by Bonnie Marcus | Dec 11, 2024 | Diversity and Inclusion, Women in Business, Women in the Workplace, workplace
The murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police in 2020 was a shocking reality check for many Americans. No longer could we deny that racial violence is a part of our everyday lives. The event triggered racial unrest and protests across the country. Thousands...
by Bonnie Marcus | Oct 30, 2024 | Gender Bias, gender diversity, Women in Business, Women in the Workplace
For those of you unfamiliar with the gender pay gap and the implications, let me start with the facts. As of 2024, women in the U.S. earn about 84 cents for every dollar earned by white men working full-time in comparable roles. This gap has widened for the...
by Bonnie Marcus | Oct 28, 2024 | ambition, Badass Women, Gendered Ageism, goal setting, Success, Women Empowerment, Women in Business, Women in the Workplace
It’s a fact. Women in the workplace face many challenges at every stage of their career due to gendered ageism, the intersection of gender bias and ageism. We know this. We experience it every day, and at times it seems almost impossible to overcome the systemic bias....
by Bonnie Marcus | Sep 16, 2024 | Entrepreneurs, goal setting, Success, Women in Business
Women are starting new businesses at a rapid rate. Currently, women are majority owners in at least 35 percent of U.S. employer firms, for a total of 13.8 million businesses. To give this some perspective, in 1972, there were only 402,000 women-owned businesses....
by Bonnie Marcus | Aug 14, 2024 | Diversity and Inclusion, Gender Bias, Gendered Ageism, Women in Business, Women in the Workplace
As Women’s Equality Day approaches, we are reminded that women have made great progress in many areas yet still face gender-based discrimination in the workplace. Workplace discrimination based on race, gender, age and sexuality disproportionally affects women. Forty...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jul 1, 2024 | Badass Women, Gender Bias, gender diversity, leadership, life balance, Women in Business
Venus Aerospace has a vision. They want to fly you across the globe and back before dinner. Venus’s next-generation rocket engine will make hypersonic global transport possible. The vision of being home for dinner is also, most importantly, the core of the company...
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