Laura Koss-Feder, Author at Women's eNews

Women Involving Their Kids in Their Business

By Laura Koss-Feder ● Uncategorized ● December 9, 2002

Being a mother can actually serve as an asset to businesswomen. By involving children in their work, mothers may score new clients while bonding with their kids. Also, new studies on emergency contraception indicate single doses are effective.

Study: Few Women at the Top of Media Companies

By Laura Koss-Feder ● Uncategorized ● September 23, 2002

A new study by the Annenberg Public Policy Center confirms recent reports by other organizations that have examined women’s power in the communications industry. The findings? Almost no women are in the highest positions of authority in media.

Study Finds Wage Gap Is Just the Beginning

By Laura Koss-Feder ● Employment ● April 16, 2002

A new report finds a surprisingly large gender gap in salary, venture-capital funding, board positions, and just about every aspect of the business-executive world.

Women Entrepreneurs Encouraged to Stay in Game

By Laura Koss-Feder ● Uncategorized ● February 4, 2002

The recession shouldn’t dissuade women with entrepreneurial spirit to explore their options, say venture capitalists who continue to mine for those good ideas that make great businesses.

Women Could Hold One-Fourth of Board Seats By 2027

By Laura Koss-Feder ● Uncategorized ● December 14, 2001

The growth in the numbers of women at the Fortune 500 companies has been at a snail’s pace. Only 12.4 percent of the board members are women, compared to 8.3 percent in 1993; five women are chief executives at these top firms, up from two in 1999.

Women’s Businesses See Sales Drop of 10 Percent

By Laura Koss-Feder ● Commentary ● October 26, 2001

Sales at women-owned businesses dropped an average 10 percent since Sept. 11. These economic hard times mean that women entrepreneurs are called upon to work even harder and to push their creativity, networking and interpersonal skills.

Colleges Offer Programs, Aid for Returning Moms

By Laura Koss-Feder ● Uncategorized ● August 20, 2001

School bells are ringing for mothers who want to finish their undergraduate degrees or take courses that will advance their careers. And increasingly colleges are offering special programs, flexibility and financial aid for women going back to school.

Women of Color Execs Reveal Their Strategies

By Laura Koss-Feder ● Uncategorized ● July 8, 2001

Successful women of color executives need to seek out mentors, develop an instinct for opportunities, tap their personal resilience and pick their battles to move up the corporate ladder. And remember: The higher they go, the whiter it gets.

Wife Is Boss in New Business Model for Couples

By Laura Koss-Feder ● Employment ● June 5, 2001

Men increasingly are joining their entrepreneur wives in business and reporting to them. It’s estimated that twice as many men report to their higher-ranking wives today as they did five years ago–and their marriages are notable for their mutual respect.

Home-Based Business Shouldn’t Mean Home-Bound

By Laura Koss-Feder ● Uncategorized ● May 25, 2001

Nine million women entrepreneurs have home-based businesses and face the special challenges of balancing work and family and coping with isolation. The best advice from successful home businesswomen: Hire a baby-sitter and get out of the house.

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