The most common serious mistake made in business is not picking the right one to begin with. This session will provide you with important evaluation techniques. Characteristics of a Successful Entrepreneur Step-by-Step Approach Decide if you really want to be in business Decide what business and where Decide whether to start full-time or moonlight Selection [...]

PRESS RELEASE – June 30, 2010): In an effort to give women business owners and women working in the field of business the publicity they deserve, WomenOnBusiness.com has launched a new Business Women News Press Release Submission feature. The new Business Women News Press Release Submission feature allows any woman working in the business world [...]

Barbara Kerbel, who runs a corporate communications business based in Great Neck, N,Y., has been a solopreneur for more than a decade. She started her business after a successful career as a vice president of corporate communications for a publicly-held company, a columnist for Newsday, and a weekly newspaper journalist. In this installment of our [...]

Founded in 1972 as a full-service, non-profit (501)(c)(3) corporation, the organization is dedicated to providing business assistance, educational opportunities, seminars, purchasing listings and related services to hundreds of businesses throughout the tri-state area and across the nation. The strength of the organization resides in its members of successful entrepreneurs who are committed to their business [...]

Donna Limerick had always believed her mother was a pioneer. Not many women in the 1940s had the gumption and the bank loans to start their own business. Especially not African American women. Especially not African American women who designed and made millinery in Philadelphia. Still, Limerick didn’t want to be presumptuous. She wasn’t sure [...]

(Money Magazine) — Ever since exchange-traded funds were created in the early 1990s, they’ve been seen as a threat to old-fashioned mutual funds. That’s because ETFs can offer you instant exposure to a wide range of investments — from the broad stock and bond markets to individual sectors to niche strategies — all with a [...]

(CBS) At age 40, Dawn Fitch is part of a fast growing movement in America – black women who are launching their own businesses. “There is another choice beside corporate America,” said Fitch, president of Pooka Pure & Simple. “You can start your own business from something that you may love or a passion that [...]