Growing up, I was taught girls don’t do certain things. They don’t burp, they don’t toot, they don’t snore, they don’t swear, and, by all means, they don’t sweat. I vividly remember doing something unladylike to make my brothers laugh (probably burping) and my dad pulling me aside to lecture me. I remember him saying, “Have you ever heard your mom do that? Girls don’t act like ... Read More

A couple of weeks ago, we learned about Marissa Mayer joining Yahoo! and the conversation in the media began to circle not around her qualifications, but the fact that she’s a pregnant woman. In the comments of the blog post I wrote about it, Marianne Griebler suggested we talk about what we can do to ”combat this offensive nonsense, mentor young people, support each other, and dream together ... Read More

Last week, Jayme Soulati wrote a blog post called, “20 Things to Do Before I Die.” It was an off-the-cuff blog post; not something she’d been thinking about for years, nor her “final” bucket list. In it she described things she can control (write a book on how to buy colored stones) and things she can’t control (never say goodbye to my parents). I learned things ... Read More

I have a question. Why are so many journalists and bloggers writing with advice for Marissa Mayer? Risking the fact that you might be tired of the “women rule” trip I’m on lately, I really want to know what the heck is going on. If this were a 37-year-old man whose wife was pregnant, we wouldn’t be talking about this. In fact, it would be a ... Read More

The number of self-employed women has been on a steady increase during the past 30 years. Women are starting new firms at twice the rate of all other businesses. Female-owned firms number 9.1 million, or nearly 40 percent of all U.S. businesses. Together they employ 27.5 million people and generate more than $3.6 trillion in sales, according to the National Association of Women Business Owners. And ... Read More

Yesterday afternoon, Allen Mireles and I were talking about our to-do lists. Not from the aspect of how busy we are, but in how we track everything so balls don’t get lost. You see, I love technology. I love Evernote and Instapaper and Dropbox and Google Reader and alerts in my calendar that tell me when it’s time to do something. I’m always the first one ... Read More

A couple of weeks ago, the New York Times had a great OpEd about how busy we are. The author, Tim Kreider, relayed a story about asking a friend to blow off work to check out the new American Wing at the Met and the friend said he was super busy, but to let him know if there was a special event or something and he’d try ... Read More

I know this has nothing to do with PR, marketing, or anything digital, but it’s important to me. And, I figured, it’s a holiday in the U.S. tomorrow and Canadians are coming back to work today, so I don’t think you’ll mind. For those of you who don’t know, I’m a pretty avid cyclist. I’m not one of the best, but I definitely can hold my ... Read More

Today’s guest post is written by Meridith Dennes and Kim Oksenberg. Launching a business is always an adventure. In fact, it has a lot of similarities to competing in the Hunger Games. Sure, you don’t have to fight for your life and no one dies, but things you don’t think about – payroll taxes, lawsuits, bad clients – can take down your business before you get ... Read More

Today’s guest post is written by Pamela Wright. “Maybe you should call Bill. He has more experience with this than I do.” “I can give you the name of a person who can do this for you. He’s a lot more expensive than I am, but he is worth it.” “I learned everything I know from her. I’m sure she is available.” These are some of ... Read More