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So you're a woman with a great business idea? This helpful book divulges the secrets to start-up & funding success & will connect you to the key resources you'll need along the way. Written to instill an ''I-can-do-it attitude,'' the book includes inspirational & instructive women-in-business stories, self-assessment quizzes & recommended strategies for every stage of the entrepreneurial process. There is even a ''tool kit'' of sample forms, documents, letters, PowerPoint presentations, sources, & templates for necessary agreements, ensuring that you will be prepared to achieve business success. Whether you're starting a business or growing an existing one, this book is an inspiration & a guide. ''Offers shrewd recipes for successful business creation.'' ... Read more

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Can You Turn Your Idea Into A Business?
This book isn't just for gals. It is for anyone with an idea who is thinking about starting a business. It is timeless and a perfect "how to" manual. "Old Girls" is by my bed now and I am using it to research my latest business prospect. Wish me luck!

A Book of Business for Women of All Ethnic Backgrounds
I came across this book in one of my many sessions of surfing for books on Amazon. This book is worth more then 5 stars! It is an easy read and the ladies give you so much information in a simple format. If you have any spiritual leanings and know anything about the law of attraction I suggest getting this book in conjunction with "Attracting Perfect Customers." This second book helps you really flesh out a mission/vision statement for your business and is also written by women.

Thinking about starting a business, this is the book for you
Don't let the title deceive you because it really should have been called "Entrepreneurship for Dummies." It explains everything you need to know about launching a company but didn't even know to ask. A must read before you start writing your business plan.

A Must Read for Women Business Owners
Don't be fooled by the title of this book. This is not another "networking" book or a simple "how to start a small business" book.It is also not a feminist propaganda disguised within a business development manual.If you are serious about starting, expanding, or reinventing your business consider reading this book.If you are a woman, definitely read this book!

From page one, the angels (read the book to understand why I refer to them as angels) who wrote this book make some basic assumptions:the reader is interested in paving a way in the business world, the reader has the drive to make their dreams come true, and the reader has passion, vision, a pioneering spirit, and the tenacity to make it happen.

But be prepared for lots of hard work.This isn't a read me and set me on the bookshelf type of book.The toolkit provided in the appendix (58 pages) includes checklists, to dos, and touch questions that need to be addressed.The Digging Deeper sections in each chapter provide expanded definitions of important concepts and the Summaries at the end of each chapter provide an easy way to review the important points.

Thanks to all that made this book a reality!It has a permanent place on my desk as I move my business to the next step and is already highlighted and dog-eared.

A book every woman business owner should read.
This book is jam packed with advice on every page.The inspirational stories give insight on "how it is done" as well as showcase highly successful women entrepreneurs; the tool kit provides a useful blueprint to follow right down to sample legal forms; and the down to earth style makes it easy for women just starting a business to easily follow along.That is not to say seasoned women business owners will not benefit from reading the book to take their business to the next level with the "how to's" spelled out for you. ... Read more

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Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, women-owned businesses have been the fastest growing section of new business start-ups.Often lacking formal training, bank financing, and access to male business networks, women entrepreneurs frequently succeed despite what many consider set-backs in necessary resources.

Rational choice theories of entrepreneurship assume individuals make economic decisions to maximize personal profit with minimal influence from non-economic relationships.This study broadens rational choice theory to include non-economic motives, situation-based decision making, opportunities/constraints based on group membership, pushes and pulls from multiple group membership, and influences from relationships surrounding the actor in which she is embedded.

The study finds that women depend on a multiplicity of resources.They "translate" social resources into human and economic resources, blurring the boundaries between public and private sources of capital.Size and kind of community is a factor influencing women's business resources, especially for African American women. Social embeddedness theory is expanded to include multiplex ties to community that better reflect these women's experiences in starting a business.

Several policy implications are raised by the study.Rural African American women who have experienced disadvantages from long-term discrimination within the structure of rural education systems have significantly different needs than white women or urban black women.Business advocacy organizations must recognize these differences if they are to adequately serve these rural entrepreneurs.In addition, set-asides and procurement goals can result in unintended consequences that limit women's opportunities to participate fully in the open market. ... Read more

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This book provides new estimates of labor force participation for married women during the development of the U.S. economy.New census data reveals that a large number of women were excluded from the count of "gainfully occupied" persons in 1880, 1900, and 1910.This undercount was due in part to enumerator neglect, but also to the omission of many women performing work in family-run businesses.The traditionally accepted pattern of an initial decrease in women's labor force participation before 1940 followed by a rapid increase in the post-war period is replaced by one of relative constancy across the 20th-century.The new work rates estimated for women in the United States in the critical period of 1880 to 1910 are as high or higher than those reported in the post-World War II decades.
This underenumeration also reveals a crucial link between the racial gap in married women's labor force participation and the racial gap in male self-employment.A long-standing puzzle in the economics literature is the high labor force participation of black married women relative to white women with otherwise identical characteristics.This study demonstrates that because the majority of family businesses were owned by white men and the unreported family laborers were primarily white women, variations in husbands' self-employment status explain a significant portion of the previously elusive gap in women's labor force participation by race. ... Read more

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`Using the metaphor of the stage, the authors shed light on experiences of women who stumbled into the leadership spotlight in their family firms, and others who methodically built their own stage. An interesting strategic leadership tactic of directing the spotlight on others is found useful by some others. Not all stories are positive though as some find themselves struggling to cope with shadows or the leadership spotlight eludes them. This book is a must read for progressive men and women interested in entrepreneurial leadership of family firms.'
- Pramodita Sharma, Editor, Family Business Review and Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

`Barrett and Moores delve into the real essence of women in leadership roles, specifically but not exclusively in family business. In doing so they dispel many myths, provide compelling concepts to nurture, grow and sustain women business leaders and examples of how women in all types of business can deliver outstanding results through dynamic leadership, high emotional intelligence and a desire to achieve and succeed.'
- Jaqui Lane, CEO and Founder, Focus Publishing

Mary Barrett and Ken Moores breathe new life into research on one of the largest and yet frequently overlooked business sectors. They analyse thirteen international cases of women in family business to discover how women attained leadership or, sometimes, failed to do so.

By examining in detail how women have reached the top in the traditionally conservative environment of family business, the book avoids essentialist assumptions about women as leaders. It illuminates classic issues of entrepreneurship in a family business context, particularly the dual imperatives of innovation and business continuity. Women in Family Business Leadership Roles presents contemporary research that looks at the patterns of success and failure, and understand whether this is the result of gender or other factors.

This invigorating book will be an important resource in helping women and their families understand the dynamics of their family business. The authors' passion for the subject will enhance understanding of family firms as well as the changing position of women in family enterprises. Family business owners and managers, as well as students and academics on entrepreneurship, family business and management courses will warmly welcome the book. ... Read more

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Title: Pace of growth slows for women-owned businesses in state.(Women-Owned Businesses)
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This digital document is an article from Executive Speeches, published by Executive Speaker Co. on December 1, 2000. The length of the article is 2057 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Business Women: Portraits In Progress.(address by Lea Supata, senior vice president of human resources for United Parcel Service)
Author: Lea Soupata
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Date: December 1, 2000
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I'm not gay, but I read this book and it's great
After my best friend "came out" to me, I read this book.I found it the library and it has helped me to understand the issue so much better.I laughed and I cried.Then I gave the book to my friend. Helaughed, and he cried.I am so glad that there are books like this outthere.I live about an hour away from a high school that just recentlybanned four books relating to gay issues.This wasn't one of them, but Ithink it's a shame that there are such narrow minded people in this world. This book opened up a whole new world to me.

Good coming-out resource
I'm a bit biased since I wrote one of the chapters, but I do recommend this book as a good resource for people, especially teenagers, in the coming out process ... Read more

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New forces are profoundly changing the nature of work and are increasing opportunities for women to assume leadership roles in companies and organizations of all kinds. George Starcher argues the business case for seizing this opportunity. The values in which women are traditionally strong are badly needed today in the necessary transformation of business from a domination model characterized by achievement, competition, conquest and the unbridled emphasis on profit to a partnership model where these traits are mitigated by the values of service to others and cooperation.Originally published by the European Bahá'í Business Forum, this book looks at the barriers still confronting women in business and offers examples from the business world in how to overcome these barriers. It argues that a true partnership of women and men leaders, and the blending of feminine and masculine values and qualities, will enhance economic growth, competitiveness and excellence. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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Title: Managing women in business. Treat them differently than men?(Brief Article)(Column)
Author: Pat Wiesner
Publication: ColoradoBiz (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2000
Publisher: Wiesner Publications, Inc.
Volume: 27Issue: 5Page: 11

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This digital document is an article from Human Resource Planning, published by Human Resource Planning Society on September 1, 1998. The length of the article is 1511 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Advancing Women in Business: Best Practices from the Corporate Leaders.(Review) (book reviews)
Publication: Human Resource Planning (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1998
Publisher: Human Resource Planning Society
Volume: 21Issue: 3Page: 51(2)

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