As women age, a bigger problem around “ambition” emerges.  In corporate America today, pursuing ambitious goals and outcomes presents deeply challenging choices and personal sacrifices for women that it does not yet generate for men.  Many more women have to sacrifice marriage and children in order to become top leaders, while men do not. Busting the Myth That Women Aren’t As Ambitious as Men.  Read more: Forbes.Com  

Women’s Rights – Today, women in the GCC region are taking on increasingly prominent roles, becoming decision-makers, participating in the public field as educators, professors, university deans, businesswomen, bankers, medical professionals, scientific researchers and government ministers. Through their achievements, they are exerting a positive influence on society and moving beyond the traditional confinements of home and family. Read more:  www.arabnews.com

Sharnalata Roy is only one of the many bold and determined women entrepreneurs who are now making their own mark in the world of business. This Bangladesh native was convinced that she could be successful with her own business opportunity even though her own family had serious doubts that her dreams would ever come true. In India and many other countries women entrepeneurs frequently face a number of obstacles whenever they chance to dream of [...]

Susan Thomas, Founder and CEO of Trainer’s Communication was recently named as the Entrepreneur of the Year for Pleasanton, California by the group Women’s Initiative for Self Employment . Trainer Communications is a company created on 1995 that serves as a full-service public relations, integrated marketing and social media agency that caters to businesses in the consumer technology sectors. Initially, the company was created to provide support to some of the most prominent emerging technology [...]

When we speak of fast food, we can’t help but think of greasy, fatty, and generally unhealthy choice of food. However, one entrepreneur had in mind an innovation , a goal to create a restaurant that serves healthy fast food. Her name is Amanda West. Recently this restaurateur was named as “Woman Entrepreneur of the Year in Berkeley”. The recognition was awarded to her by the Bay Area nonprofit Women’s Initiative for Self-Employment. West opened [...]

NWBC or the National Women’s Business Council recently namedDana Lewis as its most recent Executive Director. As the new exec, Lewis will be in charged of overseeing the daily business of the council. The National Women’s Business Council is a a bi-partisan Federal government council that serves as an independent source of advice and counsel to the President, Congress, and the U.S. Small Business Administration on economic issues of importance to women business owners. The council [...]

An entrepreneur for 13 years, and an internet business woman of 8 years, the Black Business Women Online community recently awarded Regina Baker as one of its top 50 fabulous women entrepreneurs of this year. “I’m humbled and honored to be chosen as well as associated with such a prestigious group of black women entrepreneurs”. These were Baker’s words when she was awarded. Baker is an Internet Marketing consultant and owns the site I’m Just [...]