Posts tagged women and money
Women and Philanthropy

Here’s a myth for you: men donate more money to charity than women. Perhaps this myth stays alive because most people don’t think of women as high-activity donors. But that’s not true. Certainly women give of their time and skills to help worthy causes, but now they are bringing money too.

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Jacqueline Novogratz is Goddess of the Week!

What’s so inspiring about Jacqueline is that she combines cool-headed business analysis with an equally warm heart. She won’t invest in businesses that don’t work well because she is always looking at the bigger picture and the greater good. “The world will not change with inspiration alone; rather, it requires systems, accountability, and clear measures of what works and what doesn’t,” she says.

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Gabrielle Bernstein is Goddess of the Week!

Gabrielle[GabrielleBernstein]Gabrielle Bernstein, author, speaker, and founder of HerFuture.com Bernstein is on a mission to help women find their inner guidance -- which she calls their ~ing -- to help them live a happy and passionate life. Gabrielle is a motivational speaker, author and coach. She is the founder of HerFuture.com, and guidance and empowerment platform for young women.

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Money, Money, Money

I’ve written recently to promote the implementation of healthy lunches in schools. Now I would like to propose the implementation of healthy money training in schools. If more people knew their way around the books by the time they were adults, it seems that we wouldn’t have so many people in tremendous debt. I’m advocating for early childhood training in money management (making it fun of course)…

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Amanda Steinberg is Goddess of the Week!

Building off of the DailyCandy model, Amanda Steinberg's DailyWorth.com publishes daily e-mail newsletters with tips, advice, and personal stories from financial experts, including MP Dunleavey, a former finance columnist for The New York Times, to transform women’s relationship to money and help women build real net worth.

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Women & Venture Capital - Is it a Rite of Passage Into Our Power?

Every day we hear about incredible improvements in the financial status of women. The numbers look good. But there is still an important area lacking – women’s access to big business funding. Venture Capital. Can a woman grow a really big, world-changing business if she doesn’t have big investors in on the plan? And if she needs them, where can she find them?

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Making More Money Than Your Man

What would it be like if you made more money than your husband or your boyfriend or your father? For some of you, you are already in this position. For others, what once seemed like a faraway possibility, is now closer in view.

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The Anti-Affirmation

I have heard it said over and over in the personal growth world that in order to reach your potential, you must “embrace your dark side,” or “shadow.” What the heck does this mean? I thought for years. What dark side?

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Pleasure or Pain: take your pick

As a Buddhist practitioner you learn that lust, greed and desire are negative qualities – hindrances on the path to enlightenment and in some texts, even evil. You learn that sensual pleasures are better left renounced and the body just a vehicle to be trained and overcome. It was 12 years ago when I embarked on my Buddhist journey — sitting for 10-day silent meditation retreats at...

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