In theory, launching a business is one way for women to escape gender discrimination. But a survey by 99designs, an online graphic design marketplace, found that female entrepreneurs still face some formidable challenges.
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RU big data board adds BE CEO
The Rutgers Big Data Advisory Board has named Camille Renshaw as a member.
Read More »Two vacant properties to become women-owned eateries in Passaic County
Two women-owned businesses in Passaic County have received help from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s Business Improvement Incentive Program, allowing them to build in two formerly vacant buildings.
Read More »Ceiling still high for women in health care
Women play a key role in health care — as workers, caregivers, and consumers — but they’re underrepresented when it comes to leadership roles, according to a report by a venture fund dedicated to digital health.
Read More »New Jersey’s business ‘icons’ celebrated
The ballroom at The Palace at Somerset Park was packed with over 260 people Thursday morning for NJBIZ's Icon Honors event, celebrating the careers of men and women 60 and over who have made it their business to pioneer change and innovation in their workplaces and communities.
Read More »Diversified taps new EVP and CFO
Kenilworth-based tech solutions company Diversified has tapped Allison Aden as its new executive vice president and CFO.
Read More »Report Women-owned NJ businesses take in 54.8B and counting in ’18
Women-owned businesses in New Jersey have earned $54.8 billion in revenue in 2018, already surpassing the total revenue for 2017 by 3.7 percent, according to a new survey
Read More »IFS taps Martin CEO of WorkWave, president of service management unit
IFS, a global enterprise applications company, has named Marne Martin president of its service management business unit and CEO of WorkWave, a cloud-based field service and fleet management service it acquired last September.
Read More »Real-life lessons about value of mentoring
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Read More »Pioneering Montclair mortgage company perseveres
Autumn Urling is determined to carry on her mother's legacy.
Read More »New Jersey among handful of states to take progressive stance toward paid family leave
Steve Wood was there for nearly every milestone in the first 12 weeks of his son's life. And as he got to bond with his first child, his relationship with his wife Lizzy grew stronger, enabling the couple to equitably share parental duties.
Read More »NJ lawyer named to leadership of Federal Defense Corporate Counsel
Elizabeth Lorell, a partner in the Florham Park office of Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani, will serve as president-elect of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel for 2018-2019 as voted in at its annual meeting in Hawaii last week.
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