Articles: MoneyTalks Financial Blog

For women entrepreneurs in Pennsylvania, the road to success is filled with resources and opportunities designed to help you thrive. Whether you're just starting or looking to expand your business, taking advantage of local support services, financial wellness counseling, and networking opportunities can be key to achieving long-term success.

Whether you’re considering launching a boutique, a tech startup, or a local service, New Jersey offers a range of opportunities and resources to help you succeed. Here are a few key factors to keep in mind as you begin your entrepreneurial journey in the Garden State.

From bustling cities like Syracuse and Rochester to serene upstate communities, New York State offers a diverse and supportive environment for entrepreneurs. If you’re a woman ready to take the plunge into business ownership, here are a few key things to consider to get yourself READY for success.

Start, sustain, and grow successful businesses with support from Visions' InnovateHER. By investing in women’s entrepreneurial potential, we can enhance economic inclusivity and create a diverse and thriving business environment. This InnovateHER resource guide offers links to national, state, and regional services for certification, networking, and more.

We support diverse women entrepreneurs with the resources, mentorship, and collaborative networks needed to start, sustain, and grow successful businesses across Visions' three-state footprint. Our InnovateHER blog provides insight, resources, and practical ideas from our Financial Wellness Officers in NJ, NY, and PA.

Credit unions support diversity, equity, and inclusion as a shared credit union cooperative principle and continue to have a responsibility and take a leadership role in building and serving more diverse, equitable, and inclusive communities.

Members are the owners of the credit union and contribute to its capital. Members, not shareholders, benefit from their credit union’s profits in proportion to their relationship and use of its products and services. As voluntary, not-for-profit financial cooperatives, we offer services to people willing to accept the responsibilities and benefits of membership, without discrimination.

Credit unions serve their members most effectively and strengthen the cooperative principles by working with other cooperatives through local, state, regional, national, and international structures. In other words, unity is our credit union superpower!

Credit unions place particular importance on educational opportunities for their volunteer directors, and financial education for their members. Also, when making business deals or raising money, credit unions never compromise their autonomy or democratic member control.

Credit unions are democratic organizations owned and controlled by their members. While focusing on member needs, credit unions work for the sustainable development of communities, including people of modest means, through policies developed and accepted by the members.

Let's be honest: money can be complicated That's why we created MoneyTalks, a financial blog series featuring stories from our employees on a range of topics, from budgeting to credit building to home buying and more.

They told me it wasn't going to happen overnight – and they were right. I looked for quick solutions everywhere: cashing in retirement savings to keep my car on the road, borrowing money from family to make ends meet. But I wasn't fixing the ditch, I was digging myself deeper...