Seeds for success

Carol Frohlinger, Esq., co-author of Her Place at the Table: A Woman’s Guide to Negotiating Five Key Challenges to Leadership Success and co-Founder of Negotiating Women, Inc. is back with some final negotiation tips for our Seeds for Success finalists. Read More »

Our three Seeds for Success finalists continue to grow their businesses and learn from others in the business community through the mentorship provided by Carolyn Kepcher and FindingWhatMatters. This week we are very pleased to welcome mentor Carol Frohlinger, Esq., co-author of Her Place at the Table: A Woman’s Guide to Negotiating Five Key Challenges to Leadership Success and co-Founder of Negotiating Women, Inc. Here is what Carol had to say about our finalists’ progress: Read More »

All three of our Seeds For Success finalists recently had the opportunity to sit down for meetings with Nina Kaufman, Esq., a New York attorney who specializes in small business and entrepreneurship. Nina’s website is www.askthebusinesslawyer.com. She has generously provided all of us with six vitally important matters to consider when launching a business.

Entrepreneurship is a wild ride. You’re riding high with the rarefied air of possibility and creativity. Add to that the blessing of the Yahoo! Seeds for Success grant, and you might even start feeling invincible. It’s at that point that entrepreneurship meets law . . . and you feel like a bucket of ice-cold water has just been dumped on your head.

As a business attorney who has advised thousands of entrepreneurs, including our Seeds for Success finalists, I’m used to being the “wet blanket” in the business equation. But starting and running a successful business involves more than a wing and a prayer: it takes “management.” That’s where the pesky details of legal (and accounting) issues come in.
Read More »