Megan Sauer

1 week ago | nbcnewyork.com | Megan Sauer

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1 week ago | cnbc.com | Megan Sauer

Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates likes to stockpile advice for when she feels uncertain. Whenever someone tells her something helpful, French Gates writes down their quotes so she can "replay them in my head," she told the Wall Street Journal Magazine in a story published on Monday.

1 week ago | cnbc.com | Megan Sauer

Penny Bowers-Schebal opened her wedding gown shop Formality Bridal with a simple mission: to sell gowns for $999 or less to brides on a budget. To keep prices low, Formality Bridal buys last-season gowns from U.S. retailers and Chinese private labels, and sells them at a fraction of their in-season cost. Bowers-Schebal's two shops in Geneva, Ohio, and Erie, Pennsylvania, brought in over $500,000 in net sales combined, and she paid herself roughly $71,700 last year, she says.

1 week ago | cnbc.com | Megan Sauer

If at first you don't succeed, stop wasting time and ask for help, says Tory Burch Foundation president Tiffany Dufu. You can solve problems and build relationships faster if you ask people with experience for advice. If you don't, you risk getting stuck or making mistakes, says Dufu, whose organization aims to support women entrepreneurs with capital, resources and networking. "Particularly in times of uncertainty, asking for help as a leader is a muscle," Dufu says. "It's not a weakness.

3 weeks ago | cnbc.com | Megan Sauer

Barbara Banke worked her whole life to become a real estate lawyer. Then, she realized that her husband — who'd started a wine company — was much happier than she was. In 1990, Banke left her successful law career behind to join her husband Jess Jackson's wine business Jackson Family Wines. Today, the 71-year-old has an estimated $2.6 billion net worth, largely from the company, and she's the richest self-made woman newcomer to Forbes' annual billionaires list, as of Tuesday.