On International Women’s Day 2017, Experian hosted a special Twitter Chat and Live Panel to discuss Woman and Money. The Tweetchat, called #CreditChat, featured Celebrity Financial Consultant, Economic Empowerment Educator, author, speaker and founder of MadamMoney.com, Tarra Jackson; and Writer for Student Loan Hero, Shannon McNay.
During the live panel discussion, the guest experts focused on how Women can #BeBoldforChange with their Money. Check out the video replay for their cool Simple Strategies for Financial Success for Women.
Experian hosts #CreditChat (Twitter chat) every Wednesday at 12:00 PM Pacific Time / 3:00 PM Eastern Time.
Women entrepreneurs are ever growing enterprises globally. Although influential, women entrepreneurs and professionals face unique challenges and require special solutions that accommodate their lifestyle and family. Many women entrepreneurs are SOLOpreneurs (Sole Proprietors / Self Employed) or DUALpreneurs (Full-Time Professionals who are Entrepreneurs) and have the same challenge: TIME.
#WomensWealth BOSS Brunch Founder, Tarra Jackson, aka Madam Money, and host Recharge Specialist Chere M. Goode, will feature expert speakers and a Powerhouse panel on Building a 7-Figure Success Team to Increase Profits in 2018. Keynote speakers include International Speaker Cheryl Wood, Sales Cardiologist Che Brown, and the Billion Dollar Brand Man Trevor Otts, as well guest speakers Michael A. McFadden, Lachelle Barnett, Crystal Marie Young-Lewis and Erica Reed.
BOSS Brunch is excited to announce media partner Upscale Magazine.
The event will take place at Clyde’s at Gallery Place, 707 7th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001. Purchase Ticketsat special rate of $79.00 using Promotional Code BOSS(Normal Ticket $99.00 per person). For more information, go to www.bossbrunch.net.
Bootstrapping with a paycheck is a mode of entrepreneurship that has become a major trend. Entrepreneurs are starting companies in droves while still holding onto their full-time jobs.
Q: How can an entrepreneur know when it’s time to make the leap to full-time self-employment?
A: This is a personal choice that depends on your life circumstances, but at the minimum, you should definitely validate your business idea and determine whether it’s going to generate money. Talk to customers and make sure they’re buying. And keep in mind that most venture capitalists will not fund you until you’re running your business full-time. Before you go out to raise money, you’re going to need to quit your day job.
On this subject, there are two other relevant questions to consider:
Q: Should bootstrapping employees tell their bosses about their side businesses?
A: A lot of people are actually disclosing, and the bosses are quite fine with it. In the tech industry, employers are encouraging employees to become more entrepreneurial. It’s considered a plus, not a minus. We are working with a bunch of companies, for example Oracle, where they are running corporate incubation programs. They’re asking employees to become entrepreneurial and call it Intrapraneurship. Corporations are willing to … (continue reading Starting Your Business While Working Full-Time)
After a great first day at FinCon, I attended Fidelity’s Women and Money event hosted by Tonya RapleyMyFabFinance.com and Melanie LockertDearDebt.com. It was a delicious dinner on a yacht filled with wonderful and brilliant women in the financial literacy industry. We connected, shared money tips for women, laughed and celebrated each other.
A few of my take-aways from the dinner event were:
Put Your Oxygen Mask On First
Most women give so much of themselves to everyone around them that they forget or neglect Giving Back to the Giver. There is a reason why the first instruction when we fly a plane is to “put your oxygen mask on first.” Taking care of ourselves is crucial. As women, we must allow ourselves time to rejuvenate, repair and replenish our mind, body, and soul so we can continue to give our blessings to the world.
Fail Forward
Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche reminded us that failure is not final, rather a step closer to success. She gave an impressive example of how we were taught to ride a bike. When we started riding a two-wheeler, we fell a few times, but that didn’t stop us. We kept trying until we rode that two-wheeler with no help and didn’t fall. She explained that it is strange that people are so afraid to fail when it comes to money. Just like learning to ride a bike, falling off our budget, credit or investments is not final. We should Fail Forward, learn from our mistakes and keep working towards financial success! Let’s have some Fun Failing Forward!
We Lose When We Don’t Ask
Tara Wacks of About.com explained that one of the reasons why women don’t get the same pay or benefits as men is because “Women don’t ask.” Tara and other ladies shared why it is so important for women to ASK for more. Even if we think the answer will be “No,” the answer will always be “NO” if we never ASK! So ask for that raise, that promotion, etc. Just ASK! Check out Tara’s new movements TheBalance.com and Shift.TheBalance.com. They give Women the tools needed to ASK!
You are Your Best Investment
We were asked to share our best investment. A resounding response from ladies was that investing in themselves was their best investment and had the biggest return. I was one of them and agree. I shared that my best investment, other than attending my first FinCon, was my investment in self-publishing my first book, Financial Fornication. When we invest in ourselves, there are no losses, and we do get the biggest return!
“F” That!
A lovely woman of wealth Emily Guy Birken, author of “The 5 Years Before You Retire,” stood up proudly and shared her final tip for the women at the event. She eloquently shared, “F THAT!!!” People are going to be upset if you stand your ground, be a savvy business woman, ask for what you deserve and don’t take people’s S#IT! So “F” That! Do YOU! It’s your life and your wealth. Don’t let anyone that is not going to positively contribute to your success control your actions and intimidate you from doing YOU!
There was so much more information shared at the Women and Money Event. The bond that was made at this event will last a lifetime. I encourage women to connect, collaborate and continue to kick A$$ because #WomensWealth Rocks!!!
Tarra “Madam Money” Jackson is a financial educator, international speaker, author, and wealth empowerment strategist helping you heal, build, and grow your wealth.
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