Finance is such an elusive subject to most of us, and women in finance feels like another subject all together. Investment banker, Jee-Won Yang, sheds a light on the topic for us as well as sharing some tips she has on staying sane and creative in her downtime.
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As ambitious women of New York, even if you’re happy with your job, you always have your eye on the horizon. However, knowing when and how to get the heck out of your job, and onto the next one, can be a challenge – and potentially messy. That’s why this month we decided to dedicate our town hall (and follow up workshop) to the topic of departures, as bittersweet as they may be.
Leaving Your Job Can Be Messy Read More »
Just the other day we took refuge from the heat inside the dimly lit café, Black Brick Coffee, in Williamsburg to meet with Claire Wasserman. Wasserman was already there when we arrived, sporting her trademark cat-eye and tapping away on her phone — no doubt strategizing and networking even on-the-go. Claire is a modern renaissance woman if there ever was one. She is also proof that – no matter what your parents said – Bill Gates isn’t the only successful college dropout.
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Divinity Roxx is a double-threat musician, combining bass and rap into a sound all her own. Over her career, she’s gone from being the only “girl” in the band, to being a part of Beyoncé’s all-female touring band. After talking with her, it’s pretty clear why she named her 2016 solo album, I’m Possible.
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Eva’s leap into the entrepreneurial unknown didn’t happen overnight and after a few more stints of working for others, she finally went full-time to run her own design company, eg studio. Along the way, she also amassed a pretty sizable Instagram following. In our first Member Spotlight, we give you a sneak peek into Eva’s world.
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A lot of us often think, “What if I started a business…” or “What if I quit my job…” At our fourth town hall, we listened to women who shared their stories of turning those “What if’s” to “I’m doing it” and learned what it truly means to take the plunge.
Just because it didn’t work, it didn’t mean you failed. Read More »
The beauty of New York is its diversity: We have workers of every skin and tie color lined up for halal street food. Muslim shoulders touching Jewish shoulders on the subway. Public housing skyscrapers with million-dollar views. What always strikes me, though, is the lack of economic diversity in NYC corporate offices.
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This is a recap of our Women & Money kick-off town hall in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Money is a tool. We should not associate it with our value as human beings. Tara Jones reminded us that “we need to break up with the idea that our financial worth and personal worth are the same thing.” When we begin to see money as an external tool, rather than relating to it emotionally, we can feel more free to ask for what is fair. Negotiating a salary or raise can be transactional, and if we don’t get what we want, we do not have to feel personal rejection.
Stay Lit so Others Can See Your Fire Read More »
After years of determination and struggling to climb the fashion ladder, I was in a new city with no job and a almost no social network. So what did I do? I switched careers and became a graphic designer.
5 Reasons I Changed Careers in my Twenties Read More »
Throughout the town hall meeting, the women on the panel told stories of how they negotiated the price of a product to investors, their admission into college and what it was like to be on the other side of the table during negotiations. The common theme? Fear.
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