by Beth Mazza | Mar 24, 2025 | Female Entrepreneurs, Strategy & Growth, Venture Capital
Katherine M. Dean is a Certified Financial Planner and Founder of OpalWomen at Opal Wealth Advisors. She is a passionate advocate for female entrepreneurship, an international speaker, and a financial advocate with more than 20+ years of experience in the wealth...
by Beth Mazza | Mar 17, 2025 | Female Entrepreneurs, Strategy & Growth
After 20 years together and two successful exits, we’ve learned one undeniable truth when you start your business – for every win, we stepped in sh&t twice. If we’d had a startup business roadmap of what not to do, we could have saved ourselves a lot of stress,...
by Victoria Sivrais | Mar 10, 2025 | Female Entrepreneurs, Strategy & Growth
So, you’ve got a brilliant business idea, but now you need to tackle the legal, financial, and marketing maze? No worries—we’ve rounded up the best free (and a few dirt-cheap) start up business resources to help you get your dream off the ground. First Things First:...
by Beth Mazza | Jan 30, 2025 | Female Entrepreneurs, Strategy & Growth
Sure, you have a business plan; are you heavy on the idea and growth strategy and light on what first-year revenue and profit look like? STOP RIGHT THERE. You do not have enough information yet to figure out if you can afford to start and scale your business. With...
by Victoria Sivrais | Jan 23, 2025 | Female Entrepreneurs, Strategy & Growth
You’ve spent countless hours refining your business plan, obsessing over strategy, and chatting with everyone who’s anyone in your industry. But here’s the truth: what can make or break your business often has nothing to do with your brilliant business ideas and...
by Victoria Sivrais | Jan 9, 2025 | Female Entrepreneurs, Strategy & Growth
A Checklist to Finally Take the Leap So, you’ve got a brilliant idea and a solid plan, but every time you think about taking the plunge and starting your business, you freeze up like a deer in headlights. Sound familiar? We’ve all been there. But guess what? The time...
