Her husband wants sex, the bank has denied her small business loan, creditors are after her house, her kid's big school play is tonight, and her top employee just resigned. One more straw and the camel's back surely will break. Welcome to Divas Doing Business: What the Guidebooks Don't Tell You About Being a Woman Entrepreneur, arming 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 their businesses. The author will donate a portion of the book's sales proceeds to PLAN!T NOW, Morgan Freeman's charity that provides information and assistance for victims of natural disasters. Learn more about PLAN!T NOW at www.planitnow.org.
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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
Paperback: 194 pages
Publisher: Nouveau Connoisseurs Corporation (February 14, 2009)
I am President & CEO of Nouveau Connoisseurs Corporation in Beaverton, Oregon, which I founded in April 2004 to realize my dream of owning and operating my own business. My first venture was the award-winning Dessert Noir Cafe & Bar, followed by Cerise Noire Software, a mobile software applications company. As I think about my next venture, I'm advising and consulting start-ups on their marketing and business plans. I do all of this while holding down a "day job" as a senior marketing manager at Intel Corporation. And I am proud to say that I've received recognition, awards, and accolades over the past several years as one who's committed to the success of not only my own businesses, but also to that of my fellow entrepreneurs who take the risk every single day to bring their dreams to life.
And that's why I wrote Divas Doing Business: What the Guidebooks Don't Tell You About Being a Woman Entrepreneur -- to arm current and aspiring women entrepreneurs 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 and interviews with a diverse lineup of successful women who share their experiences on the front lines, Divas Doing Business complements the traditional how-to guides and "fills the spaces in between" with a fresh, unique angle on entrepreneurship.
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.
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.
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