Every year, Oxford bestows its Word of the Year title on “a word or expression that is judged to reflect the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of the passing year…” It’s a word that has “…lasting potential as a term of cultural significance.”

There’s no such thing as universal beauty. Surely, some women are considered to be more attractive than others, but if you ask anyone to name the most beautiful woman in the world, you would lose track of the many answers.

These are exciting times for female entrepreneurs and women who own small and micro-businesses. Not only are our numbers growing, we’re logging bigger and bigger successes.

Support for women in business, and women in general, benefits our entire economy. Not only are numbers of female entrepreneurs growing, those women are bringing their unique gifts to the marketplace…which benefit all of us, regardless of race, gender, religion or industry.

There’s a new trend in the world of business start-ups, and it has to do with middle-aged women opening their own businesses. It’s no surprise, really. Older women have so much to offer, and they’re finally going after what they want. The men who love them, however, are suffering. They’re stunned. They’re feeling lost and left behind, saying to themselves, “My wife is starting a business. Why?”

Women in start-ups and small businesses are far more likely than men to self-finance. That means money from family and friends, from savings, from her salary…rather than from banks and other financial institutions.

What would be possible with a complete absence of gender inequality in the workplace and in business? I’m not talking about activism and awareness after something happens, but rather, a global disregard for gender biases?

Coaches come in all types: Business, voice, life, executive and many more. And if you’re a coach, you may be wondering about what, specifically, determines success. Is it your impact on the industry? Or the success of the people you’re coaching? Or the number of followers you have?