Tag: finances. economics
Women Over 40: 10 Steps to Starting a Business
Starting a business involves planning, making key financial decisions, and establishing a legal entity. These ten easy steps can help you plan, prepare and manage the process of starting your own business. Your business plan is your roadmap to success. If...
PRICING: ARE YOU PRICING LIKE A…..
CONSUMER OR A BUSINESS OWNER?
One of the major obstacles we face in growing our businesses is learning HOW to ACCURATELY PRICE our product or service to make a PROFIT!
There are several factors involved in making our pricing decisions. Some factors are logical and some...
Are You Making Money?
Being in business is one thing; staying in business is something else entirely. Staying in business will be determined by how much money you bring in, how much you actually get to keep, and how well you manage it.
At the end of the day, business is...
Step out of the Shoebox: Simple Tips to Organize Your Receipts
by Peggy Duncan
When I started my business 14 years ago, as part of the Accounting section of my filing system, I had a folder for each vendor I paid regularly (e.g., gas, light, office supplies). When I found myself...
Start paying closer attention to the people who are doing the things that you want to do.
A friend and I were having a conversation about people not following their dreams. She said today there is really no excuse for people not doing the things that they really want to...
Setting Financial Goals
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1. List 3 things that you need to do to get started on your quest to be debt free.
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2. List 3 things that will encourage you to make changes in your spending habits.
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3. List 5 things you will do to address your financial situation. These can include:...
How many years have you been in your industry?
I’ve been in the property management sector of real estate for 14 years. I’ve been a real estate investor for 12 years now.
What has been your greatest inspiration?
My greatest inspiration has been my knowledge of self. Since the age of 19...
It was Mother’s Day, 1991, when I received a handmade Mother’s Day card from my staff that read; “Happy Mother’s Day from the staff of Jackson Communication.” (Later the name changed to OWN: Onyx Woman Network). My husband, Daryl and my son, Armon were my only two unofficial staff....
Let’s Get Real about Entrepreneurship
Let’s face it… the corporate world has changed as we know it. Employees have become an expense that some employers often seek to decrease or outright eliminate. A few years ago as I was waiting for my plane to take off, instead of witnessing the traditional...
The Wilkinsburg Chamber of Commerce is reaching out to you.
Have you checked out the Chamber lately? The Chamber has evolved, and is inviting you to benefit from the new services that are being provided to help you grow. Inexpensive workshops, great networking opportunities and a chance for you to...
Evolving Women
Carol Neyland, Helping Moms Open the Door to the American Dream
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Carol A. Neyland
Senior Vice President
Community Development
Dollar Bank
Carol Neyland
As Vice President of Community Development, Carol has been instrumental through Dollar Bank’s Mortgages for Mothers program to enable mothers and their families to take advantage of the American Dream of owning their own home.
39 Years in the Financial/Banking Industry
OW: What has...
Celebrate yourself, or some other entrepreneurial mom. Go to our website and leave information about your business in the comment section of this post. We may contact you to be featured in our next newsletter, or post your story on our sites.
Whether you are going solo, in a...
Save Now, Benefit Later
The most recent Brookings Institute Report highlights downward economic mobility trends in low and moderate income African American families across the nation. To begin to address these growing economic disparities a broader community conversation and advocacy agenda expressly focused on economic equality is needed. In the...
One of the biggest problems that I see in people not getting to where they want to be is their inability to stay on track. Too many people jump around initiating new ideas without even completing what they originally started.
Just think where you would be if you would have started...