When Stymied By Corporate World, Women Soar As Entrepreneurs
When corporate America’s legendary glass ceiling blocks their road to success, some women decide to take a different route.
Their solution: Become their own boss.
“In so many cases when women start out in the corporate world, they find their talents and insights are undervalued,” says Andi Simon, a corporate anthropologist and author of On the Brink: A Fresh Lens to Take Your Business to New Heights (www.andisimon.com).
“They become frustrated, and the answer for them is to cut loose from their current situation and embark on their own journey of entrepreneurship.”
Over the last decade or so, that’s been happening more and more. The number of women-owned businesses grew 45 percent from 2007 to 2016, compared to only 9 percent growth in overall businesses.
Businesses led by women are also more profitable, Simon says. Women encourage staff to be innovators and they show a willingness to try new ideas themselves.
“They also are inclined to look after their employees more so than most men who launch businesses,” Simon says.
In the book Women on Top: How Women Entrepreneurs are Rewriting the Rules of Business Success, author Margaret Heffernan shares the experiences of a number of women, including one whose path to business ownership came after her boss summarily dismissed one of her suggestions.
At home, she unloaded on her husband, who suggested she quit and become her own boss. She took his advice and proclaimed it the best thing she ever did.
Other women Heffernan interviewed expressed their enthusiasm for “creating value out of nothing” or described the thrill of winging it when a business suffers shocks and setbacks that waylay all their careful planning.
Simon also has interviewed many women who are entrepreneurs and has found a few tenets in common that often help them succeed:
Recently, Simon and her husband helped start an initiative at Washington University in St. Louis designed to inspire more women and underrepresented populations to become successful entrepreneurs. The Simon Initiative provides training, coaching, mentoring and access to resources.
Simon, who offers corporate consulting services through Simon Associates Management Consultants, says providing such support is critical for those budding entrepreneurs.
“I think that the loneliest part of building a business is having to rely on yourself,” she says. “The company founder is supposed to ‘know.’ It’s hard to ask the staff how to do something when you are supposed to be the visionary, the rainmaker and the ‘all-knowing.’ ”
Have a great day!
Ashley
About Andi Simon, Ph.D.
Andi Simon, award-winning author of On the Brink: A Fresh Lens to Take Your Business to New Heights, is a corporate anthropologist and trained practitioner in Blue Ocean Strategy® (www.simonassociates.net). She is the founder and CEO of Simon Associates Management Consultants, designed over a decade ago to help companies use the tools of anthropology to better adapt to changing times. Simon also is a public speaker and an Innovation Games® facilitator and trainer. She served as a tenured professor of anthropology and American studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey, and was a visiting professor teaching entrepreneurship at Washington University in St. Louis. Simon has appeared on “Good Morning America” and has been featured in the Washington Post, Business Week, Inc., Entrepreneur, the Los Angeles Times and Forbes, and on Bloomberg Radio.
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Is ‘Holistic Dentistry’ An Important Movement Or A Pointless Term?
One of the latest fads in dentistry is the emergence of the “holistic” dentist or orthodontist. There are several myths concerning the relatively new term and some people have wondered if an entirely new specialty has emerged.
Advertisements from coast to coast are suddenly proclaiming that “holistic dentistry” will provide a much more calm, serene experience than other dental practices. Those who use the term portray themselves as more loving of the environment, less likely to pull a tooth and more likely look out for the entire body, not just the mouth.
“There are several myths concerning the new term ‘holistic dentistry,’ ” says Dr. Jamie Reynolds, an orthodontist, national and international lecturer and author of World Class Smiles Made in Detroit (www.AskDrReynolds.com). “There is certainly room for a little clarity so patients can judge for themselves.”
Reynolds says the first problem is that there is no agreement of what the terms “holistic dentistry or holistic orthodontics” means. The terms are not defined or, more importantly, regulated.
Reynolds says the following myths need to be debunked for consumers:
“The truth is that anybody can slap the term ‘holistic” on the front of their practice and some people may think that means they offer a type of more gentle or sympathetic care,” Reynolds said. “I wouldn’t be surprised to see holistic car dealerships soon. The bottom line is that holistic is a marketing term, not a professional designation.”
About Dr. Jamie Reynolds
Dr. Jamie Reynolds (www.AskDrReynolds.com) is recognized on an annual basis as one of the top orthodontists in metro Detroit. His book, World Class Smiles Made in Detroit, puts an emphasis on the many benefits of having a great smile. Reynolds – who is a national and international lecturer on high-tech digital orthodontics and practice management – attended the University of Michigan for both his undergraduate education and dental studies, and did his orthodontic residency at the University of Detroit-Mercy.
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WE THE KINGS
Releases New Album,
Six
Available for Purchase Here
Streaming on Spotify &
"The record fans have been waiting for -- literally and figuratively." - Billboard
"With themes such as life, death and marriage, Six stands
as the bands' 11-track memoir." - Alternative Press
"It's proof that We The Kings can keep experimenting because their music
is built on such a solid foundation of songwriting craftsmanship." - Newsday
Bradenton, FL - Rock band We The Kings is celebrating the release of their new album, Six, available now via S-Curve Records/BMG. The band's 6th full-length album, Six has been heralded by Billboard, Alternative Press, Rock Sound, and more. The record can be streamed on Spotify and Apple Music, or purchased online here.
On the new album, front-man Travis Clark shares: "Our 6th album, appropriately titled "SIX," is the record our fans have been waiting for from We The Kings. The double meaning behind "SIX" lies within our fans for being the 6th member of WTK."
We The Kings previously released singles "On My Love" and "Even If It Kills Me." With adds to top Spotify playlists like New Punk Tracks, Punk's Not Dead, and New Noise, these singles have seen great successes on streaming services.
When naming their new album, We The Kings set out to check a few boxes. Not only does Six represent the Florida-based band's sixth full-length album (all of which, from their 2007 Self-Titled through 2015's Strange Love, begin with the letter S), but it also pays tribute to the quintet's honorary sixth member: their fans.
As such, the artwork of Six literally features a piece of their fans, a mosaic of those who helped crowdfund the album. It's a testament to an audience who have rallied behind We The Kings for their entire career-to the tune of more than 250 million Spotify streams and platinum-selling success.
"There's a pride that fans have about their favorite bands that I think is so special," frontman Travis Clark says. "These fans have been supporting us for more than a decade. When we're writing songs, we don't want to let anyone down."
Indeed, We The Kings' storied career has been marked by a deep reciprocity between the band and their fans. When the group--Clark, Hunter Thomsen (guitar), Danny Duncan (drums), Charles Trippy (bass) and Coley O'Toole (keyboard, guitar)-broke out of Bradenton, Florida in 2007 with "Check Yes Juliet," one of the most iconic songs of the late '00s pop-punk movement, millions of listeners around the world instantly fell in love with their buoyant spirit and emotionally poignant songwriting.
Follow-up singles like "Heaven Can Wait," "We'll Be A Dream," "Say You Like Me" and "Sad Song" kept We The Kings squarely in the mainstream, but as they readied Six, the band dug deep into the past to find inspiration from their earliest days. Their 10-year anniversary tour for Self-Titled sold out venues around the world in 2017, and it gave We The Kings a renewed sense of energy as they prepped new music.
Indeed, there are plenty of throwback moments on Six, but maybe not in the way fans would expect. Rather than retread where they came from, the band's nods to their past are more nuanced, finely filtered through a modern lens that affords them the freedom to expand their sound in all directions and continually redefine just what a We The Kings song should sound like.
At its core, Six's true triumph is its emotional heft. So much has changed for We The Kings since Strange Love--marriage, childbirth, death--and the album's 11 songs are a tribute to life's moments, both big and small, and how you never know which is which until much later down the line.
Six is the 6th studio album from We The Kings, and is available now at smarturl.it/WeTheKingsSIX.
For more information, please visit:
Credit Lee Cherry
Website: www.wethekingsmusic.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/wethekings
Twitter: www.twitter.com/wethekings
Instagram: www.instagram.com/wethekings
Six Tracklisting:
1. On My Love
2. The Ocean and the Sun
3. Even If It Kills Me
4. Mama Knows Best
5. Ride
6. Alive
7. I Won't Settle
8. Festival Music
9. Planes, Trains, and Cars
10. Immortal
11. What I Wouldn't Give
Upcoming Tour Dates on Vans Warped Tour:
7.06 DALLAS, TX
7.07 SAN ANTONIO, TX
7.08 HOUSTON, TX
7.10 NASHVILLE, TN
7.12 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA
7.13 CAMDEN, NJ
7.14 HOLMDEL, NJ
7.15 HARTFORD, CT
7.16 PITTSBURGH, PA
7.17 TORONTO, ON
7.18 CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH
7.19 CINCINNATI, OH
7.20 DETROIT, MI
7.21 CHICAGO, IL
7.22 MINNEAPOLIS, MN
7.23 MILWAUKEE, WI
7.24 INDIANAPOLIS, IN
7.25 DARIEN CENTER, NY
7.26 SCRANTON, PA
7.27 MANSFIELD, MA
7.28 WANTAGH, NY
7.29 COLUMBIA, MD
7.30 CHARLOTTE, NC
7.31 ATLANTA, GA
8.02 JACKSONVILLE, FL
8.03 ORLANDO, FL
8.04 TAMPA, FL
8.05 WEST PALM BEACH, FL
