When I think of top female entrepreneurs who have helped change the face of Silicon Valley, I think of Gina Bianchini. And so does CNNMoney, Fast Comp...

Much of what I teach is that every word and every thought that we put out into the world is an affirmation. So we're affirming love or we're affirming more fear and more chaos.

Gilt Groupe co-founder and CMO Alexandra Wilkes-Wilson spoke with HuffPost Women and Laura Brown, Features/Special Projects Director of Harper's Bazaa...

Australian actress, director, producer and National Adoption Week Founder Deborra-Lee Furness had a chat with HuffPost Women and Laura Brown, Features...

HuffPost Women and Laura Brown, Features/Special Projects Director of Harper's Bazaar, had a chat with actress Yaya DaCosta at the recent 2011 WIE Sym...

Ruthlessness, cunning, patience and sweetness. How many of these qualities do our leaders possess? How many do you possess?

It's been said that necessity is the motherhood of invention. In Volkman's case, motherhood necessitated invention and innovation.

Donna Karan talks about the UrbanZen Foundation and shares her "joy triggers" with HuffPost Women and Laura Brown, Features/Special Projects Director ...

At the recent 2011 WIE Symposium, HuffPost Women and Laura Brown, Features/Special Projects Director of Harper's Bazaar caught up with Christy Turling...

"Men and women network differently... Men get down to business; know why they're there," Poku explained, whereas women like to "understand, acknowledge, trust, and share."

We all feel loyalty to certain brands. Certain companies turn out superior products or have ethics that compel us to buy their wares. But it's also ...

Dr. Jill Biden, Second Lady of the United States, doesn't have much free time. In addition to her official responsibilities, she teaches English at a ...

I want these young women to have the confidence that whatever they have been doing will prepare them in a very unique way for the challenges ahead. There's no one like them.

All my life I have had a love of "c" words: cashmere, comfort, city, creativity, champagne. This remains true, although now I find myself gravitating toward words like connect, collaborate and community.

"I'm probably one of the happier people you'll meet because I'm happy that I'm not ducking and dodging the hard news about the world. I really believe that if you can go out there and greet the world with open arms and let it wash over you in all its bad and goodness, you'll find that it's better than you think it is. That's really what gets you through."

"We all share common goals of wanting to be happy and successful, to have families and dynamic careers. And that's what the WIE Symposium is about, setting aside our differences and uniting behind our common aspirations."

The WIE conference comes at a critical point for women in leadership, and I hope it can encourage more women to join the top ranks of startups, angel groups and venture firms.

This year's WIE Symposium (Women: Inspiration & Enterprise) promises to be even better than last year's, with an amazing lineup of speakers, honorees, and participants all sharing our ideas, our experiences, and our desire to help make life better for women around the world.