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like how we grow and get our food, lifelong learning in our communities
and scalable democratic decision making. Solving problems are what
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news
The four rich countries where
women out-earn men
Irish women without kids earn 17 percent
more than the typical male worker, according
to new research from the OECD. Along with
Australia, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, it is
one of four rich countries where women without
children report higher wages than men.
"I think the number one
thing women need to be
successful in this business is
self-confidence"
From an interview with Donna Johannes
Schuette - Vice president and owner of Johannes
Auto Sales.
Read more at www.semissourian.com
Read more at www.theatlantic.com
Beginner's guide to starting a
web business
Women's march on boards
gains momentum
"The internet is the ideal place to start a
business" but to start a web business requires a
whole new game plan and strategy – one that is
different to running a standard business.
The overall number of female directors in
Britain has increased by 24 per cent over the past
five years.
Research from Experian shows a leap in
female appointments, and comes as larger firms
narrow the gap with smaller companies in hiring
women. Its study of 2.7m British businesses,
which analysed the number of male and female
directors of UK businesses between 2007 and
2012, found that the increase in female directors
since 2007 outstripped male appointments, by 24
per cent compared with 15 per cent.
Women entrepreneurs launching start-up
businesses had an important part to play in the
shift: a third of the 1.4 million businesses that
started up since 2007 have one or more female
directors, adding 523,000 female directors
overall, and 297,000 women were directors at
firms that shut down during the five years.
Read more at blog.teamtreehouse.
com/beginners-guide-to-starting-aweb-business
5 Lessons Girl Scouts Can
Teach Women Entrepreneurs
About Social Media
How do you create more businesses owned
by women, especially businesses with revenues
in excess of $1 million dollars?
Social Entrepreneur
Internships Are Casting Off!
For the first time, Enspiral
is creating an internship
experience tailor made for social
entrepreneurs. People who use
the tools of business to make a
positive social and environmental
impact, applying their unique
skills and passion to the work
that matters.
If you have a fire in your belly
for social justice, environmental
health and economic brilliance,
this the internship for you!
Offices in the Cloud
Microsoft is selling a retooled version of
its Office software to consumers as an online
subscription service for the first time in an
attempt to extend one of the company's key
franchises beyond personal computers. The
attempt to sell online Office subscription to
consumers comes nearly seven years after
Google unveiled its own internet bundle of word
processing, spreadsheet and email programs.
Google gives away a basic version of those
applications, and charges subscriptions for more
sophisticated packages aimed primarily at small
businesses.
Source: AP
Which way to Act?
A decade after public holiday surcharges
were introduced in restaurants, several eateries
have "given up" trying to enforce the added
costs. The act says anyone working on a public
holiday must be paid time and a half and get a
day off in lieu. To cover the extra costs, several
cafes and restaurants introduced levies of up to
25 per cent. Owners are free to determine the
surcharge.
Source: APN
Read more www.forbes.com
Read more at www.independent.co.uk
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