From Growth and Action comes WORTH
Dymphna Elsink reflects on why having a theme for the year helps us gain insight and focus and introduces the WBII theme for 2022 - WORTH! It all started at the end of 2019 where I, as programme coordinator, had a thought: why don’t we introduce a theme for our...
Starters’ Seminar held by Women’s Business Initiative International and Webster Leiden Campus
The Women’s Business Initiative International* (WBII) and Webster Leiden campus again joined together to host the autumn 2021 ‘Start Your Own Business’ seminar. Held online on Thursday, 11 November 2021, this year’s seminar was also registered as an official...
Networking Summary: Sparkle your Money Mindset, 18 November 2021
Garcia Stans, a financial business coach from Sparkleyourbusiness.com gave a fascinating presentation on how to change our money mindsets from one of scarcity to abundance. She explained that how we learn to think about money stems from childhood, is influenced...
Women in Business: Q&A with Enara Parra of RootsandCook
We ask our members to share a few thoughts: to introduce themselves to fellow members, and those who are interested in our community. In this instalment, we interview Enara Parra of RootsandCook Tell us about your business: RootsandCook is a recipe developer and...
Networking Summary: How to Use Podcasting to Grow Your Business, 28 October 2021
I, for one, was curious about using podcasting to grow a business – the few people I know who podcast seem to do it so easily so I wondered – was it easy? Straightforward? Well, Anke’s presentation provided some challenges, but it did answer my question: it can be...
Grassroots and Ethnic Entrepreneurship – Women Supporting Women
Looking around the EU, we can find numerous grassroots associations organized with the purpose of supporting women entrepreneurs. Many of these are registered on the WEgate platform. Through these organizations, and particularly in times of difficulties when the need...
Take Action: Start Your Own Business during Global Entrepreneurship Week 2021
Global Entrepreneurship Week is a massive campaign to celebrate and empower entrepreneurs in every country and community around the world – especially those individuals who face structural barriers or may have never...
Women in Business: Q&A with Cigdem Guven
We ask our members to share a few thoughts: to introduce themselves to fellow members, and those who are interested in our community. In this instalment, we interview Cigdem Guven of Crocusfield Tell us about your business: Collaborating with small business owners, I...
Networking Summary: Extreme Clarity Communication for Entrepreneurs (Workshop), 23 September 2021
Our September networking event was all about images.We started with a member highlight by Cigdem Guven from Crocusfield.Cigdem is a graphic designer who works with small business owners to create custom-made designs that match their vision and elevate their brand....