The Merriam Webster dictionary defines badass as “informal + sometimes offensive : ready to cause or get into trouble” as a noun. As an adjective, informal + sometimes offensive as in “of formidable strength or skill such a badass guitar player.”
Read MoreFrom the time she was 7 years old performing fashion shows in her living room to her sister’s karaoke machine, Heidi Luerra knew she wanted to be in the fashion design business. She just didn’t know then how big her ideas would get. Founder and CEO of RAW: natural born artists, Luerra, 34, has the world’s largest independent arts organization with a community of more than 200,000 creatives in 80 cities, and offices in Los Angeles, Sydney, Toronto and Mexico City.
Read MoreUsed to be that you could physically throw out old files—stacks of papers, publications and manila folders—to stay on top of your workplace mess.
Read MoreIt isn’t so obvious from a glance down the aisles of the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center for the recent Franchise Expo Midwest where it appears that men outnumber women about 8 to 1.
Read MoreThis summer you don’t have to plan an elaborate vacation abroad befitting an Instagram feed in order to reap the benefits of time off.
Read MoreIt’s a good thing Marina DiDomenico is in the coffee business. Because she drinks 8 to 10 cups a day. Real coffee. No decaf. The co-founder of Amora, a subscription-based premium coffee direct to consumers delivery company, spent almost 30 years in the food product business before launching the brand in 2011 with her husband, Jim Fosina.
Read MoreElma and Amra Beganovich started with simple DIY social media posts in 2012. Since then the sisters have turned their side hustle into a digital marketing agency for food, fashion, travel and lifestyle brands that have earned them up to $20,000 per Instagram post and a client base of Fortune 500 companies.
Read MorePolitics in the workplace is an unfortunate yet inevitable aspect in office life. Throw national political views into this mix and you’ve got a high-tension workplace that can tip over into something much more dangerous.
Read MoreWhile most of my friends and colleagues debate the recent episodes of “Game Of Thrones” or even “Bachelor in Paradise,” I prefer to offer insights from my favorite TV indulgence, “The Great British Baking Show.”
Read MoreThe moment that changed everything for the Branch sisters arrived at 3 a.m. in 2000. Titi Branch was experimenting mixing together natural ingredients for homemade hair care products in the kitchen of the Brooklyn four-story brownstone she shared with sister, Miko Branch.
Read MoreIt was the silence that spoke the loudest to her.
Dr. Nancy D. O’Reilly was interviewing a woman for her radio podcast, “Conversations with Smart Amazing Women,” when she asked her guest, “What can I do to help you?”
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