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Category: Women and Minority Issues

Mary Cantando
One of the ways for women to gain more control over their lives is to become business owners. Mary Cantando joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the progress women have made in the marketplace and how much is left to be done. She also introduces the 2010 Woman's Advantage Calendar.
Julie Lenzer Kirk
Can you actually learn how to become an entrepreneur? Julie Lenzer Kirk thinks you can, and she joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the elements of entrepreneurship, such as being creative, innovative, managing risk, and how these things can be learned. They also talk about some of the differences between men and women entrepreneurs.
Michael Johnson
What do women need to know about how men think in order to eliminate the glass ceiling? Michael Johnson and Jim Blasingame offer a view into how a man thinks about business, including the consideration of including women into their boys club.
Mary Lou Quinlan
It's finally official: women aren't easy to understand. Mary Lou Quinlan explains to Jim Blasingame why women withhold information, and what businesses need to know in order to connect with them.
Sarah Lindholm
Looking for a niche in a very unlikely place. Sarah Lindholm joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how this unlikely entrepreneur found her niche in the most unlikely place - a very old and competitive industry.
Terry Neese
Terry Neese thinks peace can be promoted by promoting women business ownership globally, as she explains with Jim Blasingame about the success of their 2009 Peace Through Business tour. This work is currently focused on Rwanda and Afghanistan.
Debbie Meyer
Debbie Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to talk about helping women launch their small business. Topics include those issues that are unique to women as they start and run a business, like the family dynamic, self-confidence, access to capital and, of course, guilt, self-imposed and otherwise.
Kim Lavine
Now is the time for women entrepreneurs to take action. That's the message Kim Lavine tells Jim Blasingame about women business owners. She says now is a great time to start a business, and she believes that women can have it all.
Clara Villarosa
Listen to this small business wisdom from a woman entrepreneur as Clara Villarosa talks to Jim Blasingame about what she learned as an African-American start-up that grew into a model business from which she retired.
Michael Johnson
Do men have a "code" that works against women in the marketplace? Michael Johnson talks to Jim Blasingame about what women need to understand about men in order to successful in the workplace.

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