Recognizing magazine media's thought leaders, trendsetters and newsmakers.NEW YORK – The Grand Ballroom of The Yale Club in Manhattan was packed with some of magazine media’s brightest minds on Thursday to celebrate Folio:’s list of the top 100 innovators, entrepreneurial thinkers, and industry-disruptors from over the past year. The annual list, which is comprised of the best thought-leaders from the industry, and recognizes them for the tangibl...

RALEIGH, N.C., December 4, 2018 –Monica Smiley, CEO and publisher of Enterprising Women magazine, has appointed Peggy Gionta, Kris Martinez and Monika Moss-Gransberry to the Enterprising Women Advisory Board. All three have built substantial and lasting businesses based upon their respective areas of expertise and mutual passion for their clients’ success. As such, they embody the leadership values of Enterprising Women and its network of success...

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 16, 2018 – Today, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-ID) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, passed a Senate resolution commemorating the 30th anniversary of H.R. 5050, the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988. Last month, the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC) celebrated this historic legislation that eliminated all individual state laws req...

MILWAUKEE – October 8, 2018 – Milwaukee Women inc, a nonprofit organization that works to achieve a balanced representation of women on boards of directors to maximize the performance of Wisconsin businesses, today released its 15th annual research report, the “Power of 3.” Highlighting research from Catalyst that notes companies with three or more women directors outperform those with low representation, the “Power of 3” report found that: 12 of...

ATLANTA – November 12, 2018– The Greater Women’s Business Council (GWBC), the largest provider of certification and development resources for women business enterprises (WBEs) in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, hosted its annual LACE (Ladies Achieving Continuous Excellence) Awards Gala on Nov. 9 at the St. Regis hotel in Atlanta. This annual event celebrates, honors and recognizes GWBC corporate members and certified WBEs for their co...

In a super tight labor market, the old ways of hiring no longer hack it. Danny Iny offers eight tips to improve your chances of finding a great employee—and some of them may surprise you. Washington, D.C. (November 2018)—The U.S. Department of Labor has just released its latest numbers and unemployment rates are holding firm at 3.7 percent. This is a nearly 50-year low. If you're an employer you don't have to be told what this means: it's really ...

November 01, 2018 Washington, DC— In the fifth edition of “Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in the Boardroom,” a global study of gender parity on corporate boards, Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, finds that women are making advances across Europe and in some other countries, but overall are still underrepresented in the boardroom. The most positive changes were found in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, and the United Kingdo...

Written by: Dr. Terry Neese, Former NWBC Council MemberWASHINGTON, D.C., October 24, 2018 – The National Women’s Business Council (NWBC) is celebrating the anniversary of the passage of H.R. 5050, the Women’s Business Ownership Act tomorrow, October 25, 2018. The passage of this legislation, and its resulting impact on women business owners, would not have been possible without some incredible, tenacious women that I am fortunate to have worked w...

Oklahoma City, OK, September 11, 2018 - For the past 13 years, Oklahoma City-based non-profit, the Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women's (IEEW) PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS® program, in partnership with Northwood University, has held ten-week courses for women business owners in Kabul, Afghanistan and in Kigali City, Rwanda. This week, the application to attend the 13th class of entrepreneurs went live online; it will also be distributed by pas...

Three Veteran-Owned Businesses Each Granted $25,000 in Second Year of Bob Evans Farms “Heroes to CEOs” Program NEW ALBANY, Ohio (Sept. 6, 2018) — Bob Evans Farms, Inc. announced today that BeneFIT Medical Apparel, K9 Salute and Street Smarts VR are the three winners of the company’s second annual Our Farm Salutes grant-giving program Heroes to CEOs. All three businesses will be awarded with a $25,000 business grant and they will each receive one-...

Nine out of ten (90%) exporters see international markets as a major growth opportunity despite current global trade uncertainties, according to the 2018 American Express Grow Global Survey. The survey of over 500 U.S.-based small and mid-sized companies selling internationally found that although more than two thirds (71%) said that changing global economics are a significant challenge, 75% predict that the percentage of their company’s total re...

RALEIGH, N.C., August XX, 2018 –Monica Smiley, CEO and publisher of Enterprising Women magazine, has appointed Purba Majumder, Sharon Reynolds and Thomasina Williams to the Enterprising Women Advisory Board. The women business owners have each created distinctive companies that serve their clients and society in meaningful, life-changing ways. As such they support the mission of Enterprising Women as an inspiration for successful women business o...