Tips from successful women entrepreneurs on how to start and grow a small business

9 step-by-step tips on how to launch your e-commerce idea from Shopifyâ€™s most awesome stores

Read all 9 tips shared by Shopify's greatest customers on Fast Company. We polled some of Shopify's recent success stories for

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J.K. Rowling: The Fringe Benefits of Failure

At her Harvard commencement speech, "Harry Potter" author JK Rowling offers some powerful, heartening advice to dreamers and overachievers, including

Best crowdfunding websites and how to guides for executing a successful campaign

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Jessica Scorpio: Why she launched Getaround, a car sharing company changing the world of transportation

Before launching Getaround, I had never worked in the transportation industry, but having never owned a car, I was very

Tara Mohr on Playing Big: Filter Advice

Tara Mohr is here to help Empower Lounge ladies PLAY BIG in their business. Sheâ€™s creator of the 10 Rules

Kickstarter Spotlight: Goldie Blox, The Engineering Toy For Girls Created by Debbie Sterling

Move over princesses! There's a new girl in town and her name is Goldie Blox, the kid inventor who loves

Shazi Visram, Founder of HappyFamily: How maxed out credit cards didnâ€™t stop her from building a $35M organic baby food brand

[caption id="attachment_6182" align="alignnone" width="575"] Shazi Visram shares all on Inc.[/caption] Don't miss Inc's feature on Shazi Visram, founder of Happy Family

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Shared by Misty Gibbs, Founder of Empower Lounge I was recently asked to be a mentor for RampCorp, a business accelerator

Empower Mentor: Christiane Lemieux, founder of Dwell Studio, on how she bootstrapped her home furnishings company into a multi-million dollar lifestyle brand

Meet Empower Mentor Christiane Lemieux - Founder ofÂ Dwell Studio and recently named Fortune's Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs. She's also author

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Shared by Misty Gibbs, Founder + Chief Curator of Empower Lounge Our mission at Empower Lounge is to help you launch