NAWBO Silicon Valley Blog
President’s Message | September 2018
We are off to a great new fiscal year, focused on achieving our 5 Star for Advocacy, helping members grow their businesses and creating our One Voice in becoming better and stronger leaders as women business owners! Susan Ellenberg, President of San Jose Unified School District Board of Trustees, kicked off our first dinner/networking event in a lively and engaging presentation [...]
Luminoustudios Makes Storytelling a Good Business Decision
Reema Dutt, Luminoustudios If you're like most people out there, you probably describe yourself as a "visual learner." You learn, engage, communicate and appreciate things more naturally when they are visually shown to you. That's at the crux of how Reema Dutt and her team at Luminoustudios are helping businesses to market themselves-through high quality, strategic video production for clients across [...]
NAWBO National Endorses Young Kim For Congress
(Washington, D.C. September 18, 2018) -The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) is announcing its endorsement of Young Kim in her bid for election in California's 39th Congressional District. "Young Kim has a long history of advocating for and representing small business owners and women business owners throughout her career at the state and federal levels," explains Molly Gimmel, NAWBO [...]
What to “Know” When Redesigning Your Website
Submitted by Roberta Kiphuth President, Detati Digital Marketing The small business game has changed. When you are looking at new ways to showcase your business online, the first place to start is your business website. Redesigning your website is a major task, and can cause hurt your ranking and search value if you don't plan ahead. Here are some tips [...]
President’s Message | August 2018
Welcome to NAWBO Silicon Valley’s 2018 – 2019 fiscal year! We have an outstanding new and renewed group of board members who are eager and ready to serve our chapter and its members. As the new President, I’m honored and privileged to build upon our chapter’s success, which was recently led by Maxine Goulding along with our past board members. Maxine’s [...]
President’s Message – March 2018
Hello NAWBO Silicon Valley Members and Friends, NAWBO has made history for 40 years. I am proud to continue this tradition through our Crystal Chair Award Gala to be held on March 20 at the Silicon Valley Capital Club in San Jose. In 1975 our founding member, Susan Hager said, “Get a seat at the table or build your own table, [...]
President’s Message – February 2018
Hello NAWBO Silicon Valley Members and Friends, Much is happening at NAWBO Silicon Valley in 2018. To give you a sneak peek I have listed a couple of very exciting events in February. February 12 – Bizwomen Mentoring Monday A few of our NAWBO Silicon Valley members will be mentors at the Bizwomen: Mentoring Monday, hosted by the Silicon Valley Business [...]
President’s Message – January 2018
Hello NAWBO Silicon Valley Members and Friends, I don’t know about you, but 2017 went by like a rocket ship. The last month I remember was March 2017. In fact, this is the second year in a row that time flew by. I know why. I decided a few years back to concentrate my energies on business growth, researching the best [...]
President’s Message – December 2017
Dear NAWBO Silicon Valley Members, What I learned this month about prospects in this New Age of the Seller. I was going over my sales efforts to check if I am getting the job done. I found out it's not because my sales team isn't working hard enough, it's because the rules of prospecting have changed - the New Age of [...]
President’s Message – November 2017
NAWBO is more than networking and a place to find a direct link to a revenue stream, it's a place where we can build long lasting relationships that lead to better business and personal lives. I joined NAWBO Silicon Valley in 2006 and I have been on various positions on the Board of Directors. I thought if I'm going to build [...]