Establishing an Enterprise: An Interview with Melissa Bernstein, Co-founder of Melissa & Doug, LLC

By Kadzi Mutizwa

As a child, Melissa Bernstein dreamed of becoming an international lawyer. After graduating from Duke in 1987 with a degree in Public Policy Studies, she accepted a financial analyst position with Morgan Stanley’s New York office—even though she never liked math, finance, Excel, or spreadsheets. In 1988, Melissa and her then-boyfriend/now-husband Doug launched Melissa & Doug, a Connecticut-based children’s toy company. Here’s how she/they did it: 

Sexy Chic in the Boardroom

By Giadha Aguirre de Carcer

"If looking my best and being particular about what I would wear, and trying to enhance my assets, equates with using my sexuality, then so be it. I’m not going to apologize."  Maseena Ziegler, Women Take On Alpha Male: Why Shouldn't We Use Our Assets To Get Ahead?  

Ladies, thank goodness we can finally say goodbye to those boring grey slacks and white button downs and embrace looking fabulous in the boardroom.  We spend 70% of our life in working clothes and I do not see why we should not express our femininity and sense of fashion while in them. 

'Bitch' At Work - Should This Be Our Female Generation's Legacy?

By Giadha DeCarcer

It is important for us women, especially those of us in the entrepreneurial environment or male-dominated industries, to face the less than rosy realities of the trade and talk about them in the hopes to, together, ameliorate working conditions for us and future generations.  That said, I am beginning to find serious issue with articles such as those written by Susannah Breslin, Why I'd Rather Work for A Man Than A Woman, and How To Be A 'Bitch' At Work.