Jen Dziura is a friend of mine who wears even more hats that I do.  In addition to comedy, performance, producing spelling bees, tutoring–she also writes a career column for The Gloss.  Here’s a bit of her excellent post about how to set your freelancing rates and how much to pay an assistant.
The goal of […]

Square has just launched, and it may cause a revolution for online payments.  One of the founders of Square is Jack Dorsey who you may have heard of because he is one the guys who started Twitter. Square allows for you to use your iPhone for online payments, email receipts, donate money to charity and […]

The founders of social bookmarking community Kirtsy will be hosting the first of a series event called, Hands on Kirtsy. The New York event will be Monday December 1st at the Hudson Hotel.
Entrepreneur Patricia Handschiegel writes about the New Power Girls in her latest column in The Huffington Post.
Also, Girls in Tech is having drinks […]

“It is the time to be essential.” Hearst President Cathie Black said in response to today’s job market and the current economic crisis. Cathie Black was the keynote speaker at WCBS Radio’s Working Women Luncheon which I attended today at the Javits Center.
It was “bitch cold” this morning, so I was happy when I walked […]

Today I attended the first ever Econ: Women conference here in New York.  It was very informative, as the panel discussions focused on women in online media, advertising and community. Co-CEO Wenda Harris Millard of Martha Stewart Omnimedia kicked off the conference by saying “Flat is the new up”. It was her response to the […]

Corefino is the kind of company I would work for if I ever went back to corporate accounting. That is saying a lot, since I hated working at accounting firms.  A few weeks ago, I talked to Karen Northup CEO/Founder to Corefino. Most accounting firms have employees that are overworked. Accountants often don’t also have […]

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I am now the bookkeeper at illustrator agency Morgan Gaynin. One of the artists (Susan Estelle Kwas) illustrated It’s a Money Thing, which a savvy personal finance book for girls of all ages.

In this crazy time of economic uncertainty, it is necessary to arm women with the knowledge and tools to make themselves “mortgageable”.
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In order to get new business,sometimes I don’t negotiate well or ask enough for my services. However, I am trying to do better. After reading the article, The Feminine Critique in the New York Times, I realized that many women are guilty of this.
 
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Men asked for more money at eight times […]