Business - xoJane

5 Ways to Make the Lean In Movement More Inclusive of Poor and Working-Class Women

Kezia Willingham — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:30:00 -0400

Someone working at Taco Bell or Burger King is not going to be able to have the same work-life balance discussion that someone who works for Facebook or The New York Times. Sheryl

How To Build A Personal Brand, Day Two In Which We Keep Building Your Empire, Tweet By Tweet

Mandy — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:00:00 -0400

So you registered a Tumblr and Twitter with your unique handle? Great. Let's keep building your empire.

THE ICE HOTEL IS MINE: 5 Other Places To Start Your Own Novelty Hotel

Rebecca — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:30:00 -0500

To hell with moving “upstate” and starting “bed and breakfast.” I was moving to Alaska and starting a hotel. Later on in the day, when I read about those Shetland ponies wearing sweaters, it became absolutely clear that they had to be hired to work in the hotel. Don’t worry - we will make sure they are wearing adequately insulated parkas.

HOW TO: Pay The Rent By Running Your Own Etsy Shop, Even As You Wonder What You're Doing With Your Life

Annie K — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:00:00 -0500

There are shit weeks with no sales at all. Then, you wake up and check your phone to see that some saint in the West Village ordered five gowns last night and paid your entire rent for the month.

My Family's Business Closed After 35 Years, And The Importance of Shopping Locally This Holiday Season

Lauren Modery — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:30:00 -0500

We never imagined a life without Leonard's, the women's apparel store my grandmother worked at as a teenager in the 1940s, went on to purchase in the 1960s and owned all the way until 1999.

The Ongoing Beauty Of Having A Poet For An Assistant

Jane — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:55:00 -0500

You are getting all businessy serious and he shows you the bigger picture.

Blooomberg Businessweek Invites Readers to Vote on "Attractiveness" of Women Students at B-Schools

s.e. smith — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:00:00 -0500

Women students already struggle with sexual harassment in business school in particular, and polls like these only encourage male students to think of them as perks of an MBA, rather than human beings.

Amazon's Instant Gratification Scheme

s.e. smith — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:00:15 -0400

Suddenly, a nearly instant gratification factor will be available through Amazon, and that removes an incentive to shop local and shop independent. Why buy in person when you can get it cheaper, and almost as quickly, over the Internet?

IT HAPPENED TO ME: His Crazy Ex Won't Leave Us Alone

Rachel Ullrich — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:00:10 -0500

I had a baby with my ex-boss's ex-husband (& it's ex-tra complicated).