Sophia Amoruso, the author of #Girlboss and founder of the e-commerce retailer Nasty Gal, interviewed the Hollywood actress and entrepreneur as part of a new, weekly podcast for women.… Read the rest

C-level Briefing: Alex Tempest, Director of Partners at TalkTalk Business, talks women in tech and how “it is a privilege to be a woman in this industry at the moment.”

Following Cisco CTO Alison Vincent, techUK President Jacqueline de Rojas and Egnyte CSO Isabelle Guis, Alex Tempest is next to tackle the women in tech issue with Editor Ellie Burns.… Read the rest

Recent headlines have celebrated the success of women chief executives at Facebook, IBM, General Motors and other corporate giants.… Read the rest

In every economic downturn, corporations shed employees to shave costs. And in every economic downturn, many of those let-go employees make lemons out of lemonade by starting that small business they’ve always dreamed of operating, whether it involves doing what they were doing as an employee or trying something entirely different.… Read the rest

Hint: It has to do with foreheads.

If you need to fake confidence when speaking with someone important, look at their forehead instead of into their eyes, former supermodel Tyra Banks suggests.… Read the rest

By: Kerry Hannon, CONTRIBUTOR

More and more women I know are starting their own businesses these days — often doing so by switching careers in midlife.… Read the rest

THESE WOMEN HAVE SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATED THE TRICKY WATERS OF OWNING AND RUNNING A COMPANY IN A TRICKY MALE-DOMINATED LANDSCAPE.

Women entrepreneurs are the fastest-growing segment of business owners in the U.S.

By: Karen-Michelle Mirko

Women open businesses at a rate 1.5 times the national average. Ana Recio Harvey, director of the SBA’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership.… Read the rest

Think there aren’t enough inspiring women entrepreneurs? You’d better listen to these amazing founders.