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Recent Press Coverage

"Interview: Monique Hayward, Author of Divas Doing Business: What the Guidebooks Don't Tell You About Being a Woman Entrepreneur," BusinessInfoGuide.com, Aug. 12, 2011
"Top 10 Best Ways to Fail as an Entrepreneur," BNET.com (CBS Interactive Business Network), Jan. 31, 2011
"Divas Doing Business" Book Feature," Shoestring Venture, November 2010

"Star Power: Portland Attracts and Retains Top Business Talent," Horizon Air Magazine, June 2010
"Beautiful Wisdom: Sisters Making It Happen," E'lon Couture Magazine, April 2010
Interview with Barakah Miller, Breakthrough Online Magazine, Nov. 23, 2009
"Reading Review: Divas Doing Business," LAX Magazine, Summer 2009
"Divas Doing Business: Advice on Starting and Managing Your Own Business," Examiner.com, May 10, 2009
"Monique Hayward: A Diva Doing Business," Examiner.com, May 6, 2009
"This Diva is Sharing What She Knows About Business," Beaverton Valley Times, Apr. 23, 2009
"The New Power Girls: Women Entrepreneurs and Executives Speak Up About the Recession," Huffington Post, Apr. 1, 2009
"Monique Hayward Shares Her Expertise and Her Desserts," News on Women, Feb. 22, 2009
"The New Power Girls: Women Who Inspire - And Are Inspired - in Business," The Huffington Post, Jan. 27, 2009
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Marketing in a Recession - Build a Team (Part 2)," A Morning Jolt, Jan. 20, 2009
"Save Your Business in a Tough Economy," Citizen of Laconia (New Hampshire), Jan. 6, 2009
"I Could Write the Book! Successful Restaurateurs Look Back on Their Early Mistakes," Restaurant Startup & Growth, Jan. 2009
"The Cost of a Price Hike: When It’s Time to Add Fees, Be Clear About What and Why," Entrepreneur, Jan. 2009
"Help from Friends Boosts Loan-Challenged: Peer-to-Peer Lending Websites Fill the Gap Left by Banks,” Denver Post, Nov. 17, 2008
"Small Businesses Face Increased Scrutiny in Pursuit of Funding," Phoenix Business Journal, Oct. 17, 2008
"It's All Up to You: Accountability is Key to Attaining Goals," Black Enterprise, April 2008

Live Interviews

"30 Careers.com Presents Dream Job Radio" with Daniel Lakstins, Aug. 6, 2011
"Talk with the Success Chick" with Tina Stith-Twine, Dec. 8, 2009
"Briefcase Radio" with Omar Muhammad, WEAA Public Radio (Baltimore), Oct. 18, 2009
"Sparks to Flame" with Sheryl Parks, KBZNZ Radio, Oct. 16, 2009
"Prosperity Lighthouse" with Nat Couropmitree, BlogTalkRadio, Oct. 1, 2009
"And the Women Gather" with Lorna Owens, BlogTalkRadio, Aug. 29, 2009
"Your World Today" and "Newsroom" with Tony Harris," CNN: July 31, 2009, Mar. 16, 2009, Dec. 31, 2008, Nov. 11, 2008, Oct. 3, 2008
"Balance Your Life Now" with George Duhart, BlogTalk Radio, Jun. 16, 2009
"The Need to Change Your Entrepreneurial Strategy" with Fred Castaneda, "The Struggling Entrepreneur Podcast," Jun. 12, 2009
"The Athena Fortune Show" with Susan Pascal, BlogTalkRadio, May 27, 2009
"Inside God's Best" with Dracy Lockett, TalkShoe, April 28 and Apr. 9, 2009
"Business Insanity Talk Radio" with Barry Moltz, BlogTalkRadio, Apr. 24, 2009
"Boost Your Marketing Today with Internet Radio" Teleclass with Deb Bailey, Apr. 22, 2009
"Indie Business Radio" with Donna Maria Coles Johnson, Apr. 18, 2009
"Good Day, Oregon," KPTV Channel 12, Apr. 1, 2009
Entrepreneur Magazine "Women in Business Radio Show" with Gayle Carson, WS Radio, Mar. 31, 2009
"Women Entrepreneurs - The Secrets of Success" with Deb Bailey, BlogTalkRadio, Mar. 4, 2009
"The Passionate Entrepreneur" with Kenneth Darryl Brown, BlogTalkRadio, Feb. 27, 2009
"Launch Notes" with Khrys Vaughan, BlogTalkRadio, Feb. 26, 2009
Gaebler Ventures Resources for Entrepreneurs, Oct. 20, 2008

Editorials and Contributed Articles

"How to Stay Motivated Through the Good Times and Bad," OPEN Forum by American Express, Jun. 8, 2011
Small Business Columnist, Sunday Newscape Online Magazine

"Hiring for Your Small Business: Find the Rock Stars," Dec. 26, 2010
"Be a Fearless, Shameless Self-Promoter of You and Your Business," Aug. 22, 2010
"Preparing Yourself for the Entrepreneurial Journey," July 25, 2010
"Personal Insights About Lending Money to Employees," Jun. 27, 2010
"Giving is Good When it Meets the Needs of Your Business," May 30, 2010
"Real-Life Challenges of Running a Suburban Restaurant Business," May 23, 2010
"The Real Deal on Raising Money for Your Business, " May 16, 201o
"Getting to the Right People," Mar. 28, 2010
"Closing Your Business? It’s Not the End of Your Entrepreneurial Journey," Mar. 14, 2010

"10 Lessons for Women Entrepeneurs You Won't Get from the How-To Books," Shepreneur, Fall 2010
"Giving is Good When It Meets the Needs of Your Business, Flossin Magazine, Spring 2010

"Marketing Makes the Difference," NAFE Magazine, Spring 2010
"The Real Deal on Raising Money for Your Business," NAWBO Focus, Feb. 16, 2010
"Swine Flu Affecting Small Businesses, Too," Politics in Color Blog, May 1, 2009
"Marketing Your Business Through the Downturn," Women on Business Blog, Mar. 29, 2009
"Marketing Through the Downturn," Women Entrepreneurs - The Secrets to Success Blog, Dec. 18, 2008
"Small Businesses Need Banks to Lend," Letter to the Editor, Wall Street Journal, Nov. 8, 2008
"My 'Main Street' is 'SW Hocken Avenue'," BizChicksRule blog, Oct. 7, 2008
"Feeling Wall Street's Woes on Main Street," Oregonian, Oct. 1, 2008

Monique Hayward

DiversityMBA "Top 100 Under 50" Winner 2010 Portland Business Journal "40 Under 40" Winner 2009 Make Mine a Million $ Business Winner 2008 Entrepreneur, Marketing Expert, Author, Speaker