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These are really exciting times for Dermalogica. The business community at large seems to be sitting up and taking notice of the fact that the skin care industry is unique in that it offers small-business owners exceptional opportunities for success, with very little required in terms of start-up capital or other resources. In fact, all you really need: nerves of steel.
And, because the majority of those who discover and take advantage of this opportunity are women, I am being called upon to speak on behalf of female entrepreneurs. I could not be more honored.
Or dehydrated. I always keep a bottle of my lifesaver Antioxidant HydraMist in the car, one in my desk, and a teeny sample spritzer in my purse when I fly.
So, spit-spot, off I go:
June 2 – CITY OF LOS ANGELES—LA City Controller Wendy Greuel moderates this dialogue between five female entrepreneurs. I’m one of them.
June 3 – NFTE – NETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP – I’m a Judge and Keynote Speaker at this great initiative, which inspires young people to create rewarding professional lives for themselves. Anything but a “McJob”!
June 8 – BEAUTY INDUSTRY WEST Annual Awards Luncheon – I’m British, and we don’t like to brag. The BIW Board of Directors unanimously voted me the Entrepreneur of the Year for 2010. I graciously accept.
June 10-11 – NAWBO/LA – NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS – I’m honored to be the Keynote Speaker at the Annual Business Conference, held this year at the International Trade Center in Washington, D.C.
More to come.
Something I’m also thinking about lately are the differences between male and female entrepreneurs. Especially in the developing world, where women’s bravery and entrepreneurial spirit are at their most truly mind-blowing, most female entrepreneurs also are mothers. And the weight of parenting falls more heavily upon the shoulders of these women in traditional, ethnic, tribal, rural cultures.
Even here in Los Angeles, many female entrepreneurs are mommies, too. Yes, there is such a thing as a “house-husband.” And some parents manage to share the load equally, or so they say… but my observation is that generally, in all but the most unusual circumstances, female parents are more directly involved with childrearing than their male partners.
As Craig Ferguson says, I look forward to your letters.
But it’s true!
How do we do it? I’m just glad that we do.