makes me uncomfortable” I’d be a millionaire. Some people thrive on change – they love it and even create more of it. Others view change with anxiety and resistance. So often, we don’t associate potential, excitement and wonder with [...]

Back before I started my business I had a different idea about what it would mean to be a business owner. All I could think about was having freedom over my own time and my career. I’ve always enjoyed writing, but I believed that being a writer could never be a very lucrative career. I [...]

When we decided that the theme for the 19th issue of WomenandBiz.com would be on Change – how internal and external changes affect your business; I could not think of a better example than of my family business. Therefore, I decided to interview my mother, Fany Balabram, for this issue, so that you can learn [...]

Interview with Melanie M. McEvoy, founder and president of McEvoy & Associates.
Background
· What was your education experience? Was it helpful?
I earned a degree in Women’s Studies and Sociology from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, which is where I grew up. While getting my degree I served as President of the pro-choice students group on [...]