TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cerulo, Erica
AU  - Mazur, Claire
TI  - Work wife: the power of female friendship to drive successful businesses 
SN  - 9781524796778
U1  - 658.409082 CER-E 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - Random House
KW  - Women-owned business enterprises
KW  - Female Friendship
KW  - Partnership
KW  - Success in business
N1  - When Erica cerulo and Claire mazur met in college, they bonded instantly. Fast forward to 2010, when after almost a decade of friendship they founded the popular fashion and design website of a kind. Now, in their first book, Claire and Erica bring to light the unique power of female friendship to fuel successful businesses. Drawing on their own experiences as well as the stories of other thriving "work wives," they highlight the ways in which vulnerability, openness and compassion-qualities central to so many women's relationships-lend themselves to professional accomplishment and innovation. Featuring interviews with work wives such as Amanda hesser and Merrill Stubbs of the influential food community site Food52, Ann Friedman, aminatou sow and Gina delvac of the hit podcast call your girlfriend and misty may-treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings of Olympic Volleyball fame, work wife addresses a range of topics vital to successful partnerships such as being the bosses, tackling disagreements, dealing with money and figuring in motherhood. Demonstrating how female partnerships in the office are productive, progressive and empowering, Claire and Erica offer an invaluable road map for a feminist imagining of the workplace. Fun, enlightening and informative, work wife is a celebration of female friendship and collaboration that proves it's not just feasible, it's fruitful to mix BFFs with business
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