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Why business ideas aren’t always ours, and why that’s not the point Over a year ago, I had a brief exchange that left a lasting impression. I complimented a fellow businesswoman on the structure of her business model. Instead of saying thank you, she replied, “Well, at least you said it. It’s not like someone else just stole it—I looked around one day and saw she’s doing the same thing.” At the time, I understood where her sentiment was coming from. In business, especially fo

In 2011, I started piecing together what would eventually become my first book,   A Female’s Guide to Understanding Leadership . I had been quietly nurturing the idea, scribbling concepts here and there, unsure of the direction or timing. But it wasn’t until I was unexpectedly pushed, not by encouragement, but by criticism, that I found the fire to finish it. Let me share something personal. I traveled across time zones to visit a man I was in a committed relationship with. O