Advocating for Your Financial Priorities in a Partnership

by Elle Kaplan | Feb 15, 2023 | BDE, Financial Health

Everyone knows that money issues are major drivers of conflict in personal relationships. Like most issues in marriages and life partnerships, there is only one way to come to a solution that both parties are happy with: communication. To be productive, communication...

Lessons in Community Entrepreneurship from Madam C.J. Walker and Maggie Lena Walker

by Elle Kaplan | Feb 3, 2023 | BDE, Entrepreneurship

Madam C.J. Walker and Maggie Lena Walker had a few things in common: they shared their last name (although weren’t related), they both were daughters of parents who had been enslaved, and both were determined to improve their lives and the lives of their communities...

Embrace Positive Thinking as an Entrepreneur

by Elle Kaplan | Jan 25, 2023 | BDE, Be More, Life Hacks

Great ideas take flight when you are free of fear. Easier said than done, I know, but everyone faces fear — and that includes innovative, successful entrepreneurs. An entrepreneur’s very job is to swim upstream. The trick is having faith in yourself and in your ideas...

Why Choosing ESG Investing is Reasonable – and Responsible

by Elle Kaplan | Jan 18, 2023 | BDE, Investing, Investing

In times when global warming is an impending threat, social inequalities prevail, and companies’ management often needs improvement, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing is a sensible strategy to use. In ESG investing, a company’s behavior and...

7 Tips for Overcoming Setbacks

by Elle Kaplan | Jan 11, 2023 | BDE, Success

Life, wonderful and complicated, is not a smooth elevator ride to the penthouse of success. I contest that the path to success is more akin to climbing a steep, rocky mountain. Sometimes the ascent is paved and clear of debris while other times the path contains...