Editor of Women’s Web, Aparna Vedapuri Singh, discusses the interesting findings from their study about women in India pursuing a career…
Glean incredible advice from Yeshasvini Ramaswamy, a strong example to professional women all over the world. She talks about what has made her so successful as an entrepreneur, how she defines entrepreneurship, her vision for India as a whole, and her advice to women who want to start a business…
“Many people say ‘You have done what people have done at 60!’” Yeshasvini Ramaswamy is only in her mid-30s but is changing the business landscape in India. Self-proclaimed an accidental entrepreneur, her own leadership audit firm is growing quickly. And in 2012 was chosen by The United States of America State Department to represent India in the prestigious 2012 Fortune Most Powerful Women Program…
Education in India is undergoing a paradigm shift and that offers a variety of exciting opportunities to entrepreneurs like Pooja Goyal. Leaving a successful corporate career, Pooja moved towards early childhood development to make an impact with play, learning and innovation…
Zhang Xin’s incredible story is living proof that truly, nothing is impossible: the only thing that limits us is ourselves. Named by Forbes as not just one of China’s, but one of the world’s Top 10 self-made women…
Going on nine years and fast growing with a focus on technology adoption, the Women Entrepreneur Network Association (WENA) of Malaysia is taking a new approach by forming industry-based focus groups in five sectors: ICT, Retail and Services, Food, Education, and Health, Beauty and Wellness.
“We feel all women should have financial independence as this leads to better self esteem,” said the young, vivacious co-founder of Biz Divas. “We want to help increase the participation…
Just named in India Today’s list of top 25 women achievers, Lynn de Souza, is a marketing and advertising dynamo with decades of experience and leadership under her belt. Currently, Lynn is Chairman and CEO of Lintas Media Group, one of India’s largest media agencies, which saw a 17 per cent growth in revenue in 2011.
The wisdom of professors who encouraged her to pursu…
“But aren’t Filipinos mostly laborers and maids?”
Lalaine Chu-Benitez was presenting her magazine to an advertiser who asked her this question.
It was precisely this attitude that led to the creation of Chu-Benitez’s international, Dubai-based publication, Illustrado. Her goal was to combat stereotypes and raise the morale and the image of the Filipino woman in the Middle East by…
We thought it fitting to end the year with a success story about the first woman to be awarded the Ernst and Young World Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
Olivia Lum was adopted at birth and grew up in a hut in Malaysia without running water. In June 2011, she was the first woman to be awarded Ernst & Young’s World Entrepreneur of the Year for her Singapore-based water-treatment company…
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