In a recent post by Lisa Calhoun on Inc. she listed out 30 surprising facts about female entrepreneurs. Reading through this list was affirming, inspiring, surprising and, you guessed it, frustrating. Let me give you some examples: Affirming: "#3. Women entrepreneurs in the United States rank their happiness at nearly three times that of women who are not entrepreneurs or established business owners." I can't tell you how many times over the past year-and-a-half I've said to

The biggest secret of the tech world is that a huge percentage of people who work in the tech industry started out knowing nothing. They didn’t go to MIT, they didn’t get a degree in computer science and they still don’t know how to code. That’s because the high tech industry needs people to help their business run, not just create their product or service offering. Even New York State Comptroller, Thomas D. Napoli, stated this in his April report on New York City’s growing h

I don’t know about you, but I’m constantly learning. I get excited about researching new strategies, technologies, techniques and industries. I try to learn something new every day. Some days I succeed, other days…not so much. After leaving college, I threw myself into my career. I paid attention to those around me who were successful, I tried out new strategies, I iterated, I became a great sales rep. But then what? I didn’t even realize that I missed learning until my compa

By Jessie Pressman It’s that time of year…that time when we vow to change ourselves for the better. We make resolutions and promises to ourselves... and sometimes we keep them, but most of the time all of those resolutions and promises are forgotten by February. Why is it that we can’t keep our resolutions? Why is it that we so often fail? I’ll admit, I’ve made my fair share of resolutions and, like most of you, I’ve failed miserably at keeping them. What I want to share with