Let us count the ways we heart Jen Sterling, founder of Red Thinking. Boy does this woman know how to rock the mentors. “Jen hung up the phone in her office at Red Thinking, a branding and marketing company. Her company is experiencing “growing pains” yet again and it is time to make important decisions. Balancing scale, identity and time available.The clock was ticking.” Read More…
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
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.
The Hot Mommas Project and Women Grow Business are celebrating actress / author Karen Kondazian’s June 18th Book Signing in DC at Barnes and Noble, Union Station at 5pm. If you continue to read, you’ll see what an amazing book this is for women and social justice. We’re giving away 10 FREE copies of The Whip for bloggers today + a free admission to the nationally award-winning Hot Mommas Project… Read More »The Whip: Celebrate Social Justice, Women’s Leadership, and Win
Do you consider yourself a leader? Are you raising a leader? What does it even take to be a leader these days? Unfortunately, as the pretty hilarious DeathStar PR Tweet above states: Some believe it’s about demonstrating power, but when it doesn’t work out too well, then it becomes about how well you can hide mistakes or blame it on others. As we say in the Frey household: Blame is… Read More »#9 LEAD – Three Leadership Lessons for Women
It’s dinner time on the East Coast in the US. What are you doing? Maybe the typical scramble. People arriving, dumping bags, plugging in, trying to unplug, etc. But – are you doing anything for International Women’s Day? Maybe, maybe not. Well – here’s your chance. And, it’s actually pretty easy. And pretty cool. And you can discuss it with your kids and learn stuff at the same time. Around… Read More »Thanks for Dinner Sweetheart: It’s International Women’s Day #IWD
Susan Niebur – our Hot Mommas Project Winner of our 2011 STEM Category (Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math) – passed away yesterday. She is accomplished, well-known, and well-liked in professional, social media, and personal realms. But there are two things I am compelled to share with you here:
Today I speak on a panel at the Feminist Majority’s Women, Power & Money Summit held in partnership with the YWCA. My job is to represent the business side of things.
Update: These links will be updated in Sept 2012 when our case library – currently under construction – is back online. The Hot Mommas Project announces winners of the annual 2011 Case Study Competition. ABOUT: Hot Mommas Project is an award-winning women’s leadership research venture housed at the George Washington University School of Business, Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence. On January 31 of 2010, the project became the world’s largest women’s… Read More »Hot Mommas Project Announce 2011 Winners: World’s Largest Womens Case Study Library Features Digital Role Models, Mentors