Ali Brown is well known as a mentor for women’s entrepreneurial success. From building her highly successful businesses and coaching women entrepreneurs, she has many perspectives, experiences and training resources that are valuable for both men and women. A profile...
Five New Things Brands Need To Know About Today’s Women
Women control $18 billion in global spending, so when we read that 80 percent of women say that they do not trust brands, we realized how big of an opportunity existed for our brand clients. We decided to go back to school to see what was causing the distrust and what...
Working Moms are Killing It. Here’s 7 Things You Can Learn From Them On Doing It All
It’s no secret that working mothers can often be short on time, stressed out, and feel like they’re pulled in a million different directions. Fairygodboss has polled several of our users to collect their tactics for managing the infamous juggle of career...
‘I would never hire the smartest person in the room,’ says one CEO—here’s why
Whenever someone asks me for her advice on hiring, Kara Godlin always fall back on the wise words of Steve Jobs: “It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do. We hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.” Through my many years...
Kara Godlin’s 3 Best Practices for Funding a Startup
Every startup’s financing story will look different, and you have to decide what makes sense for your brand. Here’s how Kara Godlin used funding to grow my company into a multimillion-dollar business. Most entrepreneurs believe their business is built on a strong...