SisU 2012 was tons of fun, learning, connection, and support. Our panelists rocked the house. Then attendees did the same by book-ending with their goals, and then a mini Guerrilla Mentoring Session + giving back exercise (to self and others). Here, Gaynell and I joke about whether she can feel the top of my SPANX as we took this picture. QUESTIONS? We can see from the cards you turned in… Read More »What Questions Do You Have from #SisU2012?
We just found out this weekend that we are able to award a limited number of fellowships to SisU 2012 thanks to the generosity of our long-time partner: The George Washington School of Business Center for Entrepreneurial Business and The Bernstein Family Foundation The nominations are flying in. This is THE definition of helping each other: our Sisterhood of Success. How fun is this? A sample letter: You have been… Read More »Fellowships for SisU 2012
By Kathy Korman Frey Participants in the the award-winning Hot Mommas Project Sisterhood of Success (SisU) Academy got a homework assignment today. It is is inspired by a familiar fairy tale-slash-nightmare I will also talk about on Dr. Phil Dembo‘s radio show tonight. (Access @LATalkRadio. Access the recording). Out of it came a great exercise that changed the way I looked at self-limiting behavior. You know the story….we all have one… Once… Read More »Homework for #SisU2012: What Happens in a World Without Obstacles?
For Immediate Release HOT MOMMAS ® PROJECT ANNOUNCES DIVERSE PANELISTS FOR GROUND BREAKING WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY Fortune’s most powerful entrepreneur, Mixology CEO and former semi pro soccer player, association spokeperson and SBA senior exec to mentor women September 29th at the GW School of Business Washington, D.C. — The nationally award-winning Hot Mommas Project represents the world’s largest online women’s case study library showcasing hundreds of women’s stories to serve… Read More »Hot Mommas Project Announces SisU2012 Panelists
I just read tech.co 15 Top Accelerator Programs in the US. We at the Hot Mommas Project are big fans of Accelerator programs for women-owned businesses because it provides access to:
1. Structure
2. Support and, often,
3. Capital
It’s a joy to see the tickets fly out since we’ve announced this special deal made possible by Bernstein Family Foundation and the GW School of Business Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence.
Half of the tickets to #SisU2012 were gone in about five hours. Incredible.
Students: Don’t worry, we’ll be setting aside a block for you. We know you’re not back from break yet.
So here’s the opportunity:
$20 for first 100 tickets to our #SisU2012 Academy in DC at GWU.
Get in on it here while supplies last.
Facebook is mocking us…but, we don’t want that to stop us from welcoming you to the Hot Mommas Project *New* Facebook page where you can win prizes through August.
By Kathy Korman Frey On the way there, to my aunt and uncle’s, I’d sit in the back of their car – in the middle where I was sure not to miss anything. Sharon would belt out the Cher AND Sonny parts of the Sonny and Cher “I Got You Babe” on the 8 track. Next would be Neil Diamond, then Anne Murray, then Billy Joel. (For you youngins’, here… Read More »Today is National Auntie’s Day, and My Aunt Rocks. Big Time
Janetta was a star employee. Two years ago she had been hired by her contracting firm out of a top school. She spoke a foreign language. She was assigned all the top projects. She was promoted. But in her new role, she encountered the most unlikely of push-back: From her trainer.
Why Women Still Can’t Have It All.
The story was sad. Anne-Marie Slaughter loved her dream job as director of policy planning at the State Department. But after protracted periods of leaving her two sons and husband at home five days each week while she was in Washington, she realized it wasn’t working.