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The Female Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating Your Own Website in a Weekend by Ruthann Bowen

September 29, 2024 Melanie Hawken

Ruthann Bowen

Book Review

Entrepreneur Ruthann Bowen, author of the insightful and highly practical book, The Female Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating Your Own Website In A Weekend, believes that the quality of your website represents the quality of your business. She brings her extensive knowledge and expertise to the table to show other women entrepreneurs how to transform their websites from DIY Disaster to Design Diva in just a weekend!

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Starved For Success: Powerful Lessons On Resilience And Resourcefulness From An International Entrepreneur by Olivia Ansell

September 22, 2024 Melanie Hawken

Olivia Ansell

Book Review

Olivia Ansell, the author of Starved For Success: Powerful Lessons On Resilience And Resourcefulness From An International Entrepreneur, has been a successful entrepreneur since she was 10 years old, an age where unexpected tragedy sparked her unparalleled story of survival and success. As a young girl forced out onto the streets of Uganda, a side effect of an unforgiving African family structure, Olivia had to learn nearly overnight what it would take to thrive in a place that seemed to have the odds stacked high against her. But her incredible ability to recognize the significance of whatever little she had and use it to her advantage has since helped Olivia become the resourceful business owner she is today, starting multiple businesses in the U.S. and abroad that have collectively grossed millions of dollars in revenue.

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A Beauty-Full Journey by Suzie Wokabi

September 15, 2024 Melanie Hawken

Suzie Wokabi

Book Review

Celebrated Kenyan beautypreneur, Suzie Wokabi, founder of SuzieBeauty and SB Dada, knows what it takes to build and launch one of the most successful beauty brands in Africa. Her new book, A Beauty-Full Journey, shares her personal experiences and insights into the highs and lows, challenges and opportunities, that she has navigated on her own beauty-full business and brand building journey. This is an inspirational read for all those who want to understand the entrepreneurial journey that any current or future beauty brand builder will have to take to achieve success.

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Partnering Success: The Force Multiplier to Achieve Exponential Growth by Theresa Caragol

September 8, 2024 Melanie Hawken

Theresa Caragol

Book Review

In Theresa Caragol’s new book, Partnering Success: The Force Multiplier to Achieve Exponential Growth, she and her AchieveUnite team present a groundbreaking approach to building strategic alliances that drive innovation and success. This book guides readers through the transformative impact of trust, collaboration, and genuine partnerships in the modern business landscape.

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Sail to Scale: Steer Your Startup Clear of Mistakes from Launch to Exit by Mona Sabet, Heather Jerrehian and Maria Fernandez Guajardo

August 31, 2024 Melanie Hawken

Mona Sabet, Heather Jerrehian & Fernandez Guajardo

by Mona Sabet, Heather Jerrehian and Maria Fernandez Guajardo

In their new book, Sail to Scale, authors Mona Sabet, Heather Jerrehian, and Maria Fernandez Guajardo acknowledge that most new businesses fail, and yet most failures are avoidable. While some startups may catch favorable winds, most will encounter stormy seas that can capsize their ventures. Understanding how to navigate these choppy waters is crucial. You don't learn to captain a warship by training to sail fast on calm seas.

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The Wheel of 8 Fears of Entrepreneurs: A Practical Guide to Recognize and Overcome the Fear of Entrepreneurship by Celia Soonets

August 21, 2024 Melanie Hawken

Celia Soonets

Book Review

If you are longing to start or build your own business, but feeling crippled by uncertainty, then Celia Soonets’ new book, The Wheel of 8 Fears of Entrepreneurs: A Practical Guide to Recognize and Overcome the Fear of Entrepreneurship, is a must-read. Her book provides a cutting-edge conceptual model for classifying any concern and creating a system to turn it around. Breaking global statistical analysis down into a practical and easy-to-read tool, Soonets offers empathy, companionship, and solutions for people at all stages of running their own business. By learning to look at every facet of fear in a unique way, you’ll be able to stop battling those formless thoughts and address each issue with a precise tactical plan.

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The Family Secret: The Business and Franchise Owner's Guide to Building Generational Wealth by Kerri Harper-Howie

August 11, 2024 Melanie Hawken

Kerri Harper-Howie

Book Review

Kerri Harper-Howie is an attorney, an entrepreneur, and now the author of a great new book, The Family Secret: The Business and Franchise Owner's Guide to Building Generational Wealth. She shares her inspirational story of how she travelled her very personal journey to success, entrepreneurship, and building a generational legacy.

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Women and Entrepreneurship - How Do We Beat The Odds? by Chariel Dye

August 3, 2024 Melanie Hawken

Chariel Dye

Book Review

Women and Entrepreneurship, “How Do We Beat The Odds?” written by Chariel Dye, is about the resilient entrepreneur woman of today. Many women of the new millenia have begun to step out of the era of employment and into the era of entrepreneurship. They understand the need to create financial freedom for themselves. This book is a platform that helps them to understand the steps needed to break through the barriers of entrepreneurship.

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Build Like A Woman: The Blueprint for Creating a Business and Life You Love by Kathleen Griffith

July 21, 2024 Melanie Hawken

Kathleen Griffith

Book Review

From Kathleen Griffith, the self-made businesswoman and founder of the global platform Build Like A Woman, comes the new book Build Like A Woman: The Blueprint for Creating a Business and Life You Love, an essential resource to unleash your business, take up space, and create your dream life.

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Rethink: Smashing the Myths of Women in Business by Andi Simon

July 14, 2024 Melanie Hawken

Andi Simon

Book Review

In Rethink: Smashing the Myths of Women in Business, author and entrepreneur, Andi Simon, tells the stories of 11 women from different industry sectors who opened up the possibilities for their professional careers and personal lives by being authentic, taking risks, and pushing past the obstacles others placed before them. These are stories that tell of innovation, show how women rise, and ignite change.

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SHEO: A Guide to Female Entrepreneurship and Financial Freedom by Ashona Fyffe

July 7, 2024 Melanie Hawken

Ashona Fyffe

Book Review

Embark on a transformative journey towards entrepreneurship and financial empowerment with "SHEO: A Guide to Female Entrepreneurship and Financial Freedom,” written by Ashona Fyffe, a trailblazing entrepreneur and advocate for women's economic empowerment. Her book is a comprehensive roadmap designed to empower women to realize their entrepreneurial dreams and achieve financial independence. Drawing upon her own experiences and insights, Ashona offers practical advice, actionable strategies, and invaluable guidance to help women navigate the challenges and seize the opportunities of entrepreneurship.

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Burned: How Business Owners Can Overcome Burnout and Fuel Success by Julie Bee

June 30, 2024 Melanie Hawken

Julie Bee

Book Review

Burned: How Business Owners Can Overcome Burnout and Fuel Success by Julie Bee is a step-by-step, practical guide for business owners to overcome, prevent, and leverage burnout in ways that fuel their growth and success. Burnout is an epidemic in the business owner community, and the guidance to overcome it by taking a vacation, getting more exercise, and incorporating meditation into their days isn’t the advice they need.

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Move to Great! 12 Strategies for Business Exponential Growth, Leveraging AI by Victoria Holtz

June 23, 2024 Melanie Hawken

Victoria Holtz

Book Review

If you are ready to revolutionize your business strategy and achieve exponential growth, then Victoria Holtz’s book, ”Move To Great: 12 Strategies For Business Exponential Growth Leveraging AI” is a must read. Do you want to be at the forefront of AI and business transformation? Victoria’s groundbreaking guide will help you to unlock your business potential in the age of artificial intelligence.

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Think Like a Brand. Act Like a Startup: Drive Growth and Innovation by Balancing Stability and Agility by Lauren Perkins

June 16, 2024 Melanie Hawken

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In her new book, Think Like a Brand. Act Like a Startup: Drive Growth and Innovation by Balancing Stability and Agility, Lauren Perkins helps you to transform your business with a hybrid approach to achieve revolutionary innovation and long-term success.

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The Heart Sell: A guide for women entrepreneurs seeking financial freedom by Dora Rankin

June 9, 2024 Melanie Hawken

Dora Rankin

Book Review

The Heart Sell: A guide for women entrepreneurs seeking financial freedom by Dora Rankin was written for women entrepreneurs who want to turn their passion into purpose and their purpose into profit. The book leads you to moments of clarity to help you bring your brilliance into the world because, as a woman, your ability to lead from the heart is more valuable than you know.

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Small Business, Big Success: Proven Strategies to Beat the Odds and Grow a Great Business by Cynthia Kay

June 2, 2024 Melanie Hawken

Cynthia Kay

Book Review

Small Business, Big Success: Proven Strategies to Beat the Odds and Grow a Great Business by Cynthia Kay offers unconventional but proven strategies to run a better small business. It also provides a road map for owners looking to expand their small businesses by doing more business with big business. It’s an essential guide for entrepreneurs at every stage of business.

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The Business Diaries: 10 Startup Secrets for the Female Entrepreneur by Heather Hays

May 26, 2024 Melanie Hawken

Heather Hays

Book Review

The new book by author and entrepreneur, Heather Hays, The Business Diaries: 10 Startup Secrets for the Female Entrepreneur is for all those women who dream of owning a business, or who are running a business but it’s not quite what they envisioned. It’s also for those women who are on a mission to find more time, money, and peace of mind to focus on making their ideal clients happy while also enjoying a better quality of life. If these things resonate with you, then The Business Diaries was written for you.

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Impact Entrepreneur: 15+ Entrepreneurs Share Their Insights & Secrets For Building a Business With Purpose & Meaning by Patricia Wooster and Wendi Blum Weiss

May 19, 2024 Melanie Hawken

Wendi Blum Weiss and Patricia Wooster

Book Review

If you feel you are ready to leave the traditional 9-5 and embark on an entrepreneurial journey, then co-authors Patricia Wooster and Wendi Blum Weiss in their new book, Impact Entrepreneur, say you are not alone! It could be time to unleash your superpower and impact the world. A growing number of people seek meaningful work, aspiring to create a legacy, achieve independence, and contribute to the causes they believe in.

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Smooth Sailing: An Essential Guide to Legally Protecting Your Business by Cheri D Andrews

May 11, 2024 Melanie Hawken

Cheri D. Andrews

Book Review

Is your small business legally protected? In Smooth Sailing: An Essential Guide to Legally Protecting Your Business, attorney Cheri D Andrews lays out not only the crucial foundational steps ALL small businesses require to ensure their business is legally compliant and protected at the outset but also those legal protections that need to be added as a business grows and scales. This essential guide helps both brand-new entrepreneurs and seasoned business owners avoid common legal mistakes that put business and personal assets at risk.

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Seeding Innovation: The Path to Profit and Purpose in the 21st Century by Robyn O’Brien

May 5, 2024 Melanie Hawken

Robyn O’Brien

Book Review

In Seeding Innovation: The Path to Profit and Purpose in the 21st Century, veteran entrepreneur, award-winning author, global strategist, speaker, and Rice University Innovation and Entrepreneurship professor, Robyn O’Brien, delivers an insightful and data-driven roadmap to authenticity and smart leadership in the face of accelerating technological, environmental, and social change. In the book, you’ll discover how to build resilience, authenticity, market share, and purpose into your business plan and move beyond box-ticking, virtue signaling, and one-dimensional metrics, in a way that strengthens your business model, enhances your bottom line, attracts investors, fortifies employee retention, and more.

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Statement lighting… from Dounia Home, the home of innovative, handcrafted and ethically made Moroccan lighting and home decor founded by Dounia Tamri-Loeper. Her company designs, produces and brings to market hi
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Healthy snack treats…We love showcasing Africa’s women agribusiness builders, and ReelFruit, founded by Affiong Williams, is inspirational - it’s the largest fruit processing, packaging and distributi Image of the Day / Dokmai Rwanda

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Silk Serenity…Nothing is quite as luxurious as silk, that’s why we love the ‘Africa on Silk’ collections from Eki, founded by Hazel Eki Osunde. Her latest Deep Dive Collection is inspired by the p Image of the Day / The Nanjala Company

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Pure chocolate heaven…If you are a chocolate lover, then you need to experience raw chocolate at its finest, and Dana Mroueh, founder of MonChoco an artisan chocolatier in Côte d’Ivoire, has just what y Image of the Day / Mulandi Brindes

Say it with flowers…If you want to make someone feel special, then there is no better way than with the gift of fresh flowers, and Mulandi Brindes in Mozambique, founded by Vanessa Guilherme Nhabete, creates Image of the Day / Mariée Eventos

The Wedding Planner…Every big celebration day needs great organization, and that’s where Iris Lezi Munguambe, founder of Mariée Eventos in Mozambique, is your go-to person. She launched he Image of the Day / Dounia Home

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