Women in Business Archives - Bianca Sprague https://biancasprague.com/category/women-in-business/ fiercely protecting you and your birth Sun, 03 Sep 2023 21:46:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/biancasprague.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Loading-BiancaSprague.com_.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Women in Business Archives - Bianca Sprague https://biancasprague.com/category/women-in-business/ 32 32 69071628 We Can Do Better https://biancasprague.com/we-can-do-better/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://biancasprague.com/we-can-do-better/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2017 12:16:16 +0000 http://biancasprague.com/?p=340 In 2016 my bebo mia inc. business partner Natasha Marchand and I were nominated for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. We were floored and excited and nervous as it felt like it was 3 to 5 years earlier than we would have expected to be in such a prestigious business competition. […]

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]]> https://biancasprague.com/we-can-do-better/feed/ 4 340 Just because I work from home… https://biancasprague.com/just-work-home/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://biancasprague.com/just-work-home/#respond Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:51:43 +0000 http://biancasprague.com/?p=209 There is an interesting thing that happens when you work from home. People think you are not working, or more like they know you work but you are not really at work. There are the obvious things that I think are awesome about working from home: I can do a conference call in my underpants […]

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]]> https://biancasprague.com/just-work-home/feed/ 0 209 Bianca Sprague meets Green at Home https://biancasprague.com/bianca-sprague-meets-green-home/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://biancasprague.com/bianca-sprague-meets-green-home/#respond Wed, 27 Jul 2016 18:18:30 +0000 http://biancasprague.com/?p=305 So, for those of you that don’t know this about me, I am an introvert. Yes, I teach and talk in large groups. Yes, I go out and do social things. The difference is I need to prep myself to do these things and then when I am done, I need to recover with quiet […]

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]]> https://biancasprague.com/bianca-sprague-meets-green-home/feed/ 0 305 Getting the most out of the hours in your day! https://biancasprague.com/getting-hours-day/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://biancasprague.com/getting-hours-day/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:32:35 +0000 http://biancasprague.com/?p=173 You may have your little ones at home with you, or you may have school-aged children, either way, you will need to be disciplined about how you schedule your time to get the most out of the time you have. Without a structure, I found that my clients would complain that they found they NEVER […]

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]]> https://biancasprague.com/getting-hours-day/feed/ 1 173 Challenging Gender Norms Through Soccer https://biancasprague.com/challenging-norms-soccer/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://biancasprague.com/challenging-norms-soccer/#respond Tue, 14 Jun 2016 13:59:57 +0000 http://biancasprague.com/?p=284 Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending my third Canadian Sport Film Festival here in Toronto. (Update in 2023 Full disclosure: my partner at the time sat on the advisory board, so my attendance was not optional, however, I have been moved every year by the fabulous films selected by the committee and this […]

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]]> https://biancasprague.com/challenging-norms-soccer/feed/ 0 284 Bianca Sprague meets Little Fox & Froggie https://biancasprague.com/littlefoxfroggie/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://biancasprague.com/littlefoxfroggie/#respond Thu, 12 May 2016 17:31:52 +0000 http://biancasprague.com/?p=240 I teach an online course called the Maternal Support Practitioner Training for my business bebo mia inc. It is a doula training that covers fertility to the first 6 months postpartum. We offer two sessions a year and running it is a highlight for me! The women it attracts are dynamic and interesting and from all over […]

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]]> https://biancasprague.com/littlefoxfroggie/feed/ 0 240 The NBA is LeaningIn https://biancasprague.com/nbaisleaningin/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://biancasprague.com/nbaisleaningin/#respond Tue, 10 May 2016 17:34:04 +0000 http://biancasprague.com/?p=256 My recent blog post started a great discussion on my Facebook Pages – thank you to all those that contributed! A friend of mine brought up the position the NBA is taking with the LeanIn movement. They are getting involved with a campaign that has quite a few worthy objectives – one of which is encouraging […]

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]]> https://biancasprague.com/nbaisleaningin/feed/ 0 256 Women bastardizing feminist terms at work. https://biancasprague.com/women-bastardizing-pop-terms-work-place/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://biancasprague.com/women-bastardizing-pop-terms-work-place/#respond Mon, 09 May 2016 16:25:38 +0000 http://biancasprague.com/?p=183 Sheryl Sandberg, author of Lean In and COO for Facebook and mother of two (she is kind of a big deal!), continued the conversation about women in the corporate world in her 2013 book. In true fashion, this term ‘lean in’ somehow has been twisted and used as another weapon of war with women. Recently I was […]

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]]> https://biancasprague.com/women-bastardizing-pop-terms-work-place/feed/ 0 183 The O.G. Mompreneur https://biancasprague.com/o-g-mompreneur/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://biancasprague.com/o-g-mompreneur/#respond Wed, 13 Apr 2016 04:02:58 +0000 http://biancasprague.com/?p=95 I can lose hours of my day to blogs, Pinterest pages and Instagram channels filled with exciting products, fabulous concepts and passion pouring out of thousands of moms doing what they love. When I follow them I feel so charged and it makes me want to pull out my glue gun or my dusty never-used Kitchen […]

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]]> https://biancasprague.com/o-g-mompreneur/feed/ 0 95 The Harvard Study That Started It All https://biancasprague.com/the-article-that-started-it-all/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://biancasprague.com/the-article-that-started-it-all/#respond Tue, 12 Apr 2016 19:10:14 +0000 http://biancasprague.com/?p=70 A Harvard study shows that women are earning less & having less success because they defer to their husband’s career goals. I have had the absolute pleasure of meeting thousands of moms who have started their entrepreneurial ventures. Many of them start their business after they have their babies, in order to stay home and not return […]

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