As part of Success Secrets, we talk with entrepreneurs and other professionals about building a business.
This week, I’m talking with Kaira Sturdivant Rouda, author of Real You Incorporated: 8 Essentials for Women Entrepreneurs and the president and creator of Real Living—the first national women-focused brand in real estate.
I had a great time talking with Kaira about how women can create a business.
(Image courtesy of Shannon Cherry of BeHeardSolutions.com)

Since I started my own business out of my home a few years ago, I noticed a trend with many other work-at-home moms that’s beginning to irk me.They moan and complain about not being successful.
The real problem is many work at home moms fail to realize that they are business owners, and thus should be acting like business owners. Those who do not continue to give the term “Work at Home Mom” a bad rep.
Let’s admit it: the label of being a “Woman Entrepreneur” who works out of her home gets much more respect than the label “Work at Home …read more

Patricia Greene from Babson College muses on the top ten issues for women entrepreneurs in 2006.
After completing this week’s interview with Jennifer Kushell of YSN.com and previously wondering why BusinessWeek’s profile of the top 25 young entrepreneurs only included 1 woman, I thought some of Patricia’s observations were worth nothing:

More equity dollars for women entrepreneurs. It seems more women are getting involved in the equity business, and there’s more targeting of women entrepreneurs as well. Patricia mentions a few women in the equity game that she’ll be following in 2007, including Karen Kerr, Lisa Jordan and Lori Whitted.
More education targeted …read more