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- Retail awards representing the under-represented
- Entries are now open for the everywomen awards, which aim to celebrate achievement in an industry they dominate only as consumers.
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- Motherhood makes women more entrepreneurial
- A majority of entrepreneurial mums believe that having children gave them the motivation and skills to start a new business.
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- Businesswomen to be recognised
- A London-based support organisation for women in business has organised a dinner to pay tribute to the contribution of top businesswomen.
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- How I started... a wholesale fashion-accessories business
- With two decades of experience working for major retailing brands and having spotted a gap in the market, Mel Serpen was inspired to go it alone.
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- Funding seminar for female entrepreneurs
- If you're female, live in the south-east and want to know how to raise finance, read on...
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- How we started... an accountancy firm
- Young and female, Sophie and Lucy are far from the archetypal accountancy owners, but say their distinctiveness has been part of the inspiration behind their business success.
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- Meg Whitman
- With a pedigree in rescuing floundering brands, Meg Whitman was never likely to fail to make a great concept like eBay fly. And fly it did.
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- Martha Stewart
- What Oprah did for American women's insecurities and emotional scars Martha did for their cooking, baking and upholstery. Temporarily a billionaire, Martha Stewart made housewifery lucrative.
- See more in: Martha Stewart, businesswomen, women in business, television, magazines, cooking, decor, garden, profiles
- Oprah Winfrey
- She empathises better than Trisha, her book endorsements carry more weight than Richard and Judy and was the only black female billionaire for three years running.
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- Katharine Graham
- She abdicated her vast, inherited wealth, but apart from helping to bring down the Nixon government, taking on the male-dominated publishing establishment, and winning the Pulitzer Prize it had little motivational effect.
- See more in: Katharine Graham, publishing, Pulitzer Prize, journalism, businesswomen, women in business, Watergate, profiles
- Estee Lauder
- Long before Gwyneth Paltrow or Elizabeth Hurley became the faces of Estee Lauder, that famous cosmetics brand was actually someone's name...
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- Dame Marjorie Scardino
- She broke the 'glass ceiling', but alas, it was soon repaired. Eleven years on, Scardino is still the only female representative in the FTSE-100 gentleman's club.
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- Coco Chanel
- With a name like Coco, it should come as no surprise that Chanel was a cabaret singer before she blurred the distinctions between male and female fashion.
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- Starting a luxury business accessories retailer – Claire Collins
- Passionate about labour rights abroad and the importance of having women's products designed by women, Claire had a clear vision from the start.
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- Carly Fiorina
- Oestrogen levels in the Fortune 500 have dropped substantially since Carly Fiorina was ousted as Hewlett-Packard CEO. Which is a shame, because she was doing so well.
- See more in: Carly Fiorina, businesswomen, women in business, Hewlett Packard, profiles
- Dame Anita Roddick
- Entrepreneurial and scrupulous, The Body Shop founder Anita Roddick defies popular perceptions.
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