Happy National Small Business Week - Enter our Amazon Book Giveaway

In celebration of National Small Business Week, #100BusinessGirls is hosting a Amazon Giveaway of a great book to add your reading list. 

Enter now for a chance to win: Miss Jessie's: Creating a Successful Business from Scratch---Naturally -- https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/24944b32daf8bceb

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Giveaway ends the earlier of May 11, 2015 11:59PM PDT, or when all prizes are claimed. See Official Rules http://amzn.to/GArules.

Event: Fashion for Brunch: A Chat + Chew with Author Lorenza Brown - Sunday, May 31 (NYC Meetup)

Have you ever wanted to start your own clothing line? Now is your chance to seek the advice you need from a leading consultant in the fashion industry. Join #100BusinessGirls at our next NYC brunch meetup with our featured guest speaker, Lorenza Brown, author of How to Create the Fashion Line of Your Dreams.

Let's Do Brunch! Philly Tech Week (Recap)

On Saturday, April 25th, we hosted Let's Do Brunch! meetup and for the first time, we partnered with Philly Tech Week with special guest, Majella Mark, Founder and CEO of Beau Exchange (read previous announcement post).

Our Business Girl Topic of the Day was "Don't Believe the Hype: Tech Edition"

Majella touched on her experience in building her start up, connecting with her partners, meeting with mentors, and the ins and outs of starting a business. Our attendees also shared their entrepreneurial experiences with each other which made for very enlightening and empowering conversations.

Here are a few takeaways from the event:

• Don't be afraid to ask questions. There are people out here that have the answers you need. Get past the fear of being looked down upon because you don't know something. As Majella stated "You probably will never see that person again anyway, so why not ask." 

• Investors may not always understand your business so it is up to you to educate them on what exactly your product or service is, who will benefit, and why it will be successful. Just having an idea and believing it will make money is not enough to get the attention of investors. 

• Understand your industry and do your research, 

"The greatest gift is not being afraid to question."  Ruby Dee 

Special thanks to everyone who came out. Details for the next events will be announced soon. 

Event: #100BusinessGirls Let's Do Brunch! Philly Tech Week 2015 - Saturday, April 25th

This year #100BusinessGirls is joining the region’s only weeklong celebration of technology and innovation by hosting our signature Let’s Do Brunch! Meetup during Philly Tech Week 2015 presented by Comcast. You’ll hear from Majella Mark, Founder and CEO of BeauExchange.com who will touch on her experience as a tech entrepreneur, the importance of diversity in the industry and the current struggle to enter the community. She will also share insight on how beauty entrepreneurs can gain consumers around the world, and much more.

Online event registration for #100BusinessGirls Let's Do Brunch! Philly Meetup powered by Eventbrite

Finer Details:
When: Saturday, April 25, 2015, 2pm – 4pm
Where: City Tap House Logan Square 2 Logan Square (18th Street between Arch & Cherry) Philadelphia, PA 19103
Cost: $10 reservation fee

PTW is organized by Technical.ly Philly and attracts an audience of civic-minded entrepreneurs, developers, technologists and a growing group of established leaders.
In 2014, 25,000 people attended 145 events organized by 300 partners—We hope we can count on seeing you at our event!

www.phillytechweek.com

Let’s Do Brunch! is just one of the awesome events happening during Philly Tech Week, April 17-25, 2015. To see the full calendar of events, visit http://phillytechweek.com and follow PTW on Twitter @PhillyTechWeek (#PTW15).


Special thanks to our Gift Bag Sponsor:

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More to Be Announced....

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Valentine's Day Confab - NYC Brunch Meetup (Recap)

“Your Crown has been bought and paid for. All you must do is put it on.” James Baldwin 

This past Saturday, February 14th we hosted our signature brunch meetup during NBA All Star Weekend at Pennsylvania 6 (132 W. 31st Street). Our topic of the day was ReDefining A Woman's Worth. Our discussions included breaking down the characters of Cookie Lyon and Olivia Pope and how the media portrays a women on television and how we find balance between our business and personal lives while pursuing our dreams.

Here are a 4 tips to help you redefine your worth:

1. Be okay with being paid well – If you settle or expect less, you not only leave your potential on the table, but you leave a lot of money on the table as well.

2. Seek to become someone you admire – You are here to be your most valuable self and to express your gifts and talents fully. We need to surround ourselves with like-minded people who inspire, nurture and support us, while we give the same in return.

3. Be the architect of your life – We are not doing ourselves or anyone else a favor by having the wrong people like us for saying “yes” when we want say “no”.

4. Empowered Thinking - When understood and applied brings about positive change. Strive to make your situation better, making use of the power, skills, and resources that you have, as opposed to acting powerless in the face of a problem.

“When we place the power to define our worth in someone else’s hands, we are often told that we only want to be wanted. This artificial script leaves us with an extremely narrow role: to be a pleaser. If we accept society’s definition and remain disconnected from our authentic desires, our lives are drained of meaning, emotionally and financially. In this emptied state, we fail to take the initiative to negotiate higher salaries or raise our fees to match our true market value.”   Brooke Axtell, Forbes.com 2011 

Thanks to everyone for coming and braving the cold weather and snow. Please join us at our next event on April 25th in Philadelphia. Details will be released shortly. Sign up to our newsletter to stay in the know!


Business Spotlight:
Nzinga Basir, BlueMystiqueFashion.com
Ernestine Johnson, Syncrani.com

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