Articles in the current issue

• On Your Way

  You're a woman who wants to start your own business and you need capital. You would prefer not to take out a business loan, which you would have to pay back.

  
• Economy Driving Demand, Adding Glamour to Accountant's Role

  (ARA) - When disaster strikes a community, the humble laborer steps in to physically rebuild homes, schools, businesses and roads. When disaster strikes the economy, who will be the indispensable worker that will help rebuild the country's financial system? The humble accountant, of course.

  
• Smart Small Businesses Focus on Marketing to Fight Tight Times

  (NewsUSA) - The news headlines on the U.S. economy are grim: soaring oil prices, rising inflation, sinking house prices and stagnant consumer spending. An economic downturn can be particularly hard on small businesses, which, according to the U.S.

  
• Online Networking Helps Power Small Business

  (NewsUSA) - If you are an aspiring or current entrepreneur, you know how daunting running a business can be.

  
• Struggling Market? Now Is the Time to Buy

  (NewsUSA) - Maintenance costs are up, home values are falling and states are seeing more foreclosures than sales. But terrible times for homeowners make for terrific investment opportunities.

  
• Helping Women Raise Seed Capital

  (NewsUSA) - Even as women compose half of the American workforce, they still encounter difficulties. For female entrepreneurs, raising the seed capital needed to start a business can prove especially problematic.

  
• More Women Holding Top Business Positions

  (MS) At a not-so-distant point in history, the idea of a woman holding a prominent role in a multi-national or Fortune 500 company was considered a foolish notion. But the tides have turned in the last century and even more so in the last few years.

  

Articles in the previous issue

• Business and Family: Moms Can Have It All

  (NewsUSA)—Stay-at-home mom? How about stay-at-home CEO?

  
• I Made It All By Myself

  There was a time when having a Web site was something reserved for big business, but that is not the case anymore. Whether you are just starting out or have been around a while, you may want to consider expanding your business by creating your own Web site.

  
• Pushing women past the fear of 'no'

  With women earning college degrees and promotions in record numbers, do we really need yet another book telling us what we're doing wrong at work?

  
• On Your Way

  You're a woman who wants to start your own business and you need capital. You would prefer not to take out a business loan, which you would have to pay back.

  
• The earnings gap: Local women still earn less

  The earnings gap between working men and women in Jackson County inched a little closer toward parity last year, but local women still have a long way to go before they reach equal footing with men.

• Entrepreneurial Advancement: It's Not Just a Guy Thing

  (MS) - They say that men and women are quite different in many aspects, hence the "Mars and Venus" jokes. This may also be the case with the way men and women run businesses and the rate of entrepreneurial growth.

  

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