patriciahandschiegel’s post (condensed, below) is very topical. The NY Times ran articles the other day on the subordinate role more husbands are playing in their entrepreneurial wives’ professional lives -Would You Hire Your Husband? - and the roles they aren’t playing - The Wife’s At Work, So…. The Journal Women’s blog weighed in on both articles.
Yesterday, I met a very smart and successful mentor for drinks…We got to talking about what’s next for me and he asked how he could help…I honestly couldn’t answer…I asked if I could have a week…
I realized that what I really needed help with was how to make what I’m already doing happen faster, bigger and better…I’m already doing most of it on my own now…what I really need is support, people smarter and more experienced standing in my corner on a constant basis to help more or less guide and direct, open doors and lend experience as needed, so that I can maximize all of what I’m doing and in turn, all would benefit.
What’s interesting is that a lot of the women entrepreneurs I know actually have this in husbands and boyfriends, where the men in their life play a big role in their businesses. I definitely wouldn’t mind having a smart, connected, business-minded boyfriend,…
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patriciahandschiegel’s post (condensed, below) is...more husbands are playing
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