what are you reading?
This is one of our favorite questions to ask women entrepreneurs in the Women Who Own It series, because a) it tends to reveal a lot about a person and b) we get some excellent book ideas!
Many successful business owners are avid readers, and for good reason -- reading can help stimulate creativity, relieve stress, expand your vocabulary, improve your memory and focus, and even improve your ability to problem-solve. If nothing else, reading can be a fantastic, temporary escape from the real world -- which, let's face it, we all need once in a while.
So, what are you reading? We're compiling an epic summer reading list from our readers which we'll publish on the Women Owned website next month. Send us one or two of your summer reading list favorites to womenowned@wbenc.org and include your name, city and business name. We'll pull together a comprehensive list of your favorite books of the summer and promote in a future issue of Women Owned Wednesday. We can't wait to hear from you!
In the meantime, tide yourselves over with these summer reading lists:
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15 Women Owned Products to Help You Survive the Summer Heat
Summer is in full swing – and we have the temperatures to prove it. Beat the heat and support women entrepreneurs with these innovative products to help you stay cool. (And yes, it includes popsicles!)
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Church Hill Classics
(aka DiplomaFrame.com)
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Lucie Voves founded Church Hill Classics in her basement in 1991, with a focus on selling limited edition artwork of college campuses in the Northeast. Today, the business features a 47,000 square foot facility, more than 100 employees, and has been named to Inc. 5000 Magazine’s list of Fastest Growing Companies ten times.
Known online as diplomaframe.com, Church Hill Classics specializes in custom, handcrafted frames for diplomas, certificates, memorabilia, and all of the other priceless documents and photos you cherish and want to put on display.
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Puja Kanwar
Owner, SAMPark
"Sampark is an Indian word that means to liaison, to link, to communicate. An apt name for how I would like to make the world smaller by bringing a part of Indian culture through its fabrics and techniques to the U.S."
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- Indiana Gazette: Women in Business 2019: Don’t be afraid to reach for your dreams
- Forbes: How to foster immediate lasting success for female entrepreneurs and startups
- CNN: Girlboss CEO launches “LinkedIn for women” platform
- Entrepreneur: The number one reason women entrepreneurs should look to support each other
- The Story Exchange: 9 motivational questions from famous women entrepreneurs
- TED: The real reason female entrepreneurs get less funding
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"Whatever it is that you think you want to do, and whatever it is that you think stands between you and that, stop making excuses. You can do anything."
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Katia Beauchamp
Co-founder and CEO
Birchbox
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