The Author

Elisa BalabramElisa Balabram is the author of Ask Others, Trust Yourself: The Entrepreneurial Woman’s Key to Success.

I’m the founder and editor of WomenandBiz.com, an online magazine for women business owners established in 2003.  I’m a writer, business coach and speaker and was named the U.S. Small Business Administration New York District 2008 Women in Business Champion of the Year, “For significant contributions to, and dedicated support of, small businesses.” Prior to moving to New York, I assisted in running my family’s business (Coffee shop and chocolate business) in Brazil. Since 2007 I have been the director of the SBA Women’s Business Center program at the LDC of East New York in Brooklyn, NY.

I hold an MBA in Entrepreneurship Management from Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, CUNY, and a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.

Blog Posts

Expanding Your Comfort Zone

A few weeks ago I was invited to attend a weekend for Reiki Masters and healers retreat in Cape May. I knew some of the people attending it but not all. I also knew that many of the attendees had attended other retreats together and were very close to each other. After I said “Yes, [...]

Inspiration

How do you recognize when you have had an inspired moment? I think that most of the time, we are going through our daily lives not paying attention to it. How about if we set the intention to realize and appreciate the inspired moments? How would that day look like? Would you spend the day [...]