Divas Doing Business: What the Guidebooks Don't Tell You About Being a Woman Entrepreneur [Kindle Edition]

Monique Hayward (Author), Laura Mariani (Editor), Morgan Freeman (Foreword)

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It takes more than conventional wisdom to start a business. How do you handle your husband wanting sex, the bank denying your small business loan for the third time, or creditors coming after your house? What if your kid’s big school play is tonight and your top employee just resigned? One more straw and the camel’s back will break.

Divas Doing Business arms women business owners with the tools and firepower to tackle the unique situations that will test their resolve, strength, and spirit as they start and manage businesses. With the foreword by Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman, Divas Doing Business features profiles and interviews with a powerful, diverse lineup of women entrepreneurs. This book complements the traditional how-to guides and "fills the spaces in between" with a fresh, unique angle on entrepreneurship.

The author will donate a portion of the book's sales proceeds to PLAN!T NOW, Morgan Freeman's charity that provides assistance and education to victims of natural disasters. For more information about PLAN!T NOW, visit www.planitnow.org.

About the Author

Monique Hayward is President & CEO of Nouveau Connoisseurs Corporation, which she founded in April 2004 and recently owned and operated the award-winning Dessert Noir Café & Bar in Beaverton, Oregon. She has 15 years of experience in marketing, communications, public relations, business development, and entrepreneurship. She has appeared on CNN and in The Oregonian, Entrepreneur, Black Enterprise, and Restaurant Startup & Growth. She was a winner in the 2008 Make Mine a Million $ Business program and the Portland Business Journal's 2009 "40 Under 40" awards. Monique is a member of several professional associations. She is married and resides in Beaverton.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 208 KB
• Print Length: 196 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0615268730
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Nouveau Connoisseurs Corporation (February 10, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B001S2RMV4
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,842 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #42 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Business & Investing > Small Business & Entrepreneurship > New Business Enterprises

More About the Author

Monique Hayward is President & CEO of Nouveau Connoisseurs Corp., which she founded in April 2004 and most recently owned and operated the award-winning Dessert Noir Cafe & Bar in Beaverton, Oregon. Monique is also a senior marketing manager at Intel Corp. in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Monique is an entrepreneur and corporate player with 15 years of experience in marketing, communications, public relations, business development, and entrepreneurship. She has shared her knowledge and expertise as a contributing writer and interviewee for mainstream media like The Oregonian, The Denver Post, and CNN and online and print publications for entrepreneurs like BizChicksRule.com, Entrepreneur, Black Enterprise, and Restaurant Startup & Growth. In Feb. 2009, Monique published her first book, Divas Doing Business: What the Guidebooks Don't Tell You About Being a Woman Entrepreneur. She's also a frequent speaker at conferences and colleges and a mentor to up-and-coming professionals and entrepreneurs.

Monique was selected as a winner in the 2008 Make Mine a Million $ Business program, a collaboration between Count Me In for Women's Economic Independence and OPEN from American Express that provides a combination of money, mentoring, marketing, and technology tools that women entrepreneurs need to help grow their businesses into million-dollar enterprises. She also was selected for the Portland Business Journal's 2009 "40 Under 40" award, which honors young business leaders and entrepreneurs in the Portland area, and Diversity MBA magazine's "Top 50 Under 50," which recognizes emerging business leaders and executives. She also has worked as a commercial model and spokesperson and served as the executive producer, writer, and host of her own talk show on a local cable TV station.

A native of New York City who also spent part of her childhood in Columbia, S.C., Monique has a master of business administration in marketing from Case Western Reserve University and a bachelor of arts (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) in journalism from the University of Maryland College Park. She is an inaugural fellow of the ASCENT Mastering Management Program at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. She also participates as a visiting fellow for the Austin Entrepreneurship Program at Oregon State University and teaches a course for aspiring women entrepreneurs at Portland Community College. She also is a member of the National Black MBA Association, National Association of Female Executives and Entrepreneurs, and National Association of Women Business Owners and serves on the board of the Oregon Chapter of the National Association of Women MBAs. Monique is married to Tom Freeman and the couple resides in Beaverton.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A home run! I loved it!, March 16, 2009

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Susan Bender Phelps (Beaverton, OR) - See all my reviews
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I just returned from a business trip and I read your entire book on the flight to Chicago on Sunday. It is a home run! I loved it!

I am in the process of starting a consulting firm while I keep my day job. I found myself looking to you as a role model after your presentation at our Leadership Beaverton class. But your book delivered even more and brought it all together. The stories were inspiring. But even more, they illustrate what it really takes to keep going, keep reinventing yourself and the business and ultimately use both success and failure to learn, grow and thrive. Thank you!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read, March 6, 2009

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D. Polite "S.C. Deborah" (Aiken, SC) - See all my reviews
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This book is a "must read first" for anyone looking to start a business. The book is very informative, inspirational and refreshing. Most books are written with the simple work hard and you will achieve. This book really gives you the day-by-day of what to expect and how to handle.

Get this book for your daughters, granddaughters, mothers, aunts, etc.

5.0 out of 5 stars A great read for any Woman in business now or thinking about it!, January 17, 2011

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This review is from: Divas Doing Business: What The Guidebooks Don't Tell You About Being A Woman Entrepreneur (Paperback)

As a Womenprenuer and small business owner its important for Women Doing Business, no pun intended, to know which questions to ask, what are the hard parts and what tips will help my run my business more effectively BEFORE hand! This book did just that! You don't know what you "don't know" about being a business woman. This was a candid look into the businesses of some successful Diva's and a reminder of how 'trying' this journey can be. I would definitely recommend to this book to any women in business or thinking about taking the leap.