--- title: WEST Wisdom | Women in Business description: Women in Business | --- [![Home](https://info.westorg.org/hubfs/West%20August2017/Img/west%202016.jpg)](https://gwnew.memberclicks.net/home) # WEST Wisdom Blog ## [(Almost) Nothing Ventured, Much to Be Gained](https://info.westorg.org/blog/almost-nothing-ventured-much-to-be-gained) Posted by [Courtney Cyron](https://info.westorg.org/blog/author/courtney-cyron) on Sep 4, 2024 5:14:26 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.westorg.org/hubfs/2024-09-05%202x1-1.png) ](https://info.westorg.org/blog/almost-nothing-ventured-much-to-be-gained) “The returns are actually better when you invest in women,” says the movie Show Her The Money. If that’s so true, then why are women-founded startups only receiving 2% (or less) of invested venture capital dollars each year? Women innovators introduced the electric dishwasher, central gas heating, the medical syringe, bullet-proof fiber (Kevlar), and the list goes on. How much better could our world be if more women-founded startups were getting  equal investment funding? 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The time of year where the list of people to shop for is much longer than the list of ideas for what to buy for each person. Gift giving can be a truly rewarding experience, but what to buy can be a truly exhausting one. This year, the WEST leadership team is here to help take the stress out of holiday shopping and simply add to the rewarding experience of gift-giving.  [Read More](https://info.westorg.org/blog/2022-west-holiday-gift-guide) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.westorg.org/blog/2022-west-holiday-gift-guide#comments-listing) Topics: [Giving Tuesday](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/giving-tuesday), [Donation](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/donation), [Announcements](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/announcements), [Community](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/community), [Holiday](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/holiday), [#WESTorg](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/westorg), [Women in Business](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/women-in-business), [Experience](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/experience), [Gifts](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/gifts) ## [How to Own Your Path Forward by Losing Control](https://info.westorg.org/blog/getting-over-idk) Posted by [Diana K. Anderson](https://info.westorg.org/blog/author/diana-k-anderson) on May 6, 2020 1:02:16 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.westorg.org/hubfs/jochem-raat-qs6EIFUUyXs-unsplash-2500x1250-72.jpg) ](https://info.westorg.org/blog/getting-over-idk) **When it comes to full shutdowns for public safety, Boston knows how to rally.** A baseline of Boston winters. Those summer days when you deliver your elderly neighbor’s groceries. That zero-hesitation all-in drop-everything was all the difference after the Marathon bombing. Anyone who takes their winters below freezing knows that wasting emergency resources by ignoring a #stayhome order costs lives. That said, it’s a lot easier to stay Zen when the outside world is cancelled when you’ve got the infrastructure and daily rhythms down. When the COVID-19 #stayhome orders came, we’d already pulled out all the winter tricks like restarting Purple Carrot and upgrading a few other subscriptions of choice.  [Read More](https://info.westorg.org/blog/getting-over-idk) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.westorg.org/blog/getting-over-idk#comments-listing) Topics: [Change](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/change), [Career Path](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/career-path), [Developing Your Skills](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/developing-your-skills), [Self-Awareness](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/self-awareness), [Own It](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/own-it), [Empowerment](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/empowerment), [#WESTevent](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/westevent), [Women in Business](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/women-in-business), [Be Fearless, Be Brave](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/be-fearless-be-brave), [Competence](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/competence), [Webinar](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/webinar), [Fearlessness](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/fearlessness) ## [Digital social: Developing community & self while social distancing](https://info.westorg.org/blog/digital-community-social-distance) Posted by [Diana K. Anderson](https://info.westorg.org/blog/author/diana-k-anderson) on Mar 23, 2020 1:32:27 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.westorg.org/hubfs/space-earth-nasa-ON-lights-led-strand-blue-v01-3000x1750-72.jpg) ](https://info.westorg.org/blog/digital-community-social-distance) If you’re fortunate enough to be at home with work and paycheck, your health and the essentials. **If you’re beyond the basics, then you’re focusing on adapting to the new, rapidly evolving 'normal'. ** [Read More](https://info.westorg.org/blog/digital-community-social-distance) 3 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.westorg.org/blog/digital-community-social-distance#comments-listing) Topics: [Women in STEM](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/women-in-stem), [Influence](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/influence), [Digitial](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/digitial), [Developing Your Skills](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/developing-your-skills), [Challenges](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/challenges), [Career Development](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/career-development), [Career Possibilities](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/career-possibilities), [Influence Without Authority](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/influence-without-authority), [Outreach](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/outreach), [#WESTevent](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/westevent), [Change Management](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/change-management), [#WESTorg](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/westorg), [Women in Business](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/women-in-business), [Be Fearless, Be Brave](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/be-fearless-be-brave) ## [5 Quick Tips on How to Work from Home like a Pro RemoWo](https://info.westorg.org/blog/how-to-work-remotely) Posted by [Diana K. Anderson](https://info.westorg.org/blog/author/diana-k-anderson) on Mar 18, 2020 4:25:58 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.westorg.org/hubfs/aerial-neighborhood-breno-assis-r3WAWU5Fi5Q-unsplash-3000x1750-72.jpg) ](https://info.westorg.org/blog/how-to-work-remotely) The sudden and total transition to remote work (RemoWo) triggered by COVID19 may mean that you need to tweak your work from home (WFH) setup. Compared to WFH-Fridays, full-time RemoWo requires a much stricter practice of boundaries and connections—both physical and mental. Check out these five quick tips to help you stay productive—and sane—in the weeks ahead.  [Read More](https://info.westorg.org/blog/how-to-work-remotely) 2 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.westorg.org/blog/how-to-work-remotely#comments-listing) Topics: [Work Life Balance](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/work-life-balance), [Change](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/change), [Digital](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/digital), [Developing Your Skills](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/developing-your-skills), [Advice](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/advice), [#WESTevent](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/westevent), [Change Management](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/change-management), [#WESTorg](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/westorg), [Women in Business](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/women-in-business), [Be Fearless, Be Brave](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/be-fearless-be-brave) ## [Shatter the Glass Funnel: Escalating Executive Gender Parity in STEM](https://info.westorg.org/blog/executive-gender-parity) Posted by [Diana K. Anderson](https://info.westorg.org/blog/author/diana-k-anderson) on Mar 12, 2020 8:30:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.westorg.org/hubfs/mirrors-fractured-brannon-naito-tMMapPBWK6o-unsplash-2743x1600-72.jpg) ](https://info.westorg.org/blog/executive-gender-parity) **Like your career, executive gender parity is not one-off tactic or a simple checklist. Gender parity among leadership requires intentional cultivation, systemic design and strategic implementation.** [Read More](https://info.westorg.org/blog/executive-gender-parity) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.westorg.org/blog/executive-gender-parity#comments-listing) Topics: [Gender Balance, STEM](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/gender-balance-stem), [Gender Balance](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/gender-balance), [Women](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/women), [Awards](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/awards), [Women in STEM](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/women-in-stem), [Business](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/business), [Equal Pay](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/equal-pay), [Leading Ourselves](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/leading-ourselves), [Gender Pay Gap](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/gender-pay-gap), [Challenges](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/challenges), [Leaders](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/leaders), [Career Development](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/career-development), [Empowerment](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/empowerment), [Advocate](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/advocate), [Inclusion](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/inclusion), [Diversity](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/diversity), [#WESTevent](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/westevent), [#WESTorg](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/westorg), [Women in Business](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/women-in-business), [Organizational Culture](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/organizational-culture), [Corporate Culture](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/corporate-culture), [Be Fearless, Be Brave](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/be-fearless-be-brave), [Gender Parity](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/gender-parity) ## [You plan your weekend; why not your retirement?](https://info.westorg.org/blog/women-and-wealth) Posted by [Diana K. Anderson](https://info.westorg.org/blog/author/diana-k-anderson) on Mar 3, 2020 2:18:10 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.westorg.org/hubfs/neon-lights-level-up-damir-kopezhanov-emm1EBmBoj0-unsplash-3000x1750-72.jpg) ](https://info.westorg.org/blog/women-and-wealth) ## **You’d never leave your smartphone on the factory settings, so why set-and-forget your retirement?** For many of us, the effort we put into planning our next vacation far exceeds the attention we give to retirement planning. You waded through so many forms when you started that new job. Retirement stuff got the ‘set-and-forget’ treatment. [Read More](https://info.westorg.org/blog/women-and-wealth) 1 Comment [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.westorg.org/blog/women-and-wealth#comments-listing) Topics: [Events](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/events), [Financial Planning](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/financial-planning), [Wealth Management](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/wealth-management), [Career](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/career), [Women in STEM](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/women-in-stem), [Financial](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/financial), [Economics](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/economics), [Compensation](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/compensation), [Own It](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/own-it), [Empowerment](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/empowerment), [Women in Business](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/women-in-business), [Be Fearless, Be Brave](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/be-fearless-be-brave) ## [How to Transform Conflict into a Catalyst for Growth](https://info.westorg.org/blog/how-to-transform-conflict-into-a-catalyst-for-growth) Posted by [Diana K. Anderson](https://info.westorg.org/blog/author/diana-k-anderson) on Feb 25, 2020 8:00:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.westorg.org/hubfs/leashed-dogs-hipster-feet-filip-mishevski-su_-0-UpP0M-unsplash-3000x1750-72.jpg) ](https://info.westorg.org/blog/how-to-transform-conflict-into-a-catalyst-for-growth) ## **Conflict is caring** You know it’s time to polish your resume if you don’t care enough to voice your frustrations. Or call out the cognitive disconnect. Or make your case for a different approach. Personally and professionally, we tend to treat conflict as a negative event. But if someone cares enough to state their disagreement, that means they are invested in the outcome. Conflict only arises in situations where participants care enough about the subject to question whether the means best serve the ends. [Read More](https://info.westorg.org/blog/how-to-transform-conflict-into-a-catalyst-for-growth) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.westorg.org/blog/how-to-transform-conflict-into-a-catalyst-for-growth#comments-listing) Topics: [Women in STEM](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/women-in-stem), [Workshop](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/workshop), [Upcoming Events](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/upcoming-events), [Emotional Intelligence](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/emotional-intelligence), [Developing Your Skills](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/developing-your-skills), [Problem Solving](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/problem-solving), [Conflict Resolution](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/conflict-resolution), [Feedback](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/feedback), [Career Development](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/career-development), [Influence Without Authority](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/influence-without-authority), [#WESTevent](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/westevent), [Women in Business](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/women-in-business), [Be Fearless, Be Brave](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/be-fearless-be-brave) ## [How to Use Simple Strategies for Professional Self-Promotion](https://info.westorg.org/blog/professional-self-promotion) Posted by [Diana K. Anderson](https://info.westorg.org/blog/author/diana-k-anderson) on Jan 15, 2020 7:45:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.westorg.org/hubfs/puzzle-peice-ryoji-iwata-5siQcvSxCP8-unsplash2000x1000-144.jpg) ](https://info.westorg.org/blog/professional-self-promotion) ## **Even if you work for a non-profit, you are not their charitable act**  [Read More](https://info.westorg.org/blog/professional-self-promotion) 1 Comment [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.westorg.org/blog/professional-self-promotion#comments-listing) Topics: [Influence](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/influence), [Tools](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/tools), [Career Path](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/career-path), [Leading Ourselves](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/leading-ourselves), [Developing Your Skills](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/developing-your-skills), [Self-Awareness](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/self-awareness), [Personal Branding](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/personal-branding), [Career Possibilities](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/career-possibilities), [Empowerment](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/empowerment), [New Opportunities](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/new-opportunities), [Advocate](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/advocate), [#WESTevent](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/westevent), [#WESTorg](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/westorg), [Women in Business](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/women-in-business), [Organizational Culture](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/organizational-culture), [Be Fearless, Be Brave](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/be-fearless-be-brave), [Competence](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/competence) ## [The STEM-Business Fusion: How to Turbo-Boost Your Career](https://info.westorg.org/blog/career-poss-stem-in-business) Posted by [Diana K. Anderson](https://info.westorg.org/blog/author/diana-k-anderson) on Nov 22, 2019 1:49:44 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.westorg.org/hubfs/lightbould-lightening-israel-palacio-ImcUkZ72oUs-unsplash-3000x1750-72.jpg) ](https://info.westorg.org/blog/career-poss-stem-in-business) The days of spending your entire career at one organization, or on a linear career path are long gone. We can’t all be doctor-astronaut-business leaders like [Dr. Mae Jemison](https://info.westorg.org/blog/stem-career-options). But you can leverage your STEM and industry expertise to make the leap from a linear career. Hop the single-track and explore the multi-faceted web of STEM enterprise. You’ve probably already been building the net unconsciously.  [Read More](https://info.westorg.org/blog/career-poss-stem-in-business) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.westorg.org/blog/career-poss-stem-in-business#comments-listing) Topics: [Transitions](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/transitions), [Career](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/career), [Women in STEM](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/women-in-stem), [Career Path](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/career-path), [Emotional Intelligence](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/emotional-intelligence), [Career Possibilities](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/career-possibilities), [Speed Networking](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/speed-networking), [New Opportunities](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/new-opportunities), [MBA](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/mba), [#WESTevent](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/westevent), [Women in Business](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/women-in-business), [Be Fearless, Be Brave](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/be-fearless-be-brave), [Venture Capital/VC](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/venture-capital-vc), [Business Development](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/business-development) [All posts](https://info.westorg.org/blog/all) [Next](https://info.westorg.org/blog/topic/women-in-business/page/2) ### Subscribe to Email Updates ### Recent Posts ### Posts by Topic - 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