From Hobbies to Careers - 5 Ideas for Turning a Hobby Into a Successful Business

Many successful female entrepreneurs start with a hobby and end up with a career – they were just doing what comes naturally! Here are five examples of women who were doing what they love, and who turned their hobbies into money-making enterprises.

First, a quotation from successful businesswoman Martha Stewart:

“Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great [...]

For Female Entrepreneurs – Martha Stewart’s 10 Rules for Starting a Business

A reader asked for info on starting a business – she wants to be a female entrepreneur! Well, who better to learn from than successful businesswoman Martha Stewart? Her ten rules for creating and maintaining a successful business will help even established entrepreneurs.

“No one ever said that starting a business was easy,” writes Stewart in [...]

How to Make Your Business Successful: Find Your Personal Advantage

Identifying and using your innate advantages will help your business succeed – whether you’re a recent college graduate with a brilliant idea or a successful businesswoman opening her seventh store!

In The Key to Success for Female Entrepreneurs – Coco Chanel, I described how finding your personal advantage or strength can set you apart from the [...]

The Key to Success for Female Entrepreneurs – Coco Chanel

If you’re a female entrepreneur, you’ll love this key to success! I discovered it a book about succeeding in business and life – this is one of the best books about success that I’ve read (and I read a lot).

Coco Chanel – who created Chanel No. 5 perfume, bell bottoms, and the little black dress [...]

When You’re Starting Your Own Business – What Successful Businesswomen Know

Are you ready to start your own business? Here’s what successful businesswomen know – especially ones who have successfully changed careers!

“I believe in businesses where you engage in creative thinking, and where you form some of your deepest relationships,” said Anita Roddick, creator of The Body Shop. “If it isn’t about the production of the [...]

Turning Failure to Success for Female Entrepreneurs – Maya Angelou

Successful female entrepreneurs don’t just survive business failure, relationship failure, or company failures – they turn failure to success! Here are specific ways to cope with failure for businesswomen, with inspiration from Maya Angelou.

“You did what you know how to do. When you knew better, you did better.” – Maya Angelou.

Bouncing back from failure involves accepting that you [...]