The third envelope in the class exercise at Goldman Sachs Small Business Program was the key.
Jennifer Beall Saxton, founder and CEO of Tot Squad, recalls the class exercise was to open three envelopes in succession. In the first envelope was a fake check for $50,000. The assignment was to figure out what as a start-up, you could do with that influx of cash. Saxton had plenty of ideas.
Read MoreI’m getting tired of the modern work-life conversation—including the “can women have it all?” question—because so much of it is self-defeating. That’s because it often starts from the premise that we either need to choose between being good parents and being good workers or else have to make strategic sacrifices in order to keep both sides of that equation properly “integrated” or in “balance.”
Read MoreRecently, I facilitated a panel on negotiation at the Watermark Conference for Women. It was a standing-room only event; women were clearly hungry for tips on how to get paid and promoted fairly. They started lining up for the mike even before the panelists had finished speaking.
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