Minding the Rules

Minding the Rules

Compliance is a catch-all term for how well you mind the rules—the laws and regulations governing your business. The challenge is these range from federal to state to local and are often unique to business size, industry, etc. The sheer volume is enough to make your...
Our Most Important Asset: Our People

Our Most Important Asset: Our People

At NAWBO, we know our most important asset is our people—the amazingly talented and diverse women business owners who lead this organization and its chapters and who are part of our membership experience, voice and impact. It’s the same in our businesses. The people...
Think Inclusive from the Start

Think Inclusive from the Start

The positive impacts of diversity and inclusion (D&I) are clear and run deep. In fact, we’ve experienced them first-hand here at NAWBO within our membership and leadership, and as a result, have set the strategic goal nationally of being broadly recognized as the...
Here’s to Fresh Starts!

Here’s to Fresh Starts!

“I want every day to be a fresh start on expanding what is possible.”  ―Oprah Winfrey   There’s nothing like a new year to signal a fresh start—something all of us can use after 2020 tested our grit, adaptability, creativity and bravery in ways we never imagined...
Driven By Purpose

Driven By Purpose

Several months into this year’s pandemic in the U.S., a Forbes article reported that a lot of businesses were still thriving. A common thread between those weathering the storm most successfully was this: They had an authentic and integrated commitment to a purpose...
Positively In the Flow

Positively In the Flow

  Quite simply, cash flow—the money flowing in and out of our businesses each month—is important because our businesses can’t run without it. In fact, according to the Small Business Administration (SBA), a lack of it is a main reason why small businesses fail, and...
Keep Your Eyes on the Road Ahead

Keep Your Eyes on the Road Ahead

You know how a good driver keeps their eyes on the road ahead? That’s how we need to think about our businesses too—working toward all our immediate and short-term goals while always planning and preparing for the future. And that means entirely different things for...
Not Fearless, Just Tremendously Brave

Not Fearless, Just Tremendously Brave

  It’s not what you learn from an experience, but how it changes you. And I know I speak for so many of my NAWBO sisters when I say we’re all so much better off as women and business owners for having recently experienced the virtual National Women’s Business...
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