Author Archives: Nusha Balyan
In Business and in Health: Running a Business with Your Spouse
Your spouse/ partner may be your soul mate and confidant, but starting a business together doesn’t always produce the best outcomes. Here’s what you need to know to protect yourself and your relationship before tying the co-working knot. Continue reading
What Do Your Clothes Say About Your Business
Every entrepreneur knows the importance of looking presentable and professional, but do you know how to ‘wear your business on your sleeve?’ Continue reading
Women in Business: How to Dress to Impress
First impressions are crucial, especially when you’re trying to get potential investors on your side. And when you walk into that all important pitch meeting, the first thing everyone sees, before you even open your mouth, is the way you’re dressed. Continue reading
An Entrepreneur You AUTO Know
Everyone who’s owned a car remembers their very first one — the pride, the happiness, the sense of owning something big. No matter how old or rundown it is — it’s yours! It’s your vehicle to freedom. At least that’s how I felt when I got my first car in a state where everyone depended on their vehicles to get around. I will never forget it — a grayish, rundown 1984 Volvo 760 GLE. It was almost as old as I was but I loved it and drove it with pride. Continue reading
Entrepreneur Helps Indigenous Women Stitch Up Their Daughters’ Future
In 2004 Ruth DeGolia, traveled to Guatemala to conduct research for her Yale thesis on the effects of globalization in a country torn apart by civil war. While DeGolia had traveled to Guatemala in the past, this time, she met women whose stories of courage and determination changed her life in a direction she never imagined. Continue reading
Living with Alzheimer’s: The Obando Family
Producer, NPR’s Latino USA As life expectancy increases and the U.S. population goes grayer, more people live longer with degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. This disease is not just tragic, it’s fatal. Right now Alzheimer’s in the sixth leading cause of … Continue reading
Young Entrepreneur: Tara Haughton
Posted on The Story Exchange on April 26, 2012 Tara Haughton dreamt of becoming a nurse, but a couple of years ago, she discovered a new passion and everything changed. The Birth of an Idea At a family wedding in … Continue reading
Young Entrepreneur: Ooshma Garg
At only 24, Ooshma Garg already has started two successful businesses – one that she recently sold and another that has attracted over one million dollars in venture capital. How did this Stanford graduate – who started her first company as a junior studying bio-chemical engineering — become such an avid entrepreneur?
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Rowing Down the Bronx River
Reported, wrote, and produced the first piece for NPR’s Latino USA year-long series RadioNature. Continue reading
Swimming at ‘The Point’ in Lake Michigan
As part of NPR’s Latino USA series RadioNature, Maria Hinojosa takes her kids for a swim with their 75-year old grandmother at the ‘The Point’ in Lake Michigan. Continue reading