Powering the Dreams of Women Business Owners

Powering the Dreams of Women Business Owners

We all have “that moment” and I remember mine like it was yesterday. I was working in corporate America, getting paid less than my male counterparts for the same work and knew I wanted more. I decided to take the leap and go into business for myself where I would not...
Technology Takeaways For the Road Ahead

Technology Takeaways For the Road Ahead

We really saw the value of technology during the pandemic; imagine the difference if COVID struck just 10 or 20 years ago. Because of today’s technology, we were able to quickly shift to remote operations, stay connected with team members and clients and find...
Continuing the Vision and Legacy

Continuing the Vision and Legacy

In 1975, there were no business organizations with membership open to women entrepreneurs, so a dozen trailblazing women business owners in Washington, D.C. got together and created one. Their vision and legacy led to today’s NAWBO, which recently celebrated its...
Communication Is Everything

Communication Is Everything

Communicating internally with employees and externally with customers and vendors has always been important, but it rose to a new level of significance during the pandemic with most face-to-face interactions off the table. So what lessons have we learned from this...
Caring For You Is Caring For Your Business

Caring For You Is Caring For Your Business

Entrepreneurship has so many positives—your time is yours to control, you are building something you love and you have the opportunity to surround yourself with people you choose and create the culture you want. While all this is wonderful, calling the shots and being...
Quality vs. Quantity in the Art of Scaling

Quality vs. Quantity in the Art of Scaling

Scaling a business is a delicate art. As entrepreneurs, most all of us want our businesses to grow, but when it comes to balancing quantity and quality in the process—whether we’re taking out a loan, partnering with an investor or merging with or acquiring another...
Rooted in Advocacy

Rooted in Advocacy

  There’s a time and place for everything, and for our #NAWBOVoice that speaks out for not only the thousands of NAWBO members across the country, but also for America’s millions of women and small business owners, the pandemic presented a once in a lifetime...
Leading the Way: The Ultimate Test

Leading the Way: The Ultimate Test

Whether you manage a team of two or 200, this prolonged pandemic has no doubt been the ultimate test of leadership. As women business owners, we’ve coped with challenges for which no training or previous downturn experience could have prepared us. Now, as we slowly...
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