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Category: Women and Minority Issues

Pam Bilbrey
What do women need to do to claim leadership in their organizations? Pam Bilbrey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal five things women should focus on in order to claim leadership roles.
Fran McMahon
Fran McMahon joins Jim Blasingame to discuss her involvement with the Peace Through Business program, plus how the Rwandan and Afghanistan women in the program are "all in" in their business, sometimes risking their lives for their business.
Kim Lavine
"Women don't think big." investor capital. Kim Lavine joins Jim Blasingame to say that women often don't think big enough when approaching venture capitalists.
Kim Lavine
Women don't ask for the capital they need. Kim Lavine joins Jim Blasingame to help women understand what venture capitalist are looking for and how to approach them for equity capital.
Freshta Hazeq
Freshta Hazeq joins Jim Blasingame to discuss her experience in the Peace Through Business program and how she will use the training she's received to improve her printing business.
Freshta Hazeq
Freshta Hazeq joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how she's trying to break the mentality that women can not work in "hard" industries with her company Royal Advertising Co., which is the only printing and advertising company in Afghanistan.
Charlene Lake
Charlene Lake joins Jim Blasingame to explain why AT&T chose to sponsor the Peace Through Business program after seeing the passion and courage of women business owners in Rwanda and Afghanistan.
Josephine Uwineza
Josephine Uwineza joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the curriculum of the Peace Through Business program, including in home training, business planning and a mentoring trip to the United States, helps Rwandan women small business owners succeed.
Josephine Uwineza
What does a Rwandan woman small business owner think about business? Josephine Uwineza joins Jim Blasingame to discuss owning the first Chinese restaurant in the Rwandan capital city of Kigali, plus why she decided to become a business owner after 30 years in exile.
Dr. Kevin Fegan
Who is teaching entrepreneurship outside of the U.S.? Dr. Kevin Fegan joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the Peace Through Business program, which includes teaching management, philosophy of entrepreneurship & capitalism in countries like Afghanistan and Rwanda.

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