Inside the mind of Hillary supporters: Rating the Sarah Palin effect
The vast majority of female Hillary supporters now support Obama. But the 14% who are holding out, or claim to have switched their support to McCain because of Palin, is a crucial voting bloc in such a hotly contested election. I was a Hillary Clinton supporter, and admit to shedding a tear or two during her convention sp
Women entrepreneurs are "it"
Although women are starting businesses at twice the rate of the national average, the reality is that companies with women CEOs only attracted a paltry 2.9% of available venture funding last year, according to VentureOne, a subsidiary of Dow Jones, down from 4.52% in 2006. In fact, this percentage has dropped nearly every year from a high-point of 7.55% in 2002. To get behind why women-owned businesses have received so little venture funding, we talked to Sharon Vosmek, CEO of Astia (www.astia.org), a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting women-led companies with access to equity funding, achieving and maintaining high growth, and leadership mentoring. To be fundable, a business must show a significant growth opportunity – and here’s where Vosmek says women literally fall short, as they tend to be much more conservative on their estimates of market opportunity than their male counterparts. Learn why.
Insurance companies should be forced to cover birth control
Most insurance company prescription drug plans cover Viagra - but not necessarily cover birth control. The senate voted down an attempt to make prescription coverage of birth control mandatory so it would be treated like pretty much any other prescription drug. John McCain voted against it. The video below shows a reporter asking him to explain why.
