1st Feb, 2016

Your Footprint

By | February 1st, 2016|Business insights, Inspiration, Leadership, Mission, Organizational Leadership, strategy, Women entrepreneurs|Comments Off on Your Footprint

Being a leader requires ingenuity, vision and courage! Summon the courage to blaze a new trail in February! What new footprints will you create this month? Please leave a comment below!  

19th Nov, 2015

To My Fellow CEO Sisters: Happy Women’s Entrepreneurship Day!

By | November 19th, 2015|Business events, Business insights, Empowerment, Global business, International, microenterprise, Mission, Uncategorized, Women, Women entrepreneurs|Comments Off on To My Fellow CEO Sisters: Happy Women’s Entrepreneurship Day!

Entrepreneurship takes guts, discipline, and drive! For many women entrepreneurs worldwide, add to that the demands of a partner, children, overflowing laundry basket, crop-harvesting, grocery store run, lugging water, and oh yea, that small issue of the world being tilted toward men! Before we succumb to despair, James Brown gives [...]

17th Nov, 2015

“Street” Cred: Lessons in Longevity from Elmo and Friends

By | November 17th, 2015|Business advice, Business insights, Global business, Marketing, Mission, Sales, strategy, Uncategorized|Comments Off on “Street” Cred: Lessons in Longevity from Elmo and Friends

I have a two-year old daughter. You know what that means: Overwhelming cuteness balanced with wanting white foods exclusively on most days, potty training and a litany of nos. Along with this, I also have the delight of reliving my childhood experiences with fresh eyes, as my sweet girl learns and explores life for the first time. My daughter has recently taken to Sesame Street and what a Pandora’s Box of emotion her newfound interest has opened for me! For many, myself included, Sesame Street connotes many wonderful memories and feelings — joy, happiness, curiosity, love of learning and of course, ABCs and 123s. […]

26th Nov, 2014

Vision, Drive and a Well-Timed Program  

By | November 26th, 2014|Business advice, Business events, Business insights, Marketing, Mission|Comments Off on Vision, Drive and a Well-Timed Program  

Ivory Chambeshi and Ronda Jackson of Décor Interior Design at Goldman Sachs 10KSB event. This October, I attended the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses (GS 10KSB) luncheon. The event was held to announce Goldman Sachs' additional investment of $5 Million into the Southern California region's program and included [...]

10th Nov, 2014

Women Business Owners, Powerful Night!

By | November 10th, 2014|Business advice, Business events, Business insights, Empowerment, Global business, International, Marketing, Mission, Networking, Nonprofit, Uncategorized, Women, Women entrepreneurs|Comments Off on Women Business Owners, Powerful Night!

Since the weather has been warmer (though it’s November!), I thought I’d take the opportunity to reflect on an event that Urban Rising Group co-sponsored and I attended in August. I am a pro bono consultant and member of the Anakazi Center for Women Empowerment and Development (Anakazi Center) an organization which focuses [...]