“There are never enough hours in the day to finish everything I need to do in my business!” I hear this all the time from entrepreneurs that I work with. There’s so much that they need and want to do, but when first starting out, they have limited people resources to get it all...

Out of the top 100 'sales training' books on Amazon, a mighty three are written by women.

Traditionally, sales is a male-dominated profession, but it’s vital for women in business to become comfortable with the process. One of the biggest barriers to women in business is a fear of selling...

 “How do I get my client or customer to pay my invoice” is a question we frequently get asked by members of Female Fusion. Many female-owned small businesses find this is one of the main challenges when running their own company. Late payment or non-payment of invoices is a huge...

For many women, their own business can be much more than moving the needle on a great idea. It provides opportunity beyond commercial success. Financial independence and wealth generation for women can be life changing. In Dubai, over 60% of SMEs are micro-businesses, and many of these are owned...

I have a confession to make. I am a perfectionist. Whilst some might say that it’s a good thing, my perfectionism is so bad that it can cause me to miss deadlines, delay colleagues because they are waiting for my work to start theirs, over-service client work, stay up late and even miss fun...

Being an entrepreneur can be lonely. When I set up my first business nearly 20 years ago, I did so out of necessity. I didn’t plan on becoming an entrepreneur. I had been living in Brussels, Stockholm and Belgrade – running pan-European communications campaigns, even being promoted to...

When people talk to me, meet me, or come across me virtually - I come across as confident, and a girl who's got her s### together. Guess what? I don't - well not all the time. When I first started in business, I was always asking myself "Am I good enough?", "Is this company's product better than...

In 2012, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. At that point I had owned my businesses for almost 10 years. I wasn’t ready for cancer. I was 38 years old with two young kids and businesses in three countries, there was no time for cancer.

I wasn’t ready for the impact that it would have...