female entrepreneurs

Power Your Dream with NAWBO

By, Ashley Crimaldi As I was flipping through Ms. Magazine the other day, I stumbled upon a listing for the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) annual conference coming up June 24-26. The conference aims to “propel women entrepreneurs to the the next level of success” through a series of speakers, workshops and networking [...]

June 8, 2009 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

The Story Behind Crescendo Apparel: Clothing for Pear-Shaped Women

After having forged a decade-long career as a successful financial analyst, Kathryn McKechnie traded in her spreadsheets for fashion spreads in 2008, when she launched Crescendo Apparel, her line of pants, skirts and wraps for pear-shaped women. As far back as she can remember–and certainly while she was analyzing data for the likes of Andersen [...]

May 13, 2009 3 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

6 Things I Learned as a Young Entrepreneur. By, Kim Grotto

By, Kim Grotto Have you ever felt the drive to start your own business? Or maybe you just grew up knowing that, one day, you would work for yourself. I fall into the latter category. Both of my parents are self-employed, and coming from a family of nine kids, I saw the benefits first-hand: the [...]

May 11, 2009 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Toolkit.com is Fabulous!

I just discovered toolkit.com thanks to entrepreneur.com’s list of 65 Indispensable Sites for Biz Owners- and it is totally fabulous!   It is free to sign up and you get lots of perks of being a member.  For those of you who have asked me how to incorporate, get a tax-ID #, get articles of incorporation, a [...]

March 26, 2009 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Come to Chicago’s Crave Party Tomorrow!

Ladies, if you’re in Chicago and free tomorrow (12/9/08) after work please come to Chicago’s Crave party at the Chicago Cultural Center from 5.30-9.00.  A Crave Party is basically a shopping event full of local female vendors and entrepreneurs.   It will be a great place to get your shopping done in once place while getting glamed up [...]

December 8, 2008 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →