Monthly Archives: March 2012

When it comes to makes end meets, women are on the money.

Dear Classmate, When I found this article I didn’t know what to think of it.  Does it benefits women or is it just contributing to the perceptions formed about women being more risk averse? The reason why most  businesses exist … Continue reading

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Online Social Network designed for Women

I found a great  social network for women called Levo Leauge, which is a multimedia website where women can find support in the work place including job opportunities, and is something like a linked in focused on women surpassing the … Continue reading

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Forbes on the JOBS Act

Within recent legislation we are seeing bills, acts, and statues that are proposed and passed that target businesses and how they operate, start, grow etc… Among the most recent is the JOBS Act which had passed within the House of … Continue reading

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The girl’s guide to being a boss

Hi everyone, have any one read the book “The girl’s guide to being a boss ” by Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio?  This book gives valuable lessons, smart suggestions and true stories for succeeding as the chick-in-charge. As women, we … Continue reading

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Top Women Entrepreneurs from the age of 15-29 years old

In my earlier post I had discussed the most successful women is Asia, that had made it to the Forbes list. The women that were discussed were working in a corporate environment and achieved success by overcoming the barriers that women face. … Continue reading

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Gender Differences in Leadership.

I found the article  that is very interesting and relevant to our class discussion. This article is  about gender differences in leadership. THE TOPIC OF GENDER DIFFERENCES in leadership style has been of great interest to researchers in the fields of … Continue reading

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Comments On Articles

“The Glass Ceiling”- i enjoyed reading this article because it goes to show how still today despite the laws against inequalities amongst men and women, women are still treated on a lesser scale. This quote stood out to me personally … Continue reading

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New university award aims to encourage top women executives Read more: http:/Business University Award Aims encourage women executives

I found this article to be relevant to our class discussion. Last week we spoke about how mentors and sponsors although they are training women, they don’t help them rise to higher level position. This article speaks about how HSBC … Continue reading

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‘The M.R.S. and the Ph.D.’

Britteny Vukas ‘The M.R.S. and the Ph.D.’ by Stephanie Coontz is an article I found in the New York Times that I felt was a sort of follow up to our discussion on feminism and The Feminine Mystique. The article describes … Continue reading

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Forbes Asia’s Most Powerful Women

This week the list for the “Asia’s 50 Power Businesswomen” was published.  It was interesting to see that 42% of the women were from China,  Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau and 16% from India, with the remainder from Singapore.  Being … Continue reading

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