"Women of Personality" -- an ebook that compiles the stories of "20 Inspiring Women and Their Stories of Success" - is now available online. These women recount the role personality has had in building their successful careers and businesses. The goal of this ebook, sponsored and developed by The Personality Project, is to inspire future female entrepreneurs and business women of all ages to reach higher and achieve even more. WE Inc.'s Karen Kerrigan is featured in the ebook.
Laurel Delaney
WE Inc. Global Markets Advisor
July 29, 2008
The relationship between you and your overseas customer shouldn't end when a sale is made. If anything, it requires more attention. Once you've completed the initial export transaction, you must expect to provide a broad spectrum of "complimentary" services in order to encourage repeat business. In this article we'll talk about the kind of follow-up "care and feeding" of customers that will keep them coming back.
How do you go about implementing workplace flexibility? Where do you go to learn about creating a flexible workplace culture, or developing policies and procedures? This document was developed by Linda Rountree, Roundtree Consulting, LLC and Karen Kerrigan, Women Entrepreneur's, Inc. under a contract with the U. S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau for its Flex-Options Project. The updated guide includes the latest information about workplace flexibility, and new model practices to help business leaders, managers and employees develop and implement flexible workplace solutions. The Flex-Options Guide spells out flexibility definitions, benefits and common approaches; shares tools to "get started"; and includes helpful templates.
The Flex-Options editorial staff is solely responsible for the content of the up-dated Version 2: April 2009
04/15/2009
2009 National Small Business Week, May 17-23, 2009
This year, National Small Business Week will be a three-day event in Washington, D.C., taking place at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel from May 17-23, 2009. The event is hosted by theU.S.Small Business Administration. For more information about the event, or to register, please click here. All the events, including sessions to help small businesses grow and compete in the global economy, will be webcast live.
04/1/2009
Intuit Small Business United Grant Competition Extended to April 24
America's entrepreneurs now have more time to share their stories and advice for the chance to win $30,000 in business grants, plus free software and services. Due to high demand, Intuit has extended the deadline of its Small Business United grant competition to April 24.
em>Small Business United Grant Competition Details: To enter the Small Business United grant competition, entrepreneurs can go to www.smallbusinessunited.com to share stories about their successes and challenges. In addition to the monetary grants and free products and services that Intuit is offering, entrants will also receive the Intuit Small Business Word of Mouth Marketing Toolkit and a profile page on the Intuit Community Web site to help promote their business.
The OSDBU Procurement Conference is a national conference fostering business partnerships between the Federal Government, its Prime Contractors, and small, minority, service-disabled veteran-owned, veteran-owned, HUBZone, and women-owned businesses. This 19th annual event will take place April 22, 2009 at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, VA. There will be workshops, "matchmaking events" for attendees with federal buyers and prime contractors. For more information, please click here.
Small businesses serving the U.S. Federal Government as support services contractors can benefit from the results of a new doctoral research study being conducted by Mr. Robert S. Frey, MBA, of the University of Maryland University College (UMUC). The results of the survey will shared with WE Inc. and its members to better help them conduct business with the federal government. For more information, and to take this short survey, please click here.
Menlo Innovations LLC has been selected as a winner of the 2006 Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility in the greater Detroit area.
This prestigious award recognizes employers that are successfully using workplace flexibility to meet both business and employee goals. Menlo Innovations LLC is a Michigan participant in the Women’s Bureau Flex Options project.
The awards scoring process is rigorous! First, employer responses are measured against national data from Families and Work Institute’s National Study of Employers. As a winner, Menlo Innovations ranks in the top 20% -- the 80th percentile -- of employers nationally in terms of flexible work programs, policies and culture. In addition, what makes this honor so special, according to the Families and Work Institute, is that Menlo Innovations’ employer responses have also been corroborated by employees. Where the rubber meets the road, it is having an impact.
For more information about the award, winners throughout the country or the Families and Work Institute, please visit: www.whenworkworks.org.
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