Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, February 27, 2023 by Barbara Bry Lisane Basquiat is the owner of Carlsbad Hera Hub, a coworking space for women business owners. She bought it in 2017 because growing up, she remembered watching her mother (after her divorce) give primary custody to her husband because she didn’t believe she […]
Balancing purpose, profit: Why firms seek B Corp. status
By Barbara Bry Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, October 25, 2021 George Floyd. Climate Change. #MeToo. COVID. The world has changed, and businesses of all kinds are now facing intense pressure to increase their social responsibility. And that has led to the rise of the certified B Corporation, a unique designation that allows a […]
Women need and deserve investors — of both genders
Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, October 11, 2021 When Lada Rasochova was raising money for an acne product, she was pitching primarily to male investors. “Even though 60 million Americans are afflicted with it today, the men in the room thought it was only a woman problem, even if they had it as teenagers […]
Billie Jean King didn’t just score wins on the tennis court
By Barbara Bry Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, September 27, 2021 Billie Jean King is my “shero.” Watching the U.S. Open women’s and men’s tennis champions Emma Raducanu and Daniil Medvedev receive the same winner’s share of prize money — $2.5 million — I reflected on how much women’s tennis and all women’s professional […]
Better effort to support Black women owners is good business
Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, September 13, 2021 By Barbara Bry Wharton professor Sergio Salgado has published a paper detailing the decline in entrepreneurship in the U.S. “because high-skilled college graduates have found that they can earn more in well-paying jobs than starting their own business.” Maybe. But there is another academic paper that […]
Entrepreneurs and investors are reshaping ‘care’ economy
Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, August 23, 2021 By Barbara Bry When she was 9 years old, Lindsay Jurist-Rosner’s mother was diagnosed with a chronic condition, and Jurist-Rosner was forced to spend the next 28 years navigating the many aspects of a broken health care system, serving as caregiver, nurse, advocate and therapist. Her […]