By Lisa Abeyta I recently had breakfast with a group of women, all owners of their own businesses, board members on multiple charities, active volunteers in their community and mothers who volunteered at their children’s schools — by all standards highly successful women. These women had already found success while living in one of the poorest states in the U.S. and were gathered for the…
We’ve heard of money doublers but this is crazy! She has never taken a business class, failed her law school exams, twice, and got laughed at! Yet she is amongst the world’s youngest billionaires. Sara Blakely is the CEO of Spanx, the ‘invisible’ under garment worn by women all over the world. What many people don’t know is how by…
By Glory Edozien We human beings have advanced beyond our years. We put a man on the moon, found new methodologies to enhance fertility, and today we can replace faulty organs through transplant procedures. We are indeed the dominant species of the universe! Unfortunately, while we have undoubtedly been able to subdue most hindrances to our existence, it is in…
By Claire Shipman and Katty Kay It’s an ingredient essential for success, but confidence can be maddeningly elusive. In part, perhaps, because it is misunderstood. Confidence doesn’t, for example, have to look Mad Men macho. It’s not about speaking first or loudest. And faking it actually makes you less self-assured. It’s also not all in your mind, or about “feeling…
It’s the list that most African’s dream to be on. The Young African Millionaires to watch, a list created by Forbes which boasts Jason Njoku, the maverick Nigerian internet entrepreneur and Ashish Thakkar, the 29 year old Ugandan whose business grosses annual revenues of approximately $100 million. Buried in-between the testosterone filled list are two women who can definitely hold their…
I don’t have a husband or a child and already I feel the nagging feeling of guilt when I make sacrifices in favour of my career or other life choices. The society expects an arm and a leg from us womb carriers and we in turn place lofty expectations on ourselves. The result, a balancing act of board rooms, diapers,…
