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

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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!

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.

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.

This is the first business book I've read that honestly talks about the positive and negative sides of starting your own business. It is a refreshing read that isn't loaded with jargon. Anyone who is wondering about starting something of their own or who is already in business for themselves will get solid information. I've been a fan of the book and of Monique since I first read her blog. After that I asked her to be a guest on my radio show, "Women Entrepreneurs - The Secrets of Success" because I wanted her to share her insights with my listeners. I recommend this book all the time and I'm hoping there will be a "part two" coming up at some point in the future.

After my fiancée Rebeca Alcantara read Divas Doing Business she quit her job and launched a new company. Monique Hayward transformed her life overnight. "She gave me the courage to take risks and get this done," said Rebeca. "I will never be the same." After observing the impact "Divas" had on my girlfriend I read the book cover to cover over two days. Monique is an exhaustive researcher. She interviewed dozens of women who created new companies, unveiling the secrets to their success. As an executive at Intel and an experienced entrepreneur, Monique is an architect of empowerment for women who want to realize their full potential. In time, Divas Doing Business will enter the pantheon of classic business literature alongside authors like Gail Evans, Suze Orman, Steven Covey, John Naisbitt, and Jack Welch.

If you are person who have dreamed of having your own business but have failed once or twice-- then this is a must read book. This well written book will give you four things: Joy, Inspiration, Vision and Love. The simple steps will keep you focused and you will read testimonials to keep you inspired and in-depth information to enhance your knowledge. After reading this book you will ONLY Dream Big!

Thank you Monique for encouraging me to keep it moving!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Refreshingly candid, insightful and inspirational, Divas Doing Business is a must read for all women entrepreneurs. Monique shares her personal story with honesty and humor, and the interviews with other business women are interesting and easy to relate to. The book not only provides indispensable advice about the world of business; it shares practical tips on how to overcome obstacles to achieve your goals. I have often thought about starting my own busines, and Monique has given me the motivation to "find my wind and soar"! AMAZING book from an AMAZING person!

What a guide and tool that can help woman tackle the business world...from dreams to reality and all the situations in between. I'll be referring to sections of this book often.

Not only does Monique give the reader lessons, she provides Q & A's with other business women and also includes practical outlines for various situations.

Looking forward to Divas Doing Business -Part 2.

This book is a must read for any woman who is considering starting her own business.

I wish I had this book as a guide when I started my own business 16 years ago, it would have saved a lot of angst!

Just finished reading Divas Doing Business, it's loaded with practical advice about planning, running and ending a small business. Like other business books, it has its share of interviews with successful entrepreneurial women, but what really makes this book unique is the way Ms. Hayward refers back to her own business, Dessert Noir Café and Bar. She openly, and quite courageously, shares not only her successes, but her failures, and the lessons learned from them, which I find to be both inspirational and educational. Between the content, and refreshing tone, by the end of the book, you feel like you were on the journey with her, and have benefited from the all the hard work, risk, and joy she put into the experience. What a gift! I highly recommend this book for anyone thinking about opening a business.