Ramon Ray caught up with Julian Love, the Chief Business Officer for St. HOPE at NetSuite’s SuiteConnect. St. HOPE is an organization, a family of nonprofits that focus on revitalizing Oak Park, Sacramento through public education and economic development. They run a K-12 charter school network, a real estate portfolio, and they invest in...
Mark Levy is the founder of Levy Innovation LLC, a positioning and branding firm that helps thought leaders grow their personal brand and business. Mark says he typically works with 2 types of clients. The first: those who are already famous before they reached out to Mark, and he helped them differentiate and...
Ramon Ray got a chance to catch up with Erik Day, who heads up Dell’s Small Business Network. Erik had been at the Dell Women's Entrepreneur Network in Singapore summit as well and noted the amazing relationships and networking he’s seen over the course of his time there. “Having a community of support to come...
Ramon Ray got a chance to speak with Cheryl Liew-Chng for a few minutes at the Dell Women's Entrepreneur Network in Singapore. Cheryl is the author of The 24-Hour Woman: How high achieving, stressed women manage it all and STILL find happiness. As a Talent Innovation Strategist, she advises C-Level leaders and female entrepreneurs...
Having the chance to sit down and chat with Anne Chow, President of National Business at AT&T, was nothing short of inspiring. Anne and Ramon spoke at length about what it means to be a great leader, the importance of diversity, and how small businesses need to utilize the technology available to maintain the...
If you’re trying to find your way in the world as an entrepreneur, or simply in your career, you should know that you don’t have to go at it alone. There is a long line of women who have walked this road before you. Utilizing the often-untapped resource of a mentor can make a...
Junk removal is a messy business, but profitable if you do it right. Franchising is a great way to expand one's business, if you have the staff and infrastructure in place to manage the franchise part of your business. Josh Cohen, founder of Junk Luggers is doing both and his company is GROWING. He started...
Mentorship is one of the keys to success in business. It can open doors for women in the workplace and put more women on the path to leadership roles. Mentorship is important at every stage of a woman’s career, whether she’s just starting out or is a CEO. Some of the benefits of having...
Last week I hosted/emceed the 3 day Small Business Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida hosted by the Jim Moran Institute and the Florida Small Business Development Center Network. One of the many breakout sessions I attended was focused on finances and led by Octavia Conner, virtual CFO and founder of Say Yes To Profits and she...
Several times a day, or so it seems, Rachel Michaelov, founder of Empire Tax Professionals, posts on Facebook one of two things. She posts how she's helped a client or saved them money or helped them in some way OR Rachel's sharing how a prospective client's finances are quite messed up and how she's GOING...
