Army of Women

Entrepreneurial Quote of the Day:

“We need to go beyond a cure.  We need to stop people from ever getting breast cancer in the first place.”  –Dr. Susan Love

 

Army of Women

Hello Fabulous Women!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! 

In this busy, family-filled time of year, I want to share something very important with all of you, something an old friend recently shared with me. 

I’m sure that many, perhaps all of you have either known someone with breast cancer or have battled this disease yourself.  I lost a dear friend to breast cancer several years ago.  I’m excited to have an opportunity to contribute to an important research project which may truly help us to end this disease.

Dr. Susan Love is one of the leading researchers on breast cancer in women. Her research foundation and commitment to women’s health have impacted the lives of thousands of women and their families.  She has created a huge research effort aptly called the Army of Women in order to recruit 1 million female volunteers 18 or over.  Your current state of health is not important.  The point is to have available a huge pool of women of all ages, from many geographical areas, whose health she can study.  It makes so much sense, doesn’t it?  There are clearly many different causes and factors related to breast cancer, so the larger and more varied the research pool, the more easily commonalities and relevant risks can be identified.

I just joined, and I am inviting you to do the same and to spread the word.  To give you an idea of what you can expect, my friend who joined in October has received two invitations to join in studies, neither of which did she qualify for.  Obviously, if you don’t qualify you don’t participate in that study.  And if you do qualify but the timing is wrong or the study involves something you aren’t comfortable with, you can decline to be in that particular study. 

The immediate goal is to reach 500,000 volunteers by the end of 2008, so won’t you join us, and invite other women to do the same?  For those of you who also have blogs, please consider sharing this with your readers, and invite them to do the same.  Here is the link to the website where you can sign up.  Army of Women

Have a wonderful, healthy and happy Thanksgiving!

–Ann

Vote Vetrazzo!

Entrepreneurial Quote of the Day:

“The fastest way to change society is to mobilize the women of the world.” –- Charles Malik, former President of the UN General Assembly

 

Hello Fabulous Women!

A few weeks ago, I let you all know that Vetrazzo was one of the semi-finalists for the Forbes.com Boost Your Business Contest.  For those of you who are new to the group, Olivia Teter, a client of mine and one of our fellow women entrepreneurs, is one of the owners of Vetrazzo, a wonderful “green” company that makes stunningly beautiful countertops from recycled glass – go check them out!  Not only is Olivia one of the owners of Vetrazzo, she is also President of the National Green Chamber of Commerce, a new nationwide organization for socially and environmentally responsible businesses.  I’ll let you know more about the National Green Chamber in a future blog post.

Much thanks to all of you who went to the website and voted for Vetrazzo in the semi-final round, and I’m happy to let you know that not only did Vetrazzo become a finalist, they got into the final round with more votes than anyone else.  Thanks so much from Olivia!

Now it’s time again to vote and help Vetrazzo to win the whole contest and the $100,000 Boost Your Business Grand Prize! 

This round of online voting constitutes half of the final score.  The other 50% is the evaluation of the face-to-face presentations recently made by each company, to the panel of expert judges.

 

You can view Vetrazzo’s presentation by their president and Olivia’s partner, James Sheppard, at the link below.  Voting for this final round is exactly like the last round – it’s very simple and should take you less than a minute.  Please take a moment to do it now. 

 

Follow these easy steps:

1.    Click here: http://www.forbes.com/byb/2008/finalround/byb08_vetrazzo.html#vote

2.    Scroll to the bottom and vote for Vetrazzo (You can review their business summary and watch president, James Sheppard, make his pitch to the judges.)

3.    They will ask you for your name and email address

4.    A confirmation will be sent to your email address. You must click on the link in the email for your vote to count.

5.  I’d sure appreciate it if you could forward this to as many contacts as you can!

 

That’s it for today!  If any of you have announcements about your business you’d like me to share with this group, let me know – we’re all here to support each other!

–Ann

On Track and On Purpose, Business Coaching for Women Entrepreneurs, Business Woman Coach